The European Union probe into Spain’s April 28th blackout has reported stalled progress, which it blames on un-cooperative utilities, leaving different media figures and organization blaming conventional or renewable energy assets. In our case, we blame a lack of grid-forming assets such as flywheels, synchronous condensers, and BESS units with supercapacitors and grid-forming inverters, as seen in South Australia since its 2016 blackout, and in China. Pakistan has proposed an 18% tax on foreign solar panels in the wake of a massive build-up of imported Chinese solar modules, which has seen Pakistan feature prominently in the list of destination markets for Chinese OEMs, running well ahead of its actual installations. Soltage has secured $260 million financing for 500 MW of…