FA --> Grid instability caused by too many of these is a well known problem...
FO --> Grid collapse.
Posted on 04/28/2025 1:07:37 PM PDT by tired&retired
Why did Spain lose its electric?
The blackout was caused by a “very strong oscillation in the electrical network” that led Spain’s power system to “disconnect from the European system, and the collapse of the Iberian electricity network at 12:38,” according to Eduardo Prieto, director of Spanish transmission system operator Red Eléctrica.(53 mins ago)
The wind stopped blowing.
Most likely an uncontrolled variation in line voltage/current from some “green” energy source like wind turbines or solar panels that cascaded through the system.
Portugal’s grid operator REN said “extreme temperature variations” in Spain had produced unexpected fluctuations across high voltage lines. That had caused parts of the grid to fall out of sync, “leading to successive disturbances across the interconnected European network.”
Godzilla or Pacific rim activity maybe?
Dandelion fluff.
J B Pritzker farted toward Asia instead of Europe and all the wind turbines shut down in Portugal and Spain.
On Steve Bannon’s War Room this morning, his energy expert was on talking about the blackouts.
He dismissed completely any notion of an CME or atmospheric condition causing the blackout, saying either a CME or other atmospheric condition would have covered a much larger area and not be isolated to a relatively isolated area in Europe
His belief is, Spain and Portugal in particular have gone 100% Green New Deal and rely on wind and solar for the majority of their power, which is notoriously unreliable as a primary source of power for an entire country.
If the grids are interconnected, once one country fails, it overloads the grids it’s connected to and can cause a cascading effect.
His bottom line, this was green energy madness run amok and not some natural event like a CME.
FA --> Grid instability caused by too many of these is a well known problem...
FO --> Grid collapse.
Maybe clouds???
Prove it isn't true.
No one expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Looking at weather info, very warm temps today, light winds in most regions but windy near southern tip of Spain. Perhaps a surge of wind energy from that region and no contributions in other regions created an imbalance in power generation?
Squirrel zotted in a transformer.
Those darn oscillations.
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