Posted on 04/28/2025 1:07:37 PM PDT by tired&retired
There is very little information on the cause of the major power outage in Europe that just happened at 12:20 local time.
"While Spain’s prime minister has said the cause of the blackout remains unknown, REN has said there was a "very large oscillation in the electrical voltages, first in the Spanish system, which then spread to the Portuguese system"."
Was it a CME?
Was is a space weapon?
The following are a collection of comments from several news articles.
"No sign blackout wascaused by cyberattack, says REN Portuguese grid operator REN said on Monday it had "no information" that the mass power outages that hit the Iberian Peninsula were caused by a cyberattack.
REN board member Joao Conceicao told reporters the operator did not rule out that the blackout was due to a "very large oscillation in the electrical voltages, first in the Spanish system, which then spread to the Portuguese system"."
Portuguese grid operator REN said it hoped to reestablish the power supply in the country's second-largest city, Porto, within the next two hours and within five or six hours in the capital, Lisbon.
"Michael Basquill, living in Torremolinos, told The Independent that he resides in one of the areas where power has been restored, although he worries it’s only temporary.
“For us, the situation involved more than just a loss of electricity. The outage also knocked out our mobile network, leaving us without any form of communication.
“Additionally, the water supply to our apartment was cut off—likely because the city’s pumping systems require electricity as well. It truly felt apocalyptic”, he said.
“For about six hours, we were completely isolated, unable even to make calls for information”, he added. “It was a total guessing game as to what was happening.”
“As of now, services seem to be back to normal, but we are unsure whether this is a full restoration or a temporary fix powered by generators.”
CNN: "Cause under investigation: There is no conclusive information on what caused the power outage, Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said. Earlier, Antonio Costa, president of the European Council and Portugal's former prime minister, said there are “no indications” of a cyberattack."
Any solar flare activity that can cause cacading power fluctuations
The stupid is going to hurt a lot more. High energy prices are de-industrializing Germany. And they are trying to take agricultural land out of production in Western Europe and UK.
The Stupid —> No food, no jobs, no electricity. Enjoy the suck Euroweenies!
‘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.” ‘
It sounds like they fell short in their generating capacity because demand outstripped supply due to the heat and the circuit breakers kicked in and caused a blackout.
Based on this webpage, Spain’s renewable electrical generating capacity is 56% as of 2024. The rule of thumb is it shouldn’t exceed more than 15%.
Renewable energies generated 56% of Spain’s electricity mix in 2024
https://www.ree.es/en/press-office/press-release/news/press-release/2025/01/renewable-energies-generated-56-per-cent-spains-electricity-mix-2024
We just had a massive solar flare a couple days ago...maybe there was another?
The Sun failed to shine at night which powered the fans powering the wind turbins.
They have determined that white [sic] Christian Male Supremacy combined with Trump’s trade tariffs were the root cause ....
EU Social Compliance Testing.
exnavy wrote:
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I worked for most of mylife as an electrician, that is total nonesense.
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So, was the cause unreliable”green” energy sources?
Or?
+1
Since 56% of their electrical generating capacity is renewables, I would say there is a very good possibility of that.
The flapping wings of all the pretty pink and green unicorns did it.
Extreme temperature variations? Have they never happened before and if so why didn’t they cause the grid to go down before if they did. I guess blaming it on globull warming is more palatable then ‘Someone F’kd up’.
Most likely, you are correct, but I doubt they will ever admit to the truth...
Great article & link posted by RummyFan, comment #40. Inside the article is an 11 second video of people outside a stranded electric train. Just as the video ends, you can see humans staring through a fence at a white SUV. Perhaps I should say “staring with envy” at the white SUV.
CME is a:
Coronal
Mass
Ejection
Very large solar flares that vomit from the mass of the sun which theoretically can reach mercury or more...
CME is a:
Coronal
Mass
Ejection
Very large solar flares that vomit from the mass of the sun which theoretically can reach mercury or more...
tons of informed opinion in the comments:
28 April: WttsUpWithThat: Congrats to Spain! Nation goes 100% renewable as of April 16th 2025! – But…Then Mass Blackouts Hit Spain, Portugal
Fromm Marc Morano, Climate Depot
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/04/28/congrats-to-spain-nation-goes-100-renewable-as-of-april-16th-2025-butthen-mass-blackouts-hit-spain-portugal/
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