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Massive European power outage blamed on solar plant breakdowns
Fox News ^ | April 29, 2025 | Greg Norman

Posted on 04/29/2025 7:22:18 AM PDT by McGruff

The massive power outage that wreaked havoc in Europe is being blamed on a pair of likely solar plant breakdowns in southwest Spain, a report said.

Red Eléctrica said it identified two power generation loss incidents in southwest Spain – likely involving solar plants – that caused instability in the Spanish power grid and contributed to a breakdown of its interconnection to France, according to Reuters.

"We have never had a complete collapse of the system," Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in a televised address Monday night.

Eduardo Prieto, Red Eléctrica’s chief of operations, said the instability in the power grid caused the Spanish and French electricity interconnection through the Pyrenees mountains to split, leading to a failure on the Spanish side, according to Reuters.

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1 posted on 04/29/2025 7:22:18 AM PDT by McGruff
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To: McGruff

WUT!? Butt, butt, butt...... Hey I know, lets dim the sunshine! Fookin’ “yoops” and their brilliant idears.


2 posted on 04/29/2025 7:27:54 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: McGruff

How does a solar “plant” fail? It was cloudy?


3 posted on 04/29/2025 7:28:19 AM PDT by The Free Engineer
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To: rktman

THIS IS THE SAME PART OF THE WORLD THAT WANTS TO “DIM THE SUN”.

They not only CANNOT “CONNECT THE DOTS” IT APPEARS THEY CANNOT EVEN FIND THE DOTS.


4 posted on 04/29/2025 7:29:29 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: The Free Engineer

A good hail storm works. 😳🤔😊👍


5 posted on 04/29/2025 7:31:03 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: McGruff
but they are saving electricity and ultimately the planet....

typed by candle light......

6 posted on 04/29/2025 7:33:01 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show host to me.... Sting)
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7 posted on 04/29/2025 7:33:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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8 posted on 04/29/2025 7:33:43 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: ridesthemiles

Given the famine predicted in Revelation I’m thinking the may succeed.

You know, the idolatry of the Earth will likely be the real reason it has to be destroyed to the extent it will be....


9 posted on 04/29/2025 7:34:08 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher )
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To: The Free Engineer

It was night!🙄 ................


10 posted on 04/29/2025 7:34:48 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: McGruff

Eat bugs and freeze during the night in darkness - this is what your masters want.


11 posted on 04/29/2025 7:37:26 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I’ll take a wait and see...)
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To: Rurudyne

The more they want to control things, the more they screw things up.


12 posted on 04/29/2025 7:38:37 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: McGruff

Naaaa. It was climate change.


13 posted on 04/29/2025 7:38:56 AM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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To: Skooz

Of course.


14 posted on 04/29/2025 7:39:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: McGruff
If you can't convince them, confuse them.

What you say when you have no idea what happened: "Due to extreme temperature variations in the interior of Spain, there were anomalous oscillations in the very high-voltage lines, a phenomenon known as induced atmospheric vibration," it was quoted as saying. "These oscillations caused synchronization failures between the electrical systems, leading to successive disturbances across the interconnected European network."

15 posted on 04/29/2025 7:40:03 AM PDT by budj (Combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations.)
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To: McGruff

“Smart” grids are not so smart.


16 posted on 04/29/2025 7:41:47 AM PDT by Wuli (.)
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To: McGruff

What happened to the “atmospheric condition” that was yesterday’s explanation? Was that just a lie?


17 posted on 04/29/2025 7:41:50 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: McGruff

Spanish power BLACKOUT: Why Net Zero and RENEWABLES were to blame | MGUY Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed8JLg92zGw

Spain’s big blackout came less than week after it went full green on electricity
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4313907/posts

Spain’s 100% renewable energy milestone followed by historic blackout – Coincidence?
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4313945/posts

The rule of thumb for renewables is to not exceed 15% of grid capacity with them.


18 posted on 04/29/2025 7:41:54 AM PDT by Tom Tetroxide (Psalm 146:3 "Do not trust in princes, in the Son of Man, who has no salvation.")
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To: McGruff

Very low wind in Spain the last few days, which cut back the electrical output from windmills.


19 posted on 04/29/2025 7:43:37 AM PDT by dennisw (💯🇺🇸 Truth is Hate to those who Hate the Truth. 🇺🇸💯)
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To: coloradan

We’ll never know the truth. They will blame it on climate change.


20 posted on 04/29/2025 7:44:09 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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