Spain says 'overvoltage' caused huge April blackout
Spain says 'overvoltage' caused huge April blackout
A major power outage that paralyzed the Iberian Peninsula in April was caused by "overvoltage" on the grid that triggered "a chain reaction," according to a government report released Tuesday.
Aagesen singled out the role of the Spanish grid operator REE and certain energy companies she did not name which disconnected their plants "inappropriately... to protect their installations."
She also pointed to "insufficient voltage control capacity" on the system that day, due in part to a programming flaw, stressing that Spain's grid is theoretically robust enough to handle such situations.
Due to these misjudgments "we reached a point of no return with an uncontrollable chain reaction" that could only have been managed if steps had been taken beforehand to absorb the overvoltage problems, she added.
Who could have thought that private grid operators would prioritize their installations over anything else.
Or cheap out on parts!
I just hope they demand economical reparations to those un-named energy companies, accordingly to the damage inflicted and not only a few million euros.
Due to these misjudgments "we reached a point of no return with an uncontrollable chain reaction"
Now where have I heard that before?
I thought this was already known, because of all their solar
That is just right-wing disinformation:
The right-wing opposition has questioned the Socialist-led coalition government's phase-out of nuclear energy and reliance on renewables, saying they made Spain more vulnerable to blackouts.
But the government says there is no evidence to suggest "an excess of renewables or the lack of nuclear power plants" caused the crisis.
"insufficient voltage control capacity" on the system that day, due in part to a programming flaw
Human error not "faulty renewables"
Right, also they were all vaxxed against the rona!!!! /s