vegeta1 [he/him] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 3 days agoSpain and Portugal are without electricity. Huge power outagewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down11cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkSpain and Portugal are without electricity. Huge power outagewww.bbc.comvegeta1 [he/him] to news@hexbear.netEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square12fedilinkcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.senews@lemmy.world
minus-squarejackmaoist [none/use name]linkfedilinkEnglish27•3 days agoHow does something like this happen?
minus-squareTrustedFeline [she/her, comrade/them]linkfedilinkEnglish17•edit-23 days agoI think large blackouts happen when this goes wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization_(alternating_current) . Or that’s one of the things that makes restarting a power grid so difficult
minus-square@merthyr1831@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 day agoA Portuguese energy company said that temperature fluctuations across Spain were exactly what caused parts of the network to go out of sync.
How does something like this happen?
I think large blackouts happen when this goes wrong: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronization_(alternating_current) . Or that’s one of the things that makes restarting a power grid so difficult
A Portuguese energy company said that temperature fluctuations across Spain were exactly what caused parts of the network to go out of sync.