A massive blackout affecting Spain, Portugal and parts of France is creating chaos on a huge scale, with trains not running, planes grounded, and traffic lights out.
Engineers face the arduous task of getting power back, which could take up to several days in some areas.
Engineers face the arduous task of getting power back, which could take up to several days in some areas.
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but yeah, turning a system like that back on has got to be a nightmare
https://www.mathworks.com/help/sps/ref/transmissionline.html
A zero recovery is tested yearly by REE (Red Eléctrica Española), although never needed to put in practice in las 45 years until today, working perfectly.
You're looking in the wrong place for your "simple" explanation.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think the explanation will be simple.
Most likely the problem could be a compound of multiple problems happening at the same time.
We will see what is the root cause
“It’s like assembling some hellishly complicated IKEA furniture,” one expert says.
Read more at the link: https://www.wired.com/story/europe-blackout-spain-portugal-power-outage/
National grids are meticulously monitored - or they used to be.
Electricity had enough of it.
Can't blame it 🤷
Just like the mysterious Heathrow substation fire that the government hopes we have all forgotten about..