vegeta1 [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agoSpain and Portugal are without electricity. Huge power outagewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkSpain and Portugal are without electricity. Huge power outagewww.bbc.comvegeta1 [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarejackmaoist [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 days agoHow does something like this happen?
minus-squareTrustedFeline [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-22 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-squaremerthyr1831@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours 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.