Re: Grand Apagon - Electricity (not) in Spain

On Mon, 5 May 2025 13:45:24 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

On 2025-05-05 04:50, Don Y wrote:

On 5/4/2025 1:55 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

On 2025-05-04 22:20, Don Y wrote:

On 5/4/2025 5:34 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

They have it because they need them more. They run isolated, they
can not rely on others to smooth their loads. As a result, some
islands have successfully run for days on solar/wind only.

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Is this just "taken in stride"?  Or, are residents alerted to special
"please be extra conservative in your energy use TODAY" requests?
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How does storage capacity correlate with "off hours" demand?

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They take it on stride.
I don't live there, nor have visited. I think that the island that
stayed for a month on solar/wind doesn't have heavy industries, not by
far.

 
So, they did nothing "special" to avoid running out of power for that
time?  I.e., they were CONFIDENT in their available surplus (day
AND night) to stick with "life as usual"?

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Well, they had their diesel generators on standby. They did not have to
be confident, they simply were not needed for many days.
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<https://www.endesa.com/es/la-cara-e/energias-renovables/gorona-viento-renovable>
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You can read it with an automated translator.
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The island is small.
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<https://maps.app.goo.gl/p5FfPnhvFVKhRN4C8>
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<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Hierro>

I'm thinking that it doesn't snow there very much. A few days without
power won't kill many people.

Wind and solar, with 100% diesel backup, probably makes sense for
them. Diesel is expensive.