Sujet : Re: The Spanish Grid Drop-out - recently released information.
De : jl (at) *nospam* glen--canyon.com (john larkin)
Groupes : sci.electronics.designDate : 12. May 2025, 23:19:44
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On Mon, 12 May 2025 12:42:11 -0700, Don Y
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blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
On 5/12/2025 7:31 AM, Theo wrote:
A naive question: why do we need to get these signals from the grid at all?
Why can't we broadcast a synchronisation message on something like LW radio
that is picked up by every generator large or small? Then the network
operator can monitor what's happening and adjust the signal as appropriate.
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How have we managed to distribute electrical power over huge swaths of land
from multiple independent operators WITHOUT such a mechanism?
Big steam tubines with lots of spinning inertia and boilers full of
gigajoules of superheated water. And enough 24/7 local generation so
we don't need to import power from France.
And no commitments to take (or pay for) power that we don't need.