Re: Grand Apagon - Electricity (not) in Spain

On 2025-04-29 14:24, Martin Brown wrote:

Spain suffered a very spectacular near total loss of its national grid yesterday taking parts of France and all of Portugal down with it. This is an unprecedented failure of a supergrid system by cascade failure.

(total loss in the peninsula)
For those that can follow spoken Spanish, there has just been a detailed explanation on Radio Cadena Ser. Aimar Bretos interviewed Jorge Morales on Hora 25:
«Director of Próxima Energía and expert in the energy sector. Entrepreneur and industrial engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, he has more than 20 years of experience in the Spanish electricity sector.»
Direct link to mp3, starting from 31:30
<https://25673.mc.tritondigital.com/HORA_25_CADENASER_320_P/media-session/9db9ab48-74f6-4fac-9b8f-ab24df840f9f/2025/4/29/cadenaser_hora25_20250429_210000_220000.mp3?dist=cadenaser-web-tfp-permanente&csegid=22000&dl=1>
and:
<https://25673.mc.tritondigital.com/HORA_25_CADENASER_320_P/media-session/a06f2199-cd2a-4ce5-8045-ba282565c2c0/2025/4/29/cadenaser_hora25_20250429_220000_230000.mp3?dist=cadenaser-web-tfp-permanente&csegid=22000&dl=1>
Or, if that fails:
<https://cadenaser.com/audio/cadenaser_hora25_20250429_210000_220000/?ssm=whatsapp>
Continues on
<https://cadenaser.com/audio/cadenaser_hora25_20250429_220000_230000/?ssm=whatsapp>
Waiting for the podcast to appear [...] got it.
<https://cadenaser.com/nacional/2025/04/29/se-puede-repetir-el-apagon-un-experto-responde-la-duda-tras-la-caida-de-la-red-electrica-cadena-ser/?ssm=whatsapp>
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Cheers, Carlos.