Re: Grand Apagon - Electricity (not) in Spain

On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 23:33:17 +0200, "Carlos E.R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

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.

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(total loss in the peninsula)
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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:
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«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.»
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Direct link to mp3, starting from 31:30
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<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>
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and:
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<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>
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Or, if that fails:
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<https://cadenaser.com/audio/cadenaser_hora25_20250429_210000_220000/?ssm=whatsapp>
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Continues on
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<https://cadenaser.com/audio/cadenaser_hora25_20250429_220000_230000/?ssm=whatsapp>
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Waiting for the podcast to appear [...] got it.
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<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>

The Wall Street Journal just published an analysis.  The authors are
Spanish. 

How the Lights Went Out in Spain
The country flew too close to the sun — which is to say it relied too
heavily on unreliable solar power.

The following link should not require a subscription.

.<https://www.wsj.com/opinion/how-the-lights-went-out-in-spain-solar-power-electric-grid-0096bbc7?st=MbzSqb&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink>

Joe