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There's no single "Europe" grid.
by fulafel 6y ago
There's no single "Europe" grid.
- diarmuidie 6y agoThere isn't a single grid, but there is a large synchronous grid covering most of continental Europe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_grid_of_Continental_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronous_grid_of_Continenta...
- fulafel 6y agoMaybe. Some of the "continental" grid is in Africa, the above second map doesn't color in Russian bits of Europe, and then there are the other European grids. But the high bit is that there are significant parts on not this grid, there are 6-ish grids.
- tremon 6y agoAll of Europe's national grids are interconnected, and most of them import or export more than 10% of their power budget (some both, depending on the time of day). A large power fluctuation/blackout in one country can easily spread to neighbouring countries, the junctions can't absorb the sudden shift in network load.