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The piece doesn't mention the recent blackout in Spain. Wasn't it caused by the lack of energy sources with rotational inertia?
by isolli 1y ago
The piece doesn't mention the recent blackout in Spain. Wasn't it caused by the lack of energy sources with rotational inertia?
- vasco 1y agoIt was a design/dimensioning error, something was expected to absorb reactive power and it added it instead.
- ViewTrick1002 1y agoThe reporting so far is that they did not manage the reactive power correct leading to a voltage trip. But the fossil and nuclear lobbies were straight on blaming renewables when it happened. They are desperate for any handouts they can get their hands on before a select few are preserved as museum pieces.
- diffeomorphism 1y agoNo, that was some of the initial speculation, but turned out to be wrong.