US EditionSpain's recent power outage: What happened and why it matters
- On April 28, a major blackout affected Spain and extended to parts of Portugal and France, cutting electricity to millions of people for almost a full day.
- Early reports suggested the outage might relate to a high share of renewable energy on the grid, but experts emphasize full investigation is needed to determine the cause.
- Virginia Tech professor Ali Mehrizi-Sani explained that the key challenge lies in controlling renewable generation, which reduces grid inertia and can affect system stability.
- Mehrizi-Sani noted that although power outages cause immediate challenges, over time they provide researchers and professionals with important insights into the system's limitations.
- The outage caused flight disruptions, including one Ryanair flight diverted to Barcelona, and it underscores the need to improve grid resilience as renewable energy grows.
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I was trapped in Spanish underground during massive power outage and it had hallmarks of a zombie apocalypse
It had all the hallmarks of a Zombie apocalypse when power went off across Spain and I was deep underground in a deserted railway station.
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