Last seen: Jun 2, 2025
Let me add two other points to what @lucia has just posted. 1: We do not yet know if Spain and Portugal have their own equivalent of Load Sheddi...
Historically, it's been low generation from fossil fuels which has resulted in supply disruption by a sheikh.
Yes, it's far too much money. DESNZ will no doubt wish us to reflect on the positive aspects of such expenditure...... but it's got to come out of o...
Red Eléctrica will require data with greater granularity than 1-second internals.Inverter technology acts very much faster than do rotating turbines. ...
Yes. Storing the solar generation within the home is greatly preferable.NESO calls that approach "meter side" (meaning 'on the consumer side of the me...
Now that NESO and the RESPs are directing future electricity strategy, there will be a much greater emphasis on the physics underlying the principles ...
Whilst we're still awaiting any explanations from official sources @judithmay I point out that the symptoms indicate that the Spanish engineers did ta...
Thanks for the nudge @judith Yes, I do have more technical information on the likely causes of the Iberian Outage,but please appreciate that I'm alr...
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