Spain is running its national grid in a “strengthening mode”, using more nuclear and natural gas instead of renewable energy prior to last month’s historic power outage, but it has not yet said why the disruption began. [emphasis, links added]
Spain has not officially admitted that it knows what caused the historic blackout that began in the southern United States and eliminated all electricity in two European countries. Still, it says it is certainly not a victim of a cyber attack.
Two weeks after the total losses incurred by the Iberian Peninsula in Spain and the Iberian Peninsula in Portugal, National power generation agency Red Eléctrica (RE) and government ministry now agree that no digital intrusion was detectedEnergyNews reported that Ecological Transition and Energy Minister Sara Aagesen told their National Assembly this week.
Euronews, citing the minister's remarks, revealed for the first time that on April 28, a substation in Grenada began, leaving the power supply cascade after it was disconnected from the power supply.
However, the reasons for the disconnection of the substation have not been revealed, and the Spanish government said it may take several months to release the report.
“The government is making strict rather than making assumptions, because it is what the Spanish deserve. Rigorous and truthful,” she said.
This is also the first time that two oscillations of the European Power Grid were discovered not long before the power outage in Spain, but whether this is related or indirect is still unclear.
Bloomberg Energy Industry Reporter Javier BlasSpaniards, pay more attention In summary She also said in her speech to Parliament that the grid operator is now running the system in “enhanced mode”.
He linked the statement to real-time data publicly available in the power network, which shows “more” of nuclear and natural gas to keep the grid running.
Indeed, according to the BBC, the Spanish grid was processing more than 75% of “renewable energy” at the time of the power outage in April, with only 11% of the electricity combination being nuclear and 5% of natural gas.
According to the latest data, more reliable traditional generations have been used in recent days, with nuclear power responsible for 14% to 23%, while natural gas fuel plants sometimes account for 25%.
This could be the case with the Iberian Peninsula, and when the Spanish government cleans up what happened and why, it may overcome challenges for how to operate and how to operate traditionally rely on the literal inertia of rotating turbines that could beat less powerful renewable technologies.
However, despite the utility of nuclear energy, the energy grid can be maintained at zero notification and has the elasticity of the grid, Retirement within a decade does not replace them remains the formal policy of the Spanish government.
This will leave the country with only natural gas to back up the final “net-zero” renewable grid after the final coal-fired power plant is offline this year.
Top image of Cofrentes Nuclear Power Plant in Spain via Wikimedia Commons
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