Meanwhile in Spain

[Winchester White]

And Portugal it seems, huge power outages across both countries.

[royal white]

13 minutes ago, Winchester White said:

And Portugal it seems, huge power outages across both countries.

None here. Brexit benefit. 

[Zico]

it'll be Russia this

[Whitestar]

Something will be happening and it won't be good.

Was loads of power failures in the weeks leading up to 9/11 in 2001 apparently.

Just saying like.

[Blondi]

I'd be surprised if it isn't the Russian's responsible.

[gonzo]

Whatever happened to that ETA mob?

[Winchester White]

Some sources saying it could be a cyber attack. Whatever the reason it will be something big to cause such a widespread outage.

[Winchester White]

And now it could be a "rare atmospheric phenomenon". Crikey.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Just seen this.

Chemtrails all over.

[royal white]

Bill Gates dropping chem trails from his private jet.  ITK 

[Spider]

Things just got FUCKING SERIOUS

 

[tomski]

My dad is in bilbao and says all is back up and running. The beers are flowing but it was Galicia in bottles this afternoon

[Spider]

Just now, tomski said:

My dad is in bilbao and says all is back up and running. The beers are flowing but it was Galicia in bottles this afternoon

That’s how we built an empire.

Getting on with shit 

[green genie]

1 hour ago, tomski said:

My dad is in bilbao and says all is back up and running. The beers are flowing but it was Galicia in bottles this afternoon

Is he a dirty red rag?

if not he needs to leave

Edited April 28 by green genie

[tomski]

43 minutes ago, green genie said:

Is he a dirty red rag?

if not he needs to leave

Oh Jesus no. Nothing unfortunate like that in my family😂

Edited April 28 by tomski

[waffer cup 07]

Ours was off for 14 hours. Everything everywhere, stopped. Back to normal today. Their playing the Russia thing down, but you have to wonder.

Edited April 29 by waffer cup 07

[green genie]

2 hours ago, waffer cup 07 said:

Ours was off for 14 hours. Everything everywhere, stopped. Back to normal today. Their playing the Russia thing down, but you have to wonder.

Be those washing machines from CHI-NA

[freds dad]

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Suggestions it may be as a result of a lack of "inertia" in the grid.

I had a read up, and it is possible. 

They're linking it to renewables and their drawbacks, which is somewhat disingenuous. It's more of a rush towards the generation, without balancing out the infrastructure. Networks which haven't been updated accordingly. 

Similar here.

Gives carte blanche to the sceptics. 

[gonzo]

Some loon on my round was blaming all those floods in Spain other week on EU legislation regarding dams.

[bolty58]

5 minutes ago, gonzo said:

Some loon on my round was blaming all those floods in Spain other week on EU legislation regarding dams.

Let's run with it. Bring the fat cats down.

[Dimron]

6 hours ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Suggestions it may be as a result of a lack of "inertia" in the grid.

I had a read up, and it is possible. 

They're linking it to renewables and their drawbacks, which is somewhat disingenuous. It's more of a rush towards the generation, without balancing out the infrastructure. Networks which haven't been updated accordingly. 

Similar here.

Gives carte blanche to the sceptics. 

We had a big national outage in 2019  when a lightning strike took out a windfarm in the North Sea. As you say the windmills don't have the inertia of a big old steam turbine generator and as a result the grid has less time to react before the supply drops below the minimum frequency. 

We now need to re-configure our distribution grid to accommodate renewables and the change in demand from consumers but whenever I drive into the countryside all I see is "No Pylons Here" placards. 

[tomski]

On 28/04/2025 at 14:39, Zico said:

it'll be Russia this

😂 most overrated since Evatt this mob

[Tonge moor green jacket]

2 hours ago, Dimron said:

We had a big national outage in 2019  when a lightning strike took out a windfarm in the North Sea. As you say the windmills don't have the inertia of a big old steam turbine generator and as a result the grid has less time to react before the supply drops below the minimum frequency. 

We now need to re-configure our distribution grid to accommodate renewables and the change in demand from consumers but whenever I drive into the countryside all I see is "No Pylons Here" placards. 

The generators could still be used; as part of an overall energy storage package.

Hydro electric, potential energy systems and hydrogen stores can all drive turbines.

Without investing in these associated systems, and indeed the upgrades to the distribution network, the effect, and benefits, of renewables won't be maximised.