News Spanish grid collapse

[James]

Interesting article below.

Opinion: I’m a power engineer. The Iberian grid collapse makes me very afraid for Britain — The Telegraph

We will soon lose most of our remaining grid inertia, increasing the risk of outages

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[Moley]

Can't read the article as it insists on me signing up but the lack of inertia is going to be a major problem due to all the solar/wind rubbish that this country is insisting on. I really don't understand how these so called 'experts' that advise the government aren't able to see it. There are some old closed gas power stations that are/have been converted into huge 'flywheels' but it's just not enough. Hopefully Spain will be a wake up call to the government but I doubt it.

 

[James]

I can’t find the story anywhere else and obviously can’t cut and paste it for copyright reasons.
Oops.

 

[snowhead]

Ignore, another link didn't work.

 

[Marvo]

I’m a power engineer. The Iberian grid collapse makes me very afraid for Britain

Last Monday, the Iberian grid suffered a disturbance in the south-west at 12:33. In 3.5 seconds this worsened and the interconnection to France disconnected. All renewable generation then went off-line, followed by disconnection of all rotating generation plant. The Iberian blackout was complete...

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[Marvo]

Yes, lack of rotary inertia in grids with deep penetration of renewables has been a known risk for a long time. Many countries persuing large percentages of solar and wind generation have been adding artificial inertia to their grid by converting old coal fired plants into driven inertia to compensate and improve stability.