Spain and Portugal power grid collapse | Report Released

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Original Thread: https://www.eng-tips.com/threads/spain-and-portugal-power-grid-collapse.528839/

Report (Spanish): https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/consej...me-no-confidencial-Comite-de-analisis-28A.pdf

TLDR: The grid operator had inadequate spinning mass on the grid to keep it stable.

 

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A quote from the minister:

"The minister said the voltage surge itself was caused by oscillations in the frequency at which the electrical current changes direction. Some oscillations were natural, she said, but one was “atypical”. The unusual change originated from a solar power plant in south-west Spain near the city of Badajoz, the government report said."