The European Network of Electricity Transmission System Operators (Entso-e) announced that, half an hour before the blackout that hit the Iberian Peninsula, there were “two periods of power and frequency fluctuations” in continental Europe. In a statement, ENtso-e highlighted that these disturbances in the synchronous zone of continental Europe occurred…
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The European Commissioner for Energy today rejected attributing last week’s electricity cut in the Iberian Peninsula to excess renewable energy production, praising the response of the Portuguese and Spanish authorities to the “worst blackout in recent decades.” “There is no reason to believe that last week’s blackout is due to…
In order to save the life of Madeira's seabirds on the 30th of October, a thousand street lamps will be turned off between 8 pm and 11 pm.