Shedding light on the cause: Massive power outage in Spain and Portugal revealed
Spain and Portugal Plunged into Darkness: Here's the Real Deal
If you woke up to a lights-out scenario on the Iberian Peninsula, you're not alone. A mind-blowing power outage has left millions in the dark, and our site reports it's all due to a freaky atmospheric event. Sky News confirms the bad news, attributing the outage to intense temperature fluctuations in Spain.
But don't panic just yet! Those pesky involuntary voltage swings on those high-tension power lines were the real culprit. It's all boiled down to some crazy temperature variations in Spain that caused odd voltage oscillations in the power grid.
Unfortunately, these weird oscillations caused a domino effect, with synchronized systems failing and leaving Spain and Portugal in the dark. The Portuguese grid operator, Redes Energeticas Nacionais (REN), estimated it would take around a week to get the power back to normal.
Sadly, this isn't the first time we've seen something like this happen. In fact, a large-scale blackout struck Cuba last year, leaving the entire country without power after a mishap at its biggest power station.
Oh, and don't forget about the incident that occurred in Almaty, Shymkent, Zhambyl, Turkestan, Kyzylorda regions, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan on January 25, 2022. Power was restored eventually, but the cause wasn't so unusual - just a good ol' accident in Uzbekistan's power system.
Now, you might be wondering if this power outage was the result of a cyberattack. But fear not, Sky News reports there's no concrete evidence to suggest that was the case.
In intriguing scientific terms, this atmospheric event is referred to as "induced atmospheric variation." This meteorological phenomenon caused an instantaneous loss of a whopping 15 gigawatts of power supply in just five seconds in Spain, which amounts to almost 60% of the demand at the time. Keep an eye out for more updates as experts dig deeper into the nitty-gritty details of this fascinating event.
- The blackout in Spain and Portugal was caused by anomalous temperature variations, leading to odd voltage oscillations in the power grid, citing science reports.
- This type of power outage isn't unprecedented; last year, a large-scale blackout struck Cuba due to an accident at its biggest power station.
- Despite speculations, there's no evidence to suggest that this recent Iberian Peninsula blackout was a result of a cyberattack.
- In general news, power was restored in Almaty, Shymkent, Zhambyl, Turkestan, Kyzylorda regions, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan following an accident in Uzbekistan's power system.
- Experts are delving deeper into the environmental-science details of the atmospheric event that caused the massive blackout in Spain, referring to it as an "induced atmospheric variation" in intriguing scientific terms.
