Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal • Hacker News Board

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

#91

Post by solarkraft » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:41 AM UTC

This is a really good stress test. I’m impressed that communications still seem to work somewhat for now.

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

#92

Post by amarcheschi » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:42 AM UTC

sofixa wrote: post #85

amarcheschi wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

10 mins ago Malaga was online, now it's offline. It doesn't look promising

Might just be lag? In any case, if I recall correctly from a Youtube video I can't find (it was either Wendover or Real Engineering), if the grid is fully down, it takes quite a lot of effort and time to bring it back online because it has to be done in small steps to avoid over/under loading/using.

Idk, it might be updated with some lag

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

#93

Post by pandemic_region » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:42 AM UTC

nacnud wrote: post #70

There's a map of realtime load flow here: https://gridradar.net/en/wide-area-monitoring-system (currently shows Spain and Portugal as 'offline')

Romania seems offline as well now?

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

#94

Post by trollied » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:42 AM UTC

sofixa wrote: post #85

amarcheschi wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

10 mins ago Malaga was online, now it's offline. It doesn't look promising

Might just be lag? In any case, if I recall correctly from a Youtube video I can't find (it was either Wendover or Real Engineering), if the grid is fully down, it takes quite a lot of effort and time to bring it back online because it has to be done in small steps to avoid over/under loading/using.

It was Practical Engineering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOSnQM1Zu4w

Very good video. Very good channel.

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

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Post by g-b-r » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:43 AM UTC

openplatypus wrote: post #30

Apparently Italy is also affected. https://www.elconfidencial.com/espana/2025-04-28/directo-cor...

No

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

#96

Post by ndsipa_pomu » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:43 AM UTC

It's surprising how vulnerable electric supply can be.

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

#97

Post by sph » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:44 AM UTC

EZ-E wrote: post #14

Looking forward to the postmortem

Accidentally dropping the production database doesn’t seem that big of deal in comparison to killing the electricity in two countries.

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

#98

Post by mango7283 » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:44 AM UTC

anal_reactor wrote: post #74

Call me crazy but I'd love to see full power outage at least once in my life

We had one in my country when I was a kid 30 years ago after a substation tripped and took down the rest of the grid. We broke out the candles and chilled I guess. Power was back up in my area that same night.

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

#99

Post by sph » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:44 AM UTC

underdeserver wrote: post #15

How can we follow this story? Who's updating in real time?

The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/spain-portugal...

Re: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal

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Post by croes » Mon, Apr 28, 2025, 11:44 AM UTC

deeThrow94 wrote: post #29

meindnoch wrote: post #16

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What beef does russia have against spain and portugal?

https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/lang/en/presidente/news/Paginas...