Iberien Peninsular Blackout

My thoughts

Could this happen in other European countries?  Yes absolutely.
Lack of information/poor information?  Yes absolutely, reminds me of Ed Milliband talking about Heathrow.
Are there lessons to be learnt?  Yes absolutely
  -  All Telecoms (mobile phone networks) need to be power independent/battery backup power for at least 24 hours to help maintain mobile coms throughout the nation

  -  All Data centres need to be power independent/battery backup power for at least 12 hours to help maintain Data coms throughout the nation

  -  Countries need to look at how much power they use and how much they buy in from abroad.  It only takes 1 country interlink to go down and people will find themselves needing to wear brown trousers.  In the UK I bet we have come close to that on several occasions.  Picture if you will a power station going offline, then at the same time an interlink to France going down, now you are very close to the mark.  Now when that cascade starts it is very difficult to stop the avalaunch.

  -  More COLD start sites/Black Start site need to be commissioned probably throughout the EuroGrid network

  -  Procedures are needed or need to be written to ensure assets can synchronise on the network especially considering the amount of renewable energy source created.  Voltage and frequency errors are probably the most hidden Gremlin when adding renewable energy onto the Grid be that either NGrid or EuroGrid.

Personally I feel that we need more battery storage attached to the Grids to help store the renewable when it’s created rather than waste it and it may also help even out the fluctuations on the Grids.  Now I understand they are the size of large football stadiums and they can not AT the MOMENT create Frequency BUT they would most certainly help minimise the cascade effect that leads to the need for a Black start.  It also means that Solar energy can be used at Night.  (Other renewable energy sources are available).

Sergio Fernandez said:

Personally I feel that we need more battery storage attached to the Grids to help store the renewable when it’s created rather than waste it and it may also help even out the fluctuations on the Grids.  Now I understand they are the size of large football stadiums and they can not AT the MOMENT create Frequency BUT they would most certainly help minimise the cascade effect that leads to the need for a Black start.  It also means that Solar energy can be used at Night.  (Other renewable energy sources are available)

We particularly need more grid-forming batteries that can act like spinning generators.

Most inverters will simply track the grid frequency as it falls.  Until it goes out of specification, and the inverter shuts down.  Which only adds to the problem.

Sergio Fernandez said:

Personally I feel that we need more battery storage attached to the Grids to help store the renewable when it’s created rather than waste it and it may also help even out the fluctuations on the Grids.  Now I understand they are the size of large football stadiums and they can not AT the MOMENT create Frequency BUT they would most certainly help minimise the cascade effect that leads to the need for a Black start.  It also means that Solar energy can be used at Night.  (Other renewable energy sources are available)

We particularly need more grid-forming batteries that can act like spinning generators.

Most inverters will simply track the grid frequency as it falls.  Until it goes out of specification, and the inverter shuts down.  Which only adds to the problem.