Re:Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels
by BLKNSLVR on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:22PM
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There's a lot more nuance to the 2016 event. Ironically, the wind generators could have saved SA from a multi-hour blackout but the "settings" being used by the wind farms were overly paranoid (in my simple understanding) and caused them to shut-off before their more realistic danger limits were reached.
This is more of a failure of development and regulation of standards, which, I believe, have now been resolved. Said standards had already been developed in countries that had more experience in wind generation than Australia.
The "cause" was unprecedented wind speeds that brought down a few of the big "giraffes" that carry high voltage wires across the state and the interconnectors between states. See article below for example photo.
This is more of a failure of development and regulation of standards, which, I believe, have now been resolved. Said standards had already been developed in countries that had more experience in wind generation than Australia.
The "cause" was unprecedented wind speeds that brought down a few of the big "giraffes" that carry high voltage wires across the state and the interconnectors between states. See article below for example photo.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-28/sa-statewide-blackout...
A lot of good has actually come out of that event, none related to the politicking.
More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_South_Australian_blackout