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Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by apexalpha on Monday April 28, 2025 @11:02AM (#43822264)
Would this be relevant here? Spain is connected to the French grid, and probably also Morocco.

The entire EU runs on one synchronised grid so from that perspective a single 'province' went offline, not the grid.

Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by crmd on Monday April 28, 2025 @12:31PM (#43823276)
It would be essentially the same thing as a grid black start, except that the first breaker to close has the European grid on its primary side, instead of a freshly started generator under your control.

The complex process of configuring the transmission network to bring grid power to each power plant in succession is the same.

Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by lysace on Monday April 28, 2025 @12:34PM (#43823298)
The continental part of the EU runs on one synchronized grid. The Nordics (except half of Denmark and, uh, Iceland, Greenland etc) runs on a separate synchronized grid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Europe_Synchronous...

Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by jameshart on Monday April 28, 2025 @04:46PM (#43825923)
Re: probably also Morocco: yes, there is an interconnect across the Strait of Gibraltar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain-Morocco_interconnection

Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by dom96 on Monday April 28, 2025 @05:23PM (#43826275)
Speaking of Gibraltar, it's interesting that its electricity grid isn't connected to Spain/EU's grid. So they are completely unaffected.