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Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by lr1970 on Monday April 28, 2025 @06:29PM (#43826809)
bringing islands together requires one to synchronize both -- frequency and phase. It is super difficult for large generators and transmission lines. transient heat dissipation can be a real bummer.
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Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by bill3478 on Monday April 28, 2025 @07:36PM (#43827276)
They can use GPS to synchronise or back-to-back DC if available.
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Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by ForOldHack on Monday April 28, 2025 @07:24PM (#43827190)
One of the very most critical parts of a solar system is the grid tie.
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Re:Full power outage in Spain and Portugal by Dylan16807 on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @12:26AM (#43828682)
How hard is getting each island within .1Hz of correct? The full grid doesn't have much trouble, but I don't know how much cutting things down impacts that.

And then phase will align itself a couple times a minute so what's difficult about that part?

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