cm0002@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agoBlackouts latest: 'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind huge outages in Portugal and Spainnews.sky.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down13cross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up174arrow-down1external-linkBlackouts latest: 'Rare atmospheric phenomenon' behind huge outages in Portugal and Spainnews.sky.comcm0002@lemmy.world to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square14fedilinkcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squaretuntreet@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 day agoThat explanation about ‘rare atmospheric phenomenon’ was from Reuters. But Reuters have later tonight retracted on this.
minus-squareSL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoThx for the info. Current thinking is concurrent over / undervoltage in 2 separate power plants/points of failure, if I’m reading correctly. While my bets are on sabotage, happenstance is almost as likely. Takes off tinfoil hat
That explanation about ‘rare atmospheric phenomenon’ was from Reuters. But Reuters have later tonight retracted on this.
Thx for the info. Current thinking is concurrent over / undervoltage in 2 separate power plants/points of failure, if I’m reading correctly.
While my bets are on sabotage, happenstance is almost as likely. Takes off tinfoil hat