There's a connected grid across most of continental europe. If Portugal's grid blacked out unexpectedly then Spain's grid could have been made unstable too, which then continue onwards to South of France and Italy.
replyJust a typical cascade failure because it means everything's now running with lower tolerances.
So, how do you stop this from cascading further? Did France have to cut them off the grid somehow?
replyNeither. Apparently a local grid overload and a cascading failure, but radio and newspapers don’t agree on root cause.
replyNobody fed the electricity beetles and they are on strike now.
replyEMP would kill electronics no?
replyno, most electronics is shielded by default/by law. check UL/CE requirements. but it can make circuit breakers "turn off". EMP meaning nuclear high above, there exist emp devices of size of small family van, but those have range few 100 m/ft
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