The energy thread

[Dargo]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Its not that simple. Not only do you loose huge quantity in power by sending it down the wires over hundreds of kilometers, you also - and that is the real concern- you add instability to it due to the net frequency becoming instabile and currencies needing to be transformed, which has physical limits per amount of technical measuremnts installed to handle it. If you push too much power down the line, you get blackouts, and in worst case: a cascade blackout. Thats then the so-called "big one", it eats itself through most of the continental powergrid - through every section of it that does not get isolated and taken off the grid in time.


Europe has been close to that repeatedly in past years, and every following year more often then in the previous year. The epicenter of many causes for such flucationd and almost-deastsers has become Germany, the symptoms for it then become visible in other places and countries, and there in regional blackouts.

Its pretty likely that we will see regional blackouts in Germany this winter, and repeately. Its openly discussed over here to also intentionally switch off power in regions of Germany over the day, for some - announced - hours, to prevcent uncontrolled balckpouts. Planned blckouts are better than unpredicted, chaotic blackouts spiralling out of control. If the latte rhappens, it could lead to a cascade blacking out most of the continent. Not because ther eis not enough power, but because technical installations in the grid go up in flames.

The times when the redundancy in the German powergrid were so world-leadingly good that the rest of the planet envied the Germans for their stable and "undestructable" powergrid, are over.


Murphy's law: what can happen, will happen - you only have to give it time enough to get there.

Denmark is connected by several countries it does not depend only on Germany so other country's takeover the UCTE grid is the largest synchronous electrical grid (by connected power) in the world.