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		leumon 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal Except that's not true: an auto shutdown only occurs at 47.5 Hz, at least in Germany, some countries have the limit even lower: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unterfrequenz

ksajadi 10 months ago [–]

Thanks for the clarification. However the idea behind this hypothesis is that the inertia stored in physical generators is mostly responsible for keeping the grid stable and as less inertia exists in the grid the risk of this goes up.

https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/spain-portugal-power...

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