Very few people seemingly spare even a few seconds for an intrusive thought like that :)

Could you share the source? I harbor a suspicion it's fake (since the blackout happened around midday and by the evening half of power was on).

Here's Andalusia at night (as per NASA).

www.earthdata.nasa.gov/news/worldvi...

She is keeping an eye so that nobody offers Pete a drink.

Sure. Now we have a rather large capability gap. I'd wish we were looking at it as a task to complete or a challenge to overcome, rather than an unsurmountable obstacle, fatally locking Europe to US at the time when US is at its absolute worst.

Interesting conversation, thank You. Mr. Michta has a fascinating American view on Europe, where it:
▪️Is a freerider and it is embarrasing that these rich countries aren‘t taking care of their own defence, and
▪️cannot possibly take care of their own defence because USA is the only deterrent. :)

We should be treating populists preferentially in the eyes of the law just because they are popular? Quite a sad take.

Fortunately the remedies remain mostly the same, whether they genuinely were accidents or not.

Confiscate the ships, try the crews, and auction anything valuable found to cover the damages unless the crew or ship owners fork out enough cash.

Should stop the incidents eventually either way.

Saturday – frequency stability tests (see right side of the frequency graph).

As if tests weren't enough, around 1400 local time (highlighted) a large gas generator disconnected (red line).

It was replaced by hydro & pumped h. (lower blue).

Freq. dropped to 49,6. Still – no disruptions.

Through what - WiFi? This "scoop" is ludicrous in so many ways.

/cntd

And an undue infatuation of Eastern European media with their Western counterparts leads to such slanted reporting spreading.

bsky.app/profile/kyiv...

▪️Propaganda slipups like "liquefied natural gas from America, which is more expensive than piped gas"

(I know, Gazprom did rot brains with this nonsense over decades, but go ahead and ask yourself if piped Russian gas in 2022 was cheaper than American LNG today).

Not surprised any more.

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I vote Yi Peng. Clean break.

You guys alrite there? Need somebody to call 999? If you smell toast – that might be a stroke.

I don't mean to be a party pooper. Most of the stuff mr. Wilkie says are great, but his idea of "spigots opening" and 40$ oil is nonsensical. Kinda deflates the whole thing a bit.

"Learning to live with" does not sound like a solution.

The question that follows "might not be possible to get this level of certainty" is "what level of certainty we can meaningfully get to and what to do once we're there".

LitPol Link is the only connection that, if brought down, could delay the synchronization itself. Security around it was tightened recently.

9/fin

There is another HVAC line on the way – 700 MW Harmony Link (same) – but it will be built in a few years, meaning, post synchronization.

Post synchronization power trade via this link will either cease, of be very limited. All of it will be rather dedicated for system operations.

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2️⃣ There is one overhead HVAC (high voltage alternating current) line connecting the Baltic states to Poland and thus to European continental grid. That is:

▪️ (d.) 500 MW LitPol Link (LT-PL, operated Litgrid & Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne, PSE), built in 2015.

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Also, synchronous area is an area in which the electricity grids are connected by alternating current (HVAC) connections, and not direct current ones (HVDC).

⚡ However, these interconnectors are very helpful for balancing the Baltic grid and provide low-cost power imports.

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