Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 01/05/2025I didn't have time for a hot take on the Spanish power outage a few days ago so here's a bit more of a measured take, and a hot take on the hot takes making the rounds. 24213 0
Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 01/05/2025First of all, the outage wasn't "caused by solar" or any other power plant or technology anymore than the rupture of this pipe was "caused by" water inside the pipe.media.tenor.coma picture of a store with the caption water leakingALT: a picture of a store with the caption water leaking 1101 0
Lauri Myllyvirta @laurimyllyvirta.bsky.social · 01/05/2025The job of the pipe is to keep water inside and the job of the power grid is to manage variations in supply and demand. So IF the outage was related to such variations, the cause isn't those variations but the failure to prepare or the failure of the system to respond as planned. 170 0
