The Spanish electricity grid blames large power plants

The Spanish electricity grid blames large power plants
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Red Eléctrica President Beatriz Corredor has accused certain large power plants of not participating sufficiently in voltage regulation and of being at least partly responsible for the blackout on April 28. The causes of the collapse of the Spanish grid have not yet been identified with certainty, and various explanations have been put forward. Until now, either renewable energies or the grid itself have been blamed for the blackout.
The Spanish government has pledged to communicate the reasons for the outage as soon as possible.