As “Spectacular” Eclipse Covers Europe, Fears Turn To Its Power Grid
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
03/20/2015
“An eclipse blocks the sun in just a few minutes, though, leading to a potential sudden drop of up to 35,000 megawatts of generation capacity. That is the equivalent of about 20 large coal-fired power plants coming off the grid at the same time. Conventional electricity suppliers will have to seamlessly substitute power to prevent blackouts, and then they must shut down capacity as solar power rebounds,” WSJ notes, as some parts of Europe witness a total solar eclipse.
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