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Mar 19, 2024 21:00 This time a post on our own behalf: At the beginning of March the time had come - Gridradar.net celebrates >1000 users of the Gridradar API! We are proud of this. Because in less than 2.5 years, the magic threshold has been crossed.

Dec 22, 2023 07:51 Interconnector failures do not only affect the British tranmission system. Rather, the effects are also visible in the markets. Such outages offer growing short-term potential for battery energy storage systems and flexible consumers. (Picture by Billy69150 under license CC BY-SA 4.0: TGV TMST 3011-2 - Sortie Tunnel sous la Manche à Coquelles.jpg)

Sep 05, 2023 19:00 On 01 September 2023, an interconnector trip between France and UK resulted in a massive frequency drop. The increasing PV infeed during the period of the trip secured the UK against larger consequences for the suppliers and consuments. (Picture by Jonathan Billinger under license CC BY-SA 2.0: : Sellindge Converter Station of the IFA2 Interconnector)

Jun 15, 2023 16:15 On 08 June 2023, theinterconnector NSL between the Nordics and the UK stopped operation. In consequence, a power flow of 1290 MW has been interrupted and frequency in the Nordic system jumped 400 mHz up while frequency in the UK system nosedived by 500 mHz.

May 10, 2023 15:00 Scandinavia faced power supply problems at 04:40 UTC on April 26. As a result, there was a power outage in the Stockholm region and a drop in the grid frequency to 49.3 Hz in the entire grid area.

Mar 31, 2023 22:00 On 03/28/2023 starting at 16:00 UTC, a strong and prolonged underfrequency event occurred in the UCTE network area. The event is unusual in several respects: (1) The UCTE network frequency drops below 49.84 Hz. (2) The system takes over three minutes to return to above 49.9 Hz. (3) The power supply between Western/Central Europe and Eastern Europe drifts sharply apart.