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2025-04-29 21:20:00 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 63A25FE87E0FDDA003DB2977CB7563A9E08F560A15A3F3AFD853CBC4F8116A63
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This is an unverified claim that renewables were the cause of the outage. The Portuguese operator, REN, said the outage was caused by a “rare atmospheric phenomenon”, with extreme temperature variations in Spain causing “anomalous oscillations” in very high-voltage lines. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/power-begins-to-return-to-iberian-peninsula-after-unprecedented-blackout
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