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2025-04-30 09:56:06 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C9AE83D1B60CC94D0E775EA2351104DD36F0E8D899F0846B3952DA41853F72C0
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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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