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The_Sun<p>Power systems can be restarted using large-scale, grid-forming batteries storing power from wind and solar sources as the primary restart source. </p><p>Batteries with grid-forming inverter technology are better at supporting system restart than traditional black-start generators in many respects</p><p>They are capable of energising far larger areas of the network than synchronous generators like gas, coal or hydro<br><a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/Batteries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Batteries</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/blackout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackout</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/CSIRO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSIRO</span></a> <a href="https://solarcene.community/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Australia</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2025/August/Turning-the-lights-back-on" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/</span><span class="invisible">2025/August/Turning-the-lights-back-on</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>The US hydropower fleet provides 40% of "black start" capability on the grid.</p><p><a href="https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/hydropower-big-beautiful-bill/822761" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">triplepundit.com/story/2025/hy</span><span class="invisible">dropower-big-beautiful-bill/822761</span></a></p><p><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydropower</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hydroelectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydroelectric</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/hydropowerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydropowerplants</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackstart</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grid</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/gridresilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gridresilience</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewableenergy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/cleanenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleanenergy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/greenenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenenergy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/bigbeautifulbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigbeautifulbill</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/energysecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energysecurity</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/pumpedstorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pumpedstorage</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/energystorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energystorage</span></a></p>
Tina M Casey<p>The US hydropower fleet provides 40% of "black start" capability on the grid.</p><p><a href="https://www.triplepundit.com/story/2025/hydropower-big-beautiful-bill/822761" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">triplepundit.com/story/2025/hy</span><span class="invisible">dropower-big-beautiful-bill/822761</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/hydropower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydropower</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/hydroelectric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydroelectric</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/hydropowerplants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hydropowerplants</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackstart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/gridresilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gridresilience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/electricity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electricity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/renewableenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewableenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/renewables" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>renewables</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/cleanenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cleanenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/greenenergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenenergy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/bigbeautifulbill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bigbeautifulbill</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sustainable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainable</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/energysecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energysecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/pumpedstorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pumpedstorage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/energystorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>energystorage</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Solving energy storage industry’s key challenges with Goldwind <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1027512/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1027512/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AC</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a>) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GridForming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GridForming</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/inertia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inertia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/inverter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inverter</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wind</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p>Blackstart recovery </p><p>It is nonsense to blame Solar for the grid instability.</p><p>This may just have been unhappy coincidence of two separate events. It is not a surprise that the Nuclear plants tripped themselves offline.</p><p>It is not a surprise that the interconnect tripped when it saw a problem.</p><p>The question is why did the grid become unstable in the first place and not able to maintain 50Hz.</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c175ykvjxyeo" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c175ykvj</span><span class="invisible">xyeo</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackstart</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a></p>
jeancf<p>Detailed article on the Spanish electrical grid failure and the "black start" procedure that they need to follow to bring the network back online.</p><p>Black start is essentially the opposite of a cascading power failure – a carefully planned and sequenced cascading reconnection of generators, circuits and loads.</p><p><a href="https://jkempenergy.com/2025/04/28/iberian-peninsula-hit-by-mass-blackout-and-attempts-black-start/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jkempenergy.com/2025/04/28/ibe</span><span class="invisible">rian-peninsula-hit-by-mass-blackout-and-attempts-black-start/</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spain</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PowerGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PowerGrid</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a></p>
Ars Technica News<p>Spain is about to face the challenge of a “black start” <a href="https://arstechni.ca/aCyt3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arstechni.ca/aCyt3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gridmanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gridmanagement</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackstart</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/powergrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>powergrid</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/blackout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackout</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Portugal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Portugal</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p>Is the Numbers Station still down in Cuba, or did they find some Diesel Fuel for a generator?</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GridFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GridFailure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p>When recovering from grid failure, it is imperative that proper procedures are followed, otherwise equipment can be damaged or destoyed, making the situation worse.</p><p>And now, here comes Hurricane Oscar.</p><p><a href="https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article294225679.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo</span><span class="invisible">rld/world/americas/cuba/article294225679.html</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GridFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GridFailure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p>Piss Poor Planning Produces Poor Power Performance</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GridFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GridFailure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p>Who is going to run the long extension cord to Cuba?</p><p>It will be US.</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_start" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_</span><span class="invisible">start</span></a></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GridFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GridFailure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p>The Antonio Guiteras Plant, in Cuba is Oil fired.</p><p>If you are broke and can not buy the fuel and get it delivered, shit happens.</p><p>They should have looked into Solar.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Cuba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cuba</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GridFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GridFailure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackstart</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p>Cuba is in a deep world of hurt, especially if a new TS or hurricane pops up.</p><p>It could be weeks.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GridFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GridFailure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackstart</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/@ai6yr" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ai6yr</span></a></span> </p><p>If there was a Nuclear plant, there would probably not be complete</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GridFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GridFailure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/@raymondpert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>raymondpert</span></a></span> </p><p>Texas should pay attention to this.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CridFailure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CridFailure</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a></p>
SpaceLifeForm<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://progressivecafe.social/@TonyStark" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TonyStark</span></a></span> </p><p>With improved power distribution, the overall stability of the grid will improve because it is not always cloudy and calm winds everywhere.</p><p>Texas can take their independent grid and <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Blackstart</span></a> themselves someday. They almost had to do so.</p><p><a href="https://www.utilitydive.com/news/texas-grid-recovery-blackstart-units-failed-Uri/706394/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">utilitydive.com/news/texas-gri</span><span class="invisible">d-recovery-blackstart-units-failed-Uri/706394/</span></a></p><p>hXXps://www.kut.org/energy-environment/2021-08-05/if-the-texas-power-grid-had-gone-down-it-would-need-a-black-start-how-long-would-that-take</p><p>hXXps://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/presentation-report-ferc-nerc-regional-entity-joint-blackstart-and-next-start</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solar</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Wind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wind</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/WX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WX</span></a></p>
Scientific Frontline<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> change can alter extreme <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a> events, and these events have the potential to strain, disrupt or damage the nation’s <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/grid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grid</span></a>. Sandia National Laboratories <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scientists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scientists</span></a> have been working on an innovative computer model to help grid operators quickly <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/restore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>restore</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>power</span></a> to the grid after a complete disruption, a process called “black start.”<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BlackStart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackStart</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ComputerScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerScience</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sflorg</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/tn01312301.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sflorg.com/2023/01/tn01312301.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a></p>
Norfolk Bea<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@joeharkness" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>joeharkness</span></a></span> Juvenile <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Rosecolouredstarling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rosecolouredstarling</span></a> when we lived in Holt ... 1st spotted on 4 October 2016...listed in <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Norfolk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Norfolk</span></a> Bird &amp; Mammal Report.<br>I have video on the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/birdsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>birdsite</span></a><br>Had 2 male <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/blackstart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blackstart</span></a> in October.</p>
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