The failure of the Milagro Zhoray transmission line in Ecuador resulted in a nationwide power outage. The entire country of 17 million inhabitants experienced a multi-hour blackout. Homes, hospitals and even the subway system had no access to electricity. The problem was caused by problems with maintaining and transmitting electricity in the national electrical system –
Today’s failures were caused by a lack of investment in the maintenance and construction of new power transmission lines
– Public Infrastructure Minister Roberto Luque said on Wednesday at a press conference.
Big blakcout in Ecuador. The entire country was without electricity for many hours
that on Wednesday evening, power had been restored in 95% of cases. services. “What happened is further evidence of the energy crisis we are facing” –
Ecuador has been struggling with energy problems for years. In April, there were problems with energy production due to drought, and as a result, President Daniel Noboa ordered eight-hour power cuts. Hospitals are therefore ready for such situations and when there was a power outage on Wednesday, they switched to their own generators. However, the blackout was so significant that it interrupted metro services, even though it uses an “isolated electrical system”.
Roberto Luque claims that power outages could have been avoided if, after a similar power outage that occurred in 2004, Ecuador had implemented an investment plan aimed at “securing infrastructure both in terms of energy production and transmission.”
Poland has a similar problem to Ecuador. We are already cutting off renewable energy sources
The head of the Energy Regulatory Office said already in 2022 that the President of the Energy Regulatory Office explained that the expenses are necessary due to the need to adapt the Polish energy network to the increased transmission of electricity generated by current and future individual photovoltaic installations. The system can’t cope now
Source: Gazeta
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