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Good news about our #pluginpv project in #Ukraine: “Yesterday we completed the installation of the panel: my husband fixed all the elements and ran the cables to the balcony.”

Our project partners from #EcoClubRivne are checking out how to install #solar on the #balcony. How to set ups such a system with a small battery, because there are lots of #blackouts in Ukraine, due to the destruction of the #powergrid by Russia.

Of course we also try to explore what landlords and gridoperators think and if they try to block small #pv.

More Info: balkon.solar/news/2024/09/27/u

Americans may face power outages & blackouts. There’s an existential threat, but the media isn’t declaring the #coup as catastrophic. It’s incumbent for those who understand the peril, to warn the public.

“Trump just fired 88 employees at the Western Area Power Admin. Combined with Elon’s “buyout,” we could be looking at a 20% reduction in their workforce, crippling the western #powergrid & leading to blackouts & power outages.”
-Sen Heinrich

#USPol #DOGE #Musk #Trump

latitudemedia.com/news/trump-a

Latitude Media · Trump and Musk are playing ‘Russian roulette’ with the Northwest power grid“It is clear that these impacts are all top down from the Trump-Musk team,” says former BPA administrator.

Baltic power grid disconnected from Russian grid this morning. From a grid ops view this is less exciting than the front page news has you believe:

lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2

But, the Baltics are net importers with limited power generation.

Lithuania stays connected to Poland and Sweden, Estonia to Finland.

Three of these links run under the Baltic sea, subject to sabotage attempts (Estlink 2 already damaged). The fourth runs through the Suwalki gap.

Baltic states switch off Russian power feed.

Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia have disconnected from Russia's power grid, which is a move that leaders say will save them from "geopolitical blackmail".

mediafaro.org/article/20250208

Deutsche Welle · Baltic states switch off Russian power feedBy Mahima Kapoor

⚡Power grid in Central Europe uses unencrypted radio signals to add and shed loads

「 Late last month, researchers revealed a finding that’s likely to shock some people and confirm the low expectations of others: Renewable energy facilities throughout Central Europe use unencrypted radio signals to receive commands to feed or ditch power into or from the grid that serves some 450 million people throughout the continent 」

arstechnica.com/security/2025/

Ars Technica · Could hackers use a new attack to take down the European power grid?By Dan Goodin

🌍 EUROPE
🔴 Researchers Warn of Potential Cyberattack on Power Grid

🪧 Renewable energy grids in Central Europe rely on unencrypted radio signals to manage power loads, leaving them vulnerable to hacking, researchers revealed.

🪧 A theoretical attack could manipulate up to 60 GW of power—enough to destabilize the European grid, serving 450 million people. 🧵

If only there were some technology that would mean the Texas power grid isn't so isolated, able to send power out of the state when production is high and able to draw on sources out of state when demand is high... Something like a more interconnected power grid...

spglobal.com/commodity-insight #Power #PowerGrid #TexasPowerGrid

Wie man mit dem #FlipperZero Straßenlaternen, Solaranlagen und #KritischeInfrastruktur ausschalten kann:

"BlinkenCity: Radio-Controlling Street Lamps and Power Plants"
media.ccc.de/v/38c3-blinkencit

Das ist alles andere als lustig, denn die für die #Funkrundsteuerung verwendete #Langwelle hat eine sehr große Reichweite, so dass ein leistungsstarker Sender irgendwo in Russland vermutlich massiven Schaden in ganz Europa anrichten könnte.