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54 s
Reel · 54 s
The power grid jolts every minute and now they know why
Every 60 seconds the power grid's frequency dips for an instant, across grids on several continents. Researchers from Jülich, the University of Cologne and KIT identified the main culprit: large backup batteries checking their charge right as the minute starts, all at once. In Ireland the signal quadrupled between 2016 and 2021. The proposed fix: checks at random moments. (Narration in Spanish; captions in English.)
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