Question

Will there be a large-scale power outage in the continental Europe synchronous grid before 2023?

Resolved:No

8 comments8

Total Forecasters72

Community Prediction

(1% - 2.2%)

Make a Prediction

50%

community: 1%

Did this actually happen?No

Community Baseline Score

51.8

Community Peer Score

12.9

Authors:

aqsalose

Opened:

Jun 30, 2021

Closes:

Dec 31, 2022

Resolves:

Jan 1, 2023

Spot Scoring Time:

Jul 1, 2021

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