Large Power Outage Affects Spain, France and Portugal

April 28th, 2025

Via: Telegraph:

The mass power outages across Spain, Portugal and parts of France could take up to 10 hours to restore after it emerged the blackouts were probably caused by a technical fault.

The power networks were in a race against time to restore electricity before sunset when solar generation is likely to cut off a third of the country’s power source.

The massive and unprecedented outages grounded flights, halted trains and metros and left whole cities without electricity or the internet. Madrid’s president has asked for the army to be deployed to maintain order in the Spanish capital.

Spain’s energy operator, Red Electrica, said the cuts were caused by a “very strong oscillation in the electrical network” that led Spain’s power system to “disconnect from the European system, and the collapse of the Iberian electricity network at 12:38.”

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