The three flaws in the generation of electricity identified in Spain seconds before the blackout of April 28 occurred in Badajoz, Seville and Granada, in the southwest and south of the country. The revelation was made this Wednesday by the Spanish government.
“Granada, Badajoz and Seville” – According to the Spanish government, it was there that the first flaws were given in the generation of electricity, seconds before.
“We already know that generation losses began in Granada, Badajoz and Seville,” said the minister with the protection of energy in the Spain government, Sara aagasenin a debate in the National Parliament in Madrid.
The minister reiterated that millions of data provided by the operators of the Spanish electrical system are still analyzed to try to understand the causes of the unprecedented blackout in the Iberian Peninsula, which affected the entire continental territory of Portugal and Spain, on April 28.
Although Spain has come to the conclusion that the blackout was caused by flaws in Granada, Badajoz and Seville; The causes remain a mystery.
It is known only what was not
It is known that the blackout originated in Spanish territory. However, the causes are still unknown. To the authorities know only what was not.
Sara Aagasen, in line with what the Spanish authorities have said in recent weeks, told the deputies that after the first analyzes, it is known that it was not “not a problem of coveragenot a problem of reservationsnot a problem of Network size“.
Two periods of oscillation
The minister added that in addition to the three flaws identified in the generation system in Spain, “There were two oscillations of the Iberian system with the rest of the European continent”.
By the end of last week, the European network of electricity transport network managers (Entso-E) had already revealed that half an hour before the power cut in the Iberian peninsula were “two periods of power and frequency fluctuations in the synchronous zone of continental Europe.”
The Spanish government has created a commission to investigate the causes of blackout, with the minister to reiterate that it is a theme of “extreme complexity”.
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said a week ago, also in Parliament, that until there is an explanation for the blackout, because it is necessary to analyze 756 million data.
Badajoz, Seville and Granada
The blackout occurred at 11:33 from Lisbon (12:33 in Madrid) and three electricity generation failures were identified in southern Spain (the first) and then two more in the southwest of the country, as previously revealed the Spanish government.
The National Commission of Markets and Competition of Spain (CNMC) opened its own investigation into the blackout, which runs in parallel to that of the government, announced on Tuesday the president of the entity, Cani Fernández.
CNMC’s investigation intends to “analyze not only the causes of the incident, but also how the electrical system was restored” to see if “specific errors” were committed during this process.
If the CNMC investigation concludes that serious or many serious infractions have been opened.
“Our sanctioning regime reaches 60 million euros”explained the president of the Spanish competition authority.
Spanish legislation also allows CNMC to impose other sanction measures, such as loss of licenses and authorizations. On the other hand, the Spanish justice opened an inquiry to investigate to have been at the origin of the electricity cut.
