António Pedro Santos / Lusa
A group of people awaits the restoration of light in the neighborhood of Liberdade
Large areas of Spain and Portugal, including important cities such as Barcelona, Lisbon, Madrid, Porto and Seville, have been affected by blackout, the most significant in Europe in more than two decades.
What in April paralyzed much of Portugal and Spain is the first you know Caused by excess tension, it revealed one of the entrance, an organization that brings together electricity transport network operators from all over Europe.
The blackout, which took place on April 28, left thousands of passengers arrested and millions of people uncovered of telephone and internet, as well as without access to money at the ATM boxes throughout the Iberian Peninsula.
Large areas of Spain and Portugal, including important cities such as Barcelona, Lisbon, Madrid, Porto and Seville, were affected by the blackout – which was the most severe in Europe in over twenty years.
As in previous investigations, the report of the European Network of Electricity Transmission Systems operators Immediate cause of the blackout.
A final report, whose presentation is scheduled for the first quarter of 2026, will investigate the deep causes and measures taken To control the voltage in the system, note a.
Damian CortinasPresident of Entso-E, says there is no evidence that a cyberthyrach has occurred. The person responsible adds that that of Spain of renewable energy and the limited electrical interconnections With other countries they will not have contributed to the blackout.
“If there was twice the interconnection capacityThat would not have prevented blackout, not accelerated recovery, ”says Curtains.
After the blackout, the Spanish and Portuguese governments appealed to the European Union to help them develop new electrical connections with other countrieswhich, according to argue, would help their networks respond better to disturbances.
The report arises after several others produced by the Spanish government and by electricity and networking companies in the neighboring country. The Spanish energy regulatory entity and Spanish politicians are also driving autonomous investigations.
A Hatowner of the Spanish network operator Ree, held the power centers for not contributed to maintain the proper tension. Spanish electricity companies point to insufficient planning by the Spanish network operator.
