Spain and Portugal race to restore vital infrastructure after massive blackout
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On Tuesday, the authorities in Spain and Portugal were scrambling to obtain transportation and infrastructure networks that operate again after the massive power of power in power to a dead end.
The widespread turmoil in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities continued after the power was cut off to transportation and paralysis on Monday through a large part of Spain and Portugal. Unstable energy supplies in some areas continued for transportation services severely.
Red Etiera, the Spanish network operator, said that by seven in the morning local time on Tuesday, nearly 100 percent of the energy demand was restored after spending millions of night in the dark. The operator said that he is still working to achieve “complete normalization” of the system.
King Felipe heads a meeting of the Security Council in Spain later on Tuesday morning, as the authorities are trying to restore some normal life after declaring a state of emergency on Monday.
Thousands of traveling travelers forced the night to spend the night at railway stations throughout the country, while the passengers left their ways on dozens of trains until late at night.
About 24 hours after the start of the power outage, the authorities did not give a reason to reduce energy. “All possible causes are analyzed.”
Sanchez explained that the electricity system in Spain collapsed at 12.33 pm on Monday when Sánchez lost that 15GW of energy supplies – equivalent to 60 percent of demand at the country level – in just five seconds. The authorities are still trying to prove the cause.
“This has not happened before,” Sanchez said.
With such a serious imbalance between supply and demand, the network was lost and interconnected with France and Morocco. Only when these links are created across the border, they can be re -provided gradually, allowing energy to return to the network.
Ren, the Portugal network operator, said on Tuesday that he recovered operations at all sub -stations throughout the country.
Renv, Spanish National Railway Operator on Tuesday, said that some services will work normally, including trains between Madrid and Barcelona.
Some suburban trains were resumed around Madrid and most metro services were to be restarted at 8 am local time. However, passenger trains were completely suspended around Barcelona due to the wrong power supply.
Ena, the largest airport operator in Spain, warned of the continuous interruption, but the cancellation of flying in Madrid and Barcelona decreased sharply from the two.
More than 700 flights were canceled, about one in 10, on Monday, according to Cirium.
Lisbon Airport continued to be disrupted on Tuesday morning, with a average delay to reach flights that exceed one hour, according to FLIGHTRADER24.
E-Edes, the Portuguese electricity distribution network operator, said it has returned the energy to 6.2 million of its customers 6.5 million, according to local media reports.
Spain is one of the countries at the forefront of efforts to rely more on renewable electricity as part of the transformation of fossil fuels, but the Monday’s crisis is likely to feed on Monday concerns about the ability of energy networks to overcome demand and increase the volatility of the supply from renewable energy sources.
Spain generates about 43 percent of its winds of wind and solar energy, but the mesh capacity and storage did not keep pace with the rapid development of renewable energy.
Additional reports by Philip Georgiadis in London
2025-04-29 07:30:00
