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Power is finally returning to Spain and Portugal on Tuesday after the countries experience the biggest blackout ever.
On Monday, traffic lights, trains, airports, card payment processing, and phones were all affected by a massive power outage in Spain, Portugal and France.
Millions of people were in the dark and everything came to a halt because of a sweeping blackout.
Spain and Portugal experienced a massive power outage. On Apr 28, Spain’s Ministry of the Interior declared a national state of emergency.
Spanish grid operator Red Electrica stated that the cause of the outage remains unclear. #Spain #blackout #blackoutEurope pic.twitter.com/GcrFYWGb2n
— 鳳凰資訊 PhoenixTV News (@PhoenixTV_News) April 29, 2025
Amid speculation and a lack of clear answers on Monday, some said that the blackout could be the result of a coordinated cyberattack.
However, the cause of the biggest blackout ever in Spain and Portugal is likely due to solar plant breakdowns.
Spain’s power grid operator Red Eléctrica said it identified at least two power losses to solar plants.
Fox News reported:
The massive power outage that wreaked havoc in Europe is being blamed on a pair of likely solar plant breakdowns in southwest Spain, a report said.
By 7 a.m. local time Tuesday, more than 99% of energy demand in Spain had been restored, the country’s electricity operator Red Eléctrica announced. Portuguese grid operator REN said on Tuesday morning that all the 89 power substations had been back online since late last night and power had been restored to all 6.4 million customers.
Red Eléctrica said it identified two power generation loss incidents in southwest Spain – likely involving solar plants – that caused instability in the Spanish power grid and contributed to a breakdown of its interconnection to France, according to Reuters.
The economic cost of Monday’s blackout across the Iberian Peninsula could range between $2.5 billion to more than $5 billion, it cited investment bank RBC as saying.
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