[News] More than 600,000 subscribers, more than an hour without electricity in various areas of Spain due to a power failure

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An electrical blackout has affected several areas of Spain, among which are Andalusia, Madrid, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Navarra and the Basque Country, among others. The power outage, which has lasted for more than an hour and has now been reestablished, has been suffered by more than 600,000 subscribers.

 

In Catalonia, more than 146,000 people have been left without electricity, according to data from Endesa that has provided Civil Protection of the Generalitat. In a message on Twitter picked up by Europa Press, Civil Protection has reported a "global supply shortage", which has affected 640,000 subscribers.

 

According to Red Eléctrica (REE), the event originates from an incident with a seaplane that has generated a problem in the French very high voltage network, at a time when energy was being transferred from that country to Spain, "causing the temporary disconnection from the peninsula to the rest of Europe ”, as explained by the company on Twitter.

A routine procedure that could have had worse consequences if it had occurred on a working day, when demand and consumption are much higher than those on the weekend. Although fortunately, the Spanish electricity system is highly branched, among other reasons, to deal with this type of event. So that when events such as this Saturday take place, there are occasional discharges in some areas and a general blackout does not occur, sources in the sector point out.

 

In any case, both REE and Endesa assure that the problem is already solved, with the electricity supply being replaced throughout Spain.

Civil Protection of the Generalitat has ensured that the situation in Catalonia has been normalized. In a note on Twitter collected by Europa Press, Civil Protection has ended the incident, which has affected 640,000 subscribers.

 

For its part, the blackout has reached the capital, where in the western mountains of Madrid it has affected the po[CENSORED]tions of Colmenarejo, Galapagar, Nuevo Baztán, and some neighborhood of El Escorial for several minutes.

 

According to 112 Región de Murcia, Iberdrola has reported a fault in a 400,000 volt very high voltage line of Red Eléctrica Española.

In Guipúzcua, some municipalities have been without electricity since after 4.30 pm, including Irun, a city that has recovered its electricity supply after 5.15 pm, according to the 'Diario Vasco'.

 

There had not been a blackout of this caliber in the peninsula for years. The last major event of these characteristics took place in the Canary archipelago, specifically in Tenerife, when on September 29, 2019 the entire island (around 900,000 inhabitants) was left without power for 9 hours.

Edited July 25, 2021 by SougarLord