{"id":44239,"date":"2025-04-28T14:57:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T11:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/spain-and-portugal-hit-by-major-power-outage\/"},"modified":"2025-04-28T15:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T12:01:08","slug":"spain-and-portugal-hit-by-major-power-outage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipn.md\/en\/spain-and-portugal-hit-by-major-power-outage\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain and Portugal hit by major power outage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br\/>A widespread electricity blackout has occurred in Spain and Portugal, disrupting rail and road transportation and causing traffic lights to stop functioning, IPN reports.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Massive &#8212; really, massive &#8212; electricity outage hits Spain, which large part of the country suffering blackouts (including Madrid and Barcelona).<br><br>Data from Spain&#39;s national grid shows a lost of &gt;10 GW of demand, from ~26GW to ~12GW in a few seconds. Reason unknonw. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KwvDxOOLQJ\">pic.twitter.com\/KwvDxOOLQJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Javier Blas (@JavierBlas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JavierBlas\/status\/1916811180296880419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/figure><br>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The energy companies Endesa and Iberdrola are investigating the causes of this massive power outage, which started shortly after midday local time. The blackout has affected Spain, Portugal, and parts of France and Andorra.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Millions of people are reportedly without electricity.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spanish government has convened an emergency meeting.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among the affected facilities is Madrid-Barajas Airport, one of Europe&#8217;s largest airports. 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