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Barcelona Recovers Light After a Blackout that Has Affected 90,000 Customers

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When a year has just passed since the great blackout that left the entire country without supply, Barcelona has again suffered this Thursday 30 April in the morning a powerful electrical incidence. In total, about 90,000 customers, between homes, premises and other equipment, have run out of electricity, according to sources from Endesa to EL PERIÓDICO.Continue reading....

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On Thursday, 29 April, several neighbourhoods in the northern part of the Catalan capital were affected by this power outage. An intervention at the site of the incident allowed the current to be restored.

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A technical breakdown in a substation of Sant Andreu has left part of Barcelona without light. A few days after the first anniversary, a breakdown in the high tension copn epicenter in this station has left 90,000 users in the dark around 10.21 hours this Thursday, as have confirmed to La Vanguardia sources of Endesa.Continue reading...

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When a year has just passed since the great blackout that left the entire country without supply, Barcelona has again suffered this Thursday 30 April in the morning a powerful electrical incidence. In total, about 90,000 customers, between homes, premises and other equipment, have run out of electricity, according to sources from Endesa to EL PERIÓDICO.Continue reading....

·Barcelona, Spain
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IN 30 SECONDS Who does it affect? About 90,000 customers from Barcelona and the metropolitan area, with epicenter in Sant Andreu and neighboring neighborhoods like La Sagrera, Sant Martí and Nou Barris areas. When does it happen? From the morning of this Thursday 30 April. The supply is progressively restored during the last hours, without closed forecast of total normalization. What changes today? Intermittent cuts at traffic lights, elevators …

Several neighborhoods in the north of Barcelona have suffered on Thursday morning a power cut due to an incidence in a transformer substation located in the district of Sant Andreu. At first, the affectation has reached about 90,000 customers, between houses, shops and equipments. As Endesa explained, [...]

A technical fault at the Sant Andreu substation has left 90,000 customers without electricity in different parts of Barcelona. The incident affected a high-voltage line and was detected at 10.21. At 10.36, the impact was reduced to 60,000 customers, and at 11.00, to 49,000. At 11.16, 100% of the service was restored. Endesa sources have stressed that incidents on high-voltage lines affect a significant number of customers, but they are easier to…

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El Periódico broke the news in Barcelona, Spain on Thursday, April 30, 2026.
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