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Iberian blackout 'won't happen again,' Spain's grid operator says

An extensive blackout occurred on Monday across Spain and Portugal, severely disrupting transport and communications on the Iberian Peninsula.
The cause remains unclear as authorities ruled out sabotage and cyberattack, while meteorological agencies reported no abnormal conditions.
The blackout involved a sudden 15-gigawatt loss in Spain within five seconds, affecting 6.4 million Portuguese customers and causing travel and event disruptions.
Authorities are investigating five suspected blackout-related deaths, including a family in Galicia and individuals in Valencia and Madrid, amid reports of 'electrical instability.'
Power largely restored by Tuesday morning enabled the resumption of train services and the Madrid Open, while official efforts focus on restoration and thorough cause investigation.

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El Pais

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Last hour of the political current, live Sánchez convenes a new National Security Council to evaluate the effects of the blackout after meeting with the electrics

PP asks the president of the government to appear in Congress to give explanations about the energy collapse

4 days ago·Spain

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Euronews

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Iberian blackout 'won't happen again,' Spain's grid operator says

Red Eléctrica ruled out a cyberattack as the cause of the power outage but confirmed that Spain's High Court was still investigating it as a possibility.

4 days ago·France

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Eldiario.es

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Sánchez sends a clear message to nuclear power stations: "These power stations, far from being a solution, have been a problem"

"In the replenishment process, the nuclear power plants have not recovered for the system again.With greater nuclear dependence the recovery would not have been so fast, it would have slowed down.The replenishment has been quick thanks to the combined gas cycles and the hydraulic power plants," the president insisted in the face of PP and Vox criticisms in defense of nuclear power.

5 days ago·Spain

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abc

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Sanchez appears six hours later, asks for calm, does not clarify the cause of the blackout and "accepts" taking control of the crisis

The president assures that the government does not rule out "no hypothesis" about authorship

6 days ago·Spain

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ESdiario

Juanma Moreno criticizes Sánchez for his "irresponsible" attitude toward the blackout.

The president of the Andalusian regional government, Juanma Moreno, launched harsh criticism this Wednesday against the head of the Spanish government, Pedro Sánchez, two days after the massive blackout that left the entire country in the dark. The Andalusian leader believes the prime minister has not offered "convincing explanations" about the causes of the serious power outage and asked him not to try to "blame others" to "avoid taking respons…

4 days ago

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Susanna Griso, on the blackout: "I wonder why the Prime Minister is keeping the cyberattack hypothesis open."

The official explanation of what exactly happened on Monday that caused Spain to suffer a historic blackout that left the country in darkness for hours remains elusive. In his first appearance, the Prime Minister did not rule out any hypothesis, not even that of a cyberattack. It was in his last public appearance on Monday night that Pedro Sánchez explained that for five seconds, 15 gigawatts of power "suddenly disappeared" from the electrical g…

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