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Iberdrola’s 500 MW Núñez De Balboa PV Plant Reportedly Caused Spain Blackout

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Spanish grid operator Red Eléctrica de España (REE) says a PV project in Badajoz was responsible for Spain's massive power outage on April 28. Media reports have now revealed that the solar plant is the 500 MW Núñez de Balboa photovoltaic facility, which is owned by Iberdrola.

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Registered on April 28, the Apangan who left the Iberian Peninsula to the dark still shocks governments, businesses and citizens, who are looking for a justification for the event. Now, several weeks...

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As the Diario.es has confirmed, it was this plant that, half an hour before the cut, when it generated 250 MW, began to produce abnormal oscillations that Red Eléctrica asks to investigate and attributes to "a malfunction of an internal control" or "an internal anomaly (...) that must be clarified by the owner"

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The Supreme Court has settled the dispute against Iberdrola and the owners of the land where the Núñez photovoltaic power plant in Balboa is located in Usagre (Badajoz), one of the largest in Europe, so that the plant can continue to function normally. In a judgment dated 12 June to which EFE has had access, the High Court's litigation chamber considers the appeal filed by Núñez de Balboa against a ruling of May 2022 by the High Court of Justice…

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When the Spanish electricity network began to register anomaly, it was decided to reduce energy transmission to Portugal.

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Núñez de Balboa, the photovoltaic jewel of Iberdrola that hesitated at the most critical moment For years, the Núñez de Balboa plant was presented as an emblem of the energy transition in Spain. Located in Badajoz, with its 500 MW of power and more than a million solar panels, it was and in part continues to ... Read more The REE entry points to a solar megaplant of Iberdrola as the origin of the electrical collapse appears first in elgoldigital.

Iberdrola rejects any responsibility and accuses REE of "imprudent and neggent" management

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Eldiario.es broke the news in Spain on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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