The supply of electricity was interrupted throughout the peninsula in Spain at about 12:30 p.m. (10:30 according to Greenwich) on Monday for still unknown reasons, how can be verified using the demand of the operator of the electric red system (REE).
According to his schedule, which is updated in real time, at about 12:30, when consumption was about 25 184 megavatts, it suddenly collapsed to 12,425 megavatts.
Reports on the reduction of consumables were multiplied from all over Spain, while on social networks you can also find similar information in Portugal.
The problem, whose reasons are unknown, is still preserved, and the electricity has not yet been restored, so people went out into the streets to try to inform themselves of what was happening, as the Ef could record in Lisbon.
Spanish airports work, but delays foresee
Cutting electricity on the territory of the Spanish Peninsula is affected on Monday for transportation by train and aircraft, as airports work with systems of electrical circumstances, but delays will accumulate during the day.
The influence on flights will depend on the difficulties of passengers and crews in order to get to the airports, said in X.
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Some delays have already occurred, the manager adds, which indicates that the structure of unforeseen circumstances is active.
Sources of Iberia Airlines explained to EFE that at the moment she did not have to cancel any flight and that his systems are working one hundred percent.
In X Vueling, he said that he works to minimize the impact from the lack of electricity in Spain and other countries, which “can affect“ some ”flights.
We work to minimize the impact on our work from the lack of electricity in Spain and other countries. Some of our flights can be affected.
You can check your flight status here: https://t.co/dbf7jhijcWe continue monitoring … https://t.co/yxxgsjoc
– Vueling Airlines (@vueling) April 28, 2025
The Madrid airport was inactive in departures and arriving for at least half an hour, at about 12:30 p.m. (10.30 according to Greenwich), when the shutdown was turned off, but the aircraft movement is already observed around the airfield, according to the flight of the flight flight.
The Renfe railway company reported that there are “trains without exits” at all stations.
Sources from the high speed of Irio told EFE that they have twelve unemployed trains with more than 4,000 passengers.
The peninsula electric system begins to restore voltage in the northern and southern regions after the supply was interrupted by unknown causes.
