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A spokesperson for the Spanish government told POLITICO that “at 12:33 a.m. 15 gigawatts of the energy being produced [in Spain] suddenly disappeared and remained missing for five seconds.”
They added that the amount of electricity that had suddenly vanished from power grid was equivalent to 60 percent of the total being consumed nationwide at that time.
The sudden drop in available power destabilized Spain’s electricity grid, which is highly integrated with Portugal’s and linked to the rest of Europe through a small number of cross-border interconnections with France.
Eduardo Prieto, director of Spanish transmission system operator Red Eléctrica, on Monday said the blackout had been caused by a “very strong oscillation in the electrical network” that led Spain’s power system to “disconnect from the European system, and the collapse of the Iberian electricity network at 12:38.”
The situation, which affected public transport networks, traffic lights, hospitals, and payment systems, is unprecedented.
Spain’s opposition to Israel’s war in Gaza and its support for Ukraine against Russia’s aggression have made it a major target for cyberattacks, and throughout the day there was heightened speculation that the crisis could be the result of nefarious action. The Joint Cyberspace Command, which reports to the Defense Staff and oversees cybersecurity, and the National Cryptologic Center, have both launched investigations into the blackout.
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