Spain and Portuguese -based power outage in Europe

On Monday, April 28, 2025, the power outage in Spain, Portugal and some parts of France affected every area of ​​life. There have been serious problems in all countries, especially in transportation and communication infrastructures. The deduction brought life to a halt in important cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia, Lisbon and Porto. The deduction, which started at 13.30 with the Turkish clock, led to chaos in the main arteries of cities since the first moments.

Red Eléctrica, the Spanish electrical transmission system operator, said the fault is due to an imbalance in the electricity network in Europe. The company announced that they have started to re -provide electric flow in the north and south. However, he warned that the full recovery could take hours. France’s electricity transmission system operator, the electricity supply in the Basque region is re -provided reported.

The E-Dees in Portugal, the energy company, said the problem is caused by a fault in the European electrical system very high voltage lines. This situation, especially Spain and France’s electrical systems have raised chained effects. While all this was happening, the metro systems in Lisbon and Porto completely stopped. The cancellation of all train services deepened the chaos.

Emergency plans were commissioned in Madrid and Lisbon

Municipal Emergency Plan PEMAM was activated due to the stopping of urban transportation systems in Madrid. Police teams carried out intensive work at intersections due to the lack of traffic lights. In Lisbon, when the traffic lights throughout the country were disabled, the drivers were advised to postpone their journey. At the airports, minimum service was provided thanks to generators.

Madrid Open Tennis Tournament in Madrid was stopped due to a power outage. Tournament organizers, the electricity will be fully provided matches will be planned again, he said. However, there were delays in flight operations at Barajas Airport. However, the disruption was minimized by giving priority in emergency ups and take -offs.

In the south of France, it was also evaluated whether the fire between Perpignan and Narbonne was connected to the interruption. So far, the French authorities said that the fire has no direct relationship with the network failure. In addition, the influence of weather conditions in the region was reported to have unusual loads on electrical lines. It was also expressed by experts that this pressure on the high voltage lines may have broken system synchronization.

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro collected the crisis management team and provided a situation assessment. All public institutions were instructed to commission reserve energy resources in order to continue the services uninterruptedly. In this context, hospitals, generators were able to maintain emergency services without interruption. However, planned surgeries and some polyclinic services had to be postponed.

Mobile networks and internet access have also been widespread interruptions. This led to great difficulties in communication of both individual users and institutions. Banking systems and online transactions were also directly affected by the power outage. Particularly in the morning, disruptions were seen in electronic payment systems.

Red Eléctrica officials said he could find 10 hours to completely eliminate the deduction. In the first stage, it was reported that electricity supply came back in the north and southern regions. Nevertheless, it was involved in official statements that will take time to reach full capacity. Authorities suggested that citizens act saving in electricity use.