Spain and Portugal are recovering from Europe's largest power cut, which caused mass disruptions, including tens of thousands trapped on trains. By Tuesday, Spain's electricity was nearly fully restored, and power substations in both countries were operational again. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced investigations into the blackout's causes, which remain undetermined. A spokesperson from REN cited rare atmospheric phenomena as potential factors, while Spain's meteorological office suggested weather was not involved. The blackout occurred suddenly when 15 gigawatts of energy vanished, correlating with extreme temperature variations affecting power lines.
Spain's prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, said experts were working to restore full power and to find out what had caused the blackout. That's something that has never happened before.
REN said the outage had been caused by a rare atmospheric phenomenon, with extreme temperature variations in Spain causing anomalous oscillations in very high-voltage lines.
The power cut originated at 12.33 pm on Monday, when, for five seconds, 15 gigawatts of the energy that was being produced suddenly disappeared.
After a day of rumour and wild conjecture, Sanchez thanked people for showing exemplary responsibility and public spirit during the crisis.
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