The electricity supply has been interrupted throughout the peninsular territory of Spain around 12.30 pm (10.30 GMT) on Monday for still unknown causes, as can be verified with the demand data of the Operator of the Electric Red System (REE).
According to its graph, which is updated in real time, around 12.30 pm, when consumption was around 25,184 megawatts, it has suddenly collapsed to 12,425 megawatts.
Reports of supplies cuts have multiplied since all corners of Spain, while in social networks you can also find similar information in Portugal.
The problem, whose causes are unknown, is still maintained and electricity has not yet recovered, so people have taken to the streets to try to inform themselves of what is happening, as Efe could record in Lisbon.
The airports of Spain operate, but delays are foreseen
The cutting of the electricity supply in the Spanish peninsular territory affected on Monday to transport by train and plane, as the airports are operational with the electrical contingency systems but will accumulate delays throughout the day.
The impact on flights will depend on the difficulties of passengers and crews to reach airports, the Spanish airport manager (Anea) reported in X.
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Some delays have already occurred, adds the manager, which indicates that the contingency structure are active.
Iberia airline sources explained to Efe that, for the moment, it has not had to cancel any flight and that its systems work one hundred percent.
Vueling said in X that he works to minimize the impact due to the lack of electricity supply in Spain and other countries, which “could affect” “some” of their flights.
The Madrid airport has been inactive in departures and arrivals for at least half an hour, around 12.30 pm (10.30 GMT), when the blackout began, but aircraft movement is already observed around the airfield, according to the Flight Radar flight monitoring website.
The Renfe railway company reported that there are “trains arrested and without exits in all stations.”
Sources from high speed Iryo told EFE that they have twelve trains unemployed with more than 4,000 passengers.
The peninsular electrical system begins to recover the tension in the north and south areas after the supply was interrupted by unknown causes.
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