Almost 50% of Spain’s electricity supply has been restored after today’s massive power outage, Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said tonight, APA reports citing CNN.
While the cause of the blackout is still not known, the grid operator has determined that it happened when 15 gigawatts of power were suddenly lost in just five seconds, according to Sánchez.
“This is something that has never happened before,” he said. “To give you an idea, 15 gigawatts is equivalent to approximately 60% of the country’s demand at that time.”
Spain will try to restore electricity nationwide by Tuesday morning, but the prime minister acknowledged that officials still can’t say with certainty when things will return to normal.
“The situation is very asymmetrical across the country. Some autonomous communities have already recovered up to 97% of their supply, while others, unfortunately, are below 15%,” he said.
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