Spain and Portuguese race to restore vital infrastructure after large -scale blackout

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Authorities in Spain and Portugal on Tuesday moved to start transport networks and infrastructure after a large -scale electricity shutdown led by two countries.

The wide breakdown continued in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities after paralyzed transport and communication in most Spain and Portugal on Monday.

The Spanish network operator, Red Eléctrica, said that up to 7am local time on Tuesday, nearly 100 percent of energy demand were restored after millions spent the night in the dark. The operator stated that he was still working to achieve a “complete normalization” of the system.

The Portuguese government said the authorities were completely restored across the country and that the Lisbon subway, which was rejected, would restart the services on Tuesday.

King Felipe will be the chairman of the Spanish Security Council later on Tuesday morning when the authorities try to restore a certain normality After the announcement of the state of emergency Monday.

Thousands of tourists were forced to spend the night at the railway stations across the country, and passengers remained ten trains until late at night.

Almost 24 hours after the shutdown began, the authorities have not yet brought grounds for reducing electricity. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez On Monday, the television address said that all “potential reasons are analyzed”.

SpainThe electricity system on Monday collapsed at 12.33 pm, when 15 GW of power supply – which is equivalent to 60 percent across the country – was lost in just five seconds, Sanchez explained. Authorities are still trying to establish why.

“It has never been before,” Sanchez said.

With such a serious imbalance between demand and supply, networking and relationships with France and Morocco were lost. Only when installing these cross -border links could it be gradually restored, which allows you to return the power to the network.

Spain’s national railway operator Renf said on Tuesday that some services would work normally, including trains between Madrid and Barcelona.

Some suburban trains around Madrid were restored and most of the subway were restarted at 8am local time. However, suburban trains around Barcelona were completely rejected by malnutrition.

Aero, the largest airport operator in Spain, warned of further violations, but the abolition of flights in Madrid and Barcelona decreased from Monday.

More than 700 flights, approximately one of 10 were canceled on Monday, reports Aviation Data Company Cirium.

Lisbon Airport continued to deal with violations on Tuesday morning, the average delay for arriving flights for more than one hour, according to flightrader24 flight tracking service.

Electronic editions, operator of the electricity distribution network in Portugal, said that, according to local media, he resumed capacity of up to 6.2 million 6.5 million customers.

Spain is one of the countries that are in the forefront of efforts to rely more on renewable electricity within the transition from fossil fuels, but the crisis on Monday can raise concern the ability of electricity to cope with the demand and increased volatility from renewable sources.

Spain creates about 43 percent of its power from wind and solar energy, but the network and storage capacity failed to keep up with the rapid development of renewable energy sources.

Additional Philip George’s report in London