Spain and Portugal power outage live: warnings of
six to ten hours to restore supplies across Spain
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50m ago
14.07 BST
'Six to
ten hours' to restore energy in Spain,' official says
Jakub
Krupa
Multiple
Spanish media are carrying quotes from a senior director at Spanish grid
operator Red Eléctrica saying it could take “between six and ten” hours to
restore energy across the country, as he calls it an unprecedented incident.
Eduardo
Prieto, director of operations at Red Eléctrica, declined to comment on the
causes of the outage.
2h ago
13.23 BST
Spanish, Portugese governments to convene
emergency cabinet meetings - media
Spanish newspaper El País is reporting plans for
an crisis meeting of the Spanish government, to be attended by the country’s
prime minister Pedro Sánchez, and finance, environment and transport ministers,
to discuss “the worst power outage in recent history” of the country.
Spanish news agency EFE earlier reported that
Sánchez was planning to visit the headquarters of the national grid operator.
Similarly, Portuguese newspaper Diário de
Notícias is reporting that a special government meeting has also been called in
Portugal.
1h ago
14.01 BST
European Commission in contact with Spain,
Portugal over power outages
Jennifer Rankin
The European Commission has said it is in contact
with national authorities in Spain and Portugal over the massive power outages.
It is also in touch with the European Network of
Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).
“The Commission is in contact with the national
authorities of Spain and Portugal as well as ENTSO-E to understand the
underlying cause and the impact of the situation.
The Commission will keep monitoring the situation
and make sure that there is smooth information exchange amongst all relevant
parties.
As per EU legislation in place (emergency and
restoration network code), there are protocols in place to restore the
functioning of the system.”
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