{"id":2448338,"date":"2025-06-17T11:46:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spains-massive-power-outage-was-caused-by-technical-errors\/"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:48:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T15:48:03","slug":"spains-massive-power-outage-was-caused-by-technical-errors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/spains-massive-power-outage-was-caused-by-technical-errors\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain\u2019s massive power outage was caused by technical errors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fspains-massive-power-outage-was-caused-by-technical-errors%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2448338&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A notable power outage affected Spain and parts of the Iberian Peninsula on April 28, caused by a series of technical and planning failures rather than a cyberattack, as confirmed by Spanish energy minister Sara Aagesen. The blackout, which lasted well into the night, resulted from a chain reaction initiated by small grid failures and exacerbated by a miscalculation by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ercot-board-members-to-resign-after-texas-power-disaster\/\" title=\"ERCOT Board Members To Resign After Texas ... Disaster\">power grid operator<\/a>, Red Electrica de Espana. The operator had not maintained sufficient thermal power plants during peak hours, leading too a voltage surge that triggered the outage. This incident impacted tens of thousands of passengers, with around 500 flights canceled and disruptions to transit services.Although power was restored the following day, it raised concerns regarding the resilience of Spain&#8217;s electricity system, which relies heavily on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outdated-solar-panels-wind-turbines-electric-car-batteries-will-clog-landfills-with-hazardous-waste-according-to-new-report\/\" title=\"Outdated Solar Panels, Wind Turbines, Electric Car Batteries Will Clog Landfills With Hazardous Waste According To New Report\">renewable energy sources<\/a> like wind and solar, generating 56% of its electricity from these. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reaffirmed the government&#8217;s commitment to increasing reliance on renewable energy by 2030.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Spain&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/photos-south-african-parliament-ablaze-legislative-chambers-damaged\/\" title=\"PHOTOS: South African Parliament Ablaze; Legislative Chambers Damaged\">massive power outage<\/a> was caused by technical errors<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2150395\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The massive <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/energy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">power<\/a> outage that swept across <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/spain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Spain<\/a> and the larger Iberian Peninsula in late April was caused by multiple <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">technical<\/a> and planning failures, according to a report released on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish energy minister Sara Aagesen <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/spain-portugal-power-outage-electricity-blackout-045a47f67c817f478aee35d62c01203c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told reporters<\/a> that small grid failures caused a chain reaction, leading to the blackout. The incident was not caused by a cyberattack, Aagesen added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3444072\/russia-kyiv-attacks-deadliest-in-months\/\">Russia bombards Kyiv with deadliest attack in months<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444049\/trump-warns-iran-not-to-attack-us-troops-upon-early-return-to-dc\/\">Trump warns Iran not to attack US troops upon early return to DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3444023\/g7-issue-rare-joint-rebuke-of-iran\/\">G7 issues rare joint rebuke of Iran amid escalating crisis with Israel<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;All of this happened in 12 seconds, with most of the power loss happening in just five seconds,&rdquo; Aagesen said.<\/p>\n<p>The Spanish blackout occurred on April 28 shortly after 12:30 p.m. and lasted through the night. Madrid and Lisbon, the respective capitals of Spain and Portugal, were hit by the power outage. A small portion of southwestern France was additionally affected.<\/p>\n<p>Among those affected were tens of thousands of travelers. About 500 flights across Spain and Portugal were canceled, affecting approximately 80,000 passengers. Transit schedules were also delayed, causing passengers to sleep in train stations overnight.<\/p>\n<p>Electricity was fully restored the day after, but the episode prompted concerns of a possible cyberattack. At the time, Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro said there was &ldquo;no indication&rdquo; that an attack was the cause.<\/p>\n<p>The government investigation found no evidence of a cyberattack.<\/p>\n<p>According to Tuesday&rsquo;s report, the cause was a miscalculation. Spanish power grid operator Red Electrica de Espana did not have enough <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >thermal power plants left<\/a> on during the peak hours of April 28. As a result, a surge in voltage led to the mass blackout.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The system did not have sufficient dynamic voltage control capacity,&rdquo; Aagesen said at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/energy\/investigation-into-spains-april-28-blackout-shows-no-evidence-cyberattack-2025-06-17\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">news conference<\/a> in Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>The state-owned power grid operator &ldquo;told us that they made their calculations and estimated that [switching on more thermal plants] was not necessary at this time,&rdquo; she added. &ldquo;They only set it for the early hours of the day, not the central hours.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/editorials\/3397544\/spain-renewable-energy-blackout-power-grid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>EDITORIAL: SPAIN PROVES RENEWABLES ARE NOT RELIABLE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spain relies on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/opinion-restoring-america\/3397110\/green-energy-fixation-sends-spain-dark\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">renewable energy sources<\/a>, such as wind and solar energy, for more than half of its electricity. Last year, the European country generated 56% of its electricity from &ldquo;green&rdquo; energy.<\/p>\n<p>Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez defended renewable energy, vowing to continue with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/energy-rebates-santa-barbara-opens-applications-for-1000-direct-payment-for-ev-rebate\/\" title=\"Santa Barbara now accepting applications for ,000 EV rebate\">ambitious energy goal<\/a>. By 2030, Spain is expected to generate 81% of its electricity from renewable energy sources.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2150395\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2150395\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain&#8217;s recent power outage resulted from technical failures<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2448339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Spain_blackout.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[39564,11648,57317],"class_list":["post-2448338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-power-outage","tag-spain","tag-technical-errors"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Spain_blackout.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2448338"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448338\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2448342,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2448338\/revisions\/2448342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2448339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2448338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2448338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2448338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}