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Update on Europe's largest energy outage
Latest update as of 10:28 AM -03 on April 29, 2025,

Power has been largely restored across Spain and Portugal following the massive blackout on April 28, 2025. Spain's grid operator, Red Eléctrica (REE), reported that by early Tuesday, over 99% of Spain's energy demand was met, with 96% of substations operational. In Portugal, REN stated that 85 of its 89 substations were back online by late Monday, with around 80% of customers reconnected by midnight. However, some areas, like Portimão and regions south of Lisbon, remained without power into Tuesday morning.

Transportation disruptions persist despite power restoration. In Spain, train services were halted, and as of Tuesday, large crowds were still at Madrid's main train station, with passengers in Barcelona reporting severe delays—some even spent the night at stations. Over 400 flights were canceled in Spain and 370 in Portugal, with airports like Madrid’s Barajas and Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado heavily impacted, though they are now operational with backup systems. Metro services in Barcelona are running again, but some tram lines have altered schedules.

The cause of the outage remains unclear, fueling debate. REE identified two "disconnection events" in southwest Spain, possibly linked to solar generation, but ruled out a cyberattack in their initial assessment. However, a Spanish judge has ordered an investigation into "cyber terrorism" as a precaution, and Portugal’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro also called for an independent probe. Portuguese grid operator REN initially blamed a "rare atmospheric phenomenon" due to temperature variations but later retracted this claim, adding to the confusion. Some experts suggest the region’s heavy reliance on renewables like solar and wind may have made the grid more vulnerable to such failures, though Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez dismissed this as the sole cause, vowing to hold private operators accountable and ensure such an event doesn’t recur.

The outage, described as Europe’s largest, led to states of emergency in both countries, with Spain deploying 30,000 police to manage chaos—traffic lights failed, elevators trapped people, and hospitals switched to generators. Economic impacts are notable, with businesses like shops and factories halted, and some, like a Madrid ice-cream shop, reporting significant losses. Public sentiment reflects frustration, with reports of panic buying and long queues for essentials like batteries and candles.
While the immediate crisis is subsiding, the ongoing investigations and travel disruptions highlight systemic vulnerabilities in the Iberian Peninsula’s energy grid, particularly its limited interconnection with the broader European system. The event has sparked broader discussions on energy reliability, especially given the region’s push toward renewables without sufficient backup capacity.

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