Shafaq News/ On Monday, European CouncilPresident António Costa ruled out the possibility of a cyberattack behind themassive blackout that disrupted power across Spain and Portugal.
“Grid operators in both countries areworking on finding the cause, and on restoring the electricity supply,” Costa postedon X.
I am in touch with @sanchezcastejon and @LMontenegro_PT about the widespread power outages in Spain and Portugal today.Grid operators in both countries are working on finding the cause, and on restoring the electricity supply.At this point, there are no indications of any…
— António Costa (@eucopresident) April 28, 2025The outage, which began around 12:30 p.m.local time, crippled transport networks, disrupted mobile services and bankingoperations, and halted metro systems. Major cities, including Madrid and Lisbon, reported suspended metro lines, disabled traffic lights, airport delays, andinterruptions to events such as the Madrid Open tennis tournament.
In response, Spanish Prime Minister PedroSánchez convened an emergency National Security Council meeting and visited RedEléctrica’s control center. Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro also confirmedcoordination efforts with Spain, projecting that supply stabilization could beachieved by the end of the day.
Partial restoration has been reported innorthern and southern Spain. Portugal’s grid operator REN attributed theblackout to a “rare atmospheric phenomenon” that caused “anomalousoscillations” in Spain’s high-voltage transmission lines, triggering cascadingfailures across Europe’s interconnected grid.
Energy experts described the simultaneousloss of more than 10 gigawatts of power as “highly unusual.” Ian Berryman, headof energy systems modeling at BloombergNEF, estimated that full stabilizationcould take several hours or longer.
REN also cautioned that full normalizationof the grid could take up to a week, citing the technical complexity of thedisruption.
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