REE, Spain’s national grid operator, said it had identified two incidents of power generation loss, probably from solar plants, in the country’s south-west.
These incidents caused instability in the electric system and led to a breakdown of its interconnection with France.
It has ruled out a cyber attack as the cause.
In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish Prime Minister, said the blackout was not due to a lack of nuclear power, rejecting claims by far-Right party Vox which opposes Madrid’s planned nuclear phase-out.
“Those who link this incident to the lack of nuclear power are frankly lying or demonstrating their ignorance.”
Mr Sanchez announced that a commission has been set up and that “all the necessary measures will be taken to ensure that this does not happen again”.
The Guardian was still running with the idea that the weather was to blame first thing this morning but by later in the day had dropped the story entirely, though its Politics Live section did cover Tony Blair’s warning today that phasing out fossil fuel is doomed to failure:
Tony Blair has called for a “reset” of action on climate change, to the dismay of some green campaigners, suggesting the Government should focus less on renewables and more on technological solutions like carbon capture....<<<Read More>>>...
