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We do not yet have conclusive information on the reasons for this (power) cut, so I ask the people, as we have done in past crises, to inform themselves through official channels,
he said in a national address We are worried about food, water, cash and petrol in case this goes on for a couple of days
I ask all residents of Madrid to keep their movements to an absolute minimum and, if at all possible, to remain where they are. We want to keep all roads clear."
Madrid Mayor José Luis Martínez-Almeida said Due to extreme temperature variations in the interior or Spain, there were anomalous oscillations in the very high voltage lines (400 KV), a phenomenon known as 'induced atmospheric vibration,'
Trains are not operating and traffic lights are down, causing chaos. Many cities are completely dark,
Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen said, reporting from Valencia Airport in Spain Authorities have stated that it is the first time in history such a large-scale blackout has occurred,
We are ready to share the knowledge and experience, including those gained during the systematic Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure,
We don’t have conclusive information on the causes, and I ask the public not to speculate,
said Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, The power systems are connected through ‘interconnectors’,
said Solomon Brown, a professor specializing in energy systems at the University of Sheffield The nature and scale of the outage makes it unlikely that the volume of renewables was the cause, with the Spanish network more often than not subject to very high volumes of such production,
added Daniel Muir, senior European power analyst at S&P Global Is this a cyberattack? A terrorist attack?”
One student exiting a university in Barcelona was heard asking There was sufficient conventional generation available, with nuclear, hydro, cogeneration and thermal technologies all on the system prior to the event and … available to the operator,
The operations to restore energy distribution throughout the country are particularly complex, as they are being carried out in a situation of complete power outage and using only national production resources, unlike what is happening in Spain, where the operation to return to normality is counting on contributions from the French and Moroccan electricity systems,
With this production, a very gradual process of resuming consumption is underway, firstly in the region of these plants and progressively in adjacent areas,
There could be a thousand and one causes, it's premature to assess the cause,
If it were up to REN, the country would wake up tomorrow with electricity, but unfortunately it's not just REN that counts,
As the internet wasn't coming back, they told us to go home... (but) there weren't trains either,
People were stunned, because this had never happened in Spain,
said Carlos Candori, a 19-year-old construction worker who had to exit the paralysed metro system in Madrid Combined cycles and hydroelectric plants throughout the country have also been reactivated, which should allow us to recover the supply across Spain soon,
There's no (phone) coverage, I can't call my family, my parents, nothing: I can't even go to work,
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