About 22.53 at night, Pedro Sánchez has returned to the Spaniards to communicate news about the great blackout in which Spain has been immersed since 12.32 in the morning.
The President of the Government, again without accepting media questions, has begun by pointing out that according to Red Eléctrica data almost 50% of the electricity supply has been restored. At 8:35 p.m., the operator spoke of 35%, so we talked about a good pace if we take into account that the task is titanic according to experts.
60% of the generation suddenly vanished in seconds
Just after the blackout, of 25.94 Gigawatts of demanded demand, the real demand was 14.18 gigawatts, reaching 10.55 gigawatts shortly after. Click on the image to go to the Electric Red website.
Sanchez still does not explain what the blackout has caused, but he has given figures of something unpublished. As they have communicated from Red Electrica, “at 12.33 this morning, 15 Gigawatts (GW) generation have suddenly lost the system. And have been lost in just 5 seconds. “
As they had already pointed from Red Electrica during the day, as well as other experts, Sánchez has pointed out that “this is something that had never happened.” And has continued: “15 gigawatts equals approximately 60% of the country’s demand at that time“.
If the big question is “What has caused that disappearance?”, The answer is still unknown, according to Sánchez. “It is something that specialists have not yet been able to determine.” As mentioned this morning, remember that they are analyzing all possible causes “without ruling out any hypotheses, no possibility.” Of course, given the possibility of cyber attack, we must remember that the EU has ruled out.
The Government hopes to recover the light tomorrow throughout the territory
Right now we are 50% of the estimated demand, and what Sanchez has communicated is when we will recover normality, or almost. “We work with a clear objective and that tomorrow the light has returned to the entire territory. And in any case, we are already adopting the necessary preventive measures to assist those municipalities to which electricity may take longer to return. “
A problem he has pointed out during the press conference is that The recovery is very asymmetric: “There are autonomous communities that have already recovered up to 97% of the supply and there are others that, unfortunately they are below 15%.” Therefore, he calls to respond according to the territories. Where the activity has not been recovered, especially, Sanchez asks workers “to prioritize security.”
In the face of students, the government recommends following the instructions of regional governments. In Andalusia, Castilla La Mancha, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Murcia and Community Valencian, level three of Civil Protection has been established, so that there is the Government who controls what is done. And what has been decided is that the centers remain open, without school activity.
Image | Thomas Aseyroux in Unspash, Moncloa
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