The Spanish government has reported the first results of the investigation into the unprecedented power outage on the Iberian Peninsula on April 28, naming, in particular, the locations where the disruptions began.
According to European Pravda, this was announced on Wednesday by Spain’s Minister of Energy, Sara Aagesen.
Several investigations involving the government, security services, and technical experts are studying the causes of the power outage, but this is the first time Spanish authorities have pointed to specific areas as the origin of the events.
Aagesen stated during a parliamentary hearing that three initial incidents — the causes of which have not yet been determined — led to the loss of 2.2 gigawatts of electricity, triggering a series of outages.
“We are analyzing millions of data points. We are also continuing to make progress in identifying the locations where these power losses occurred, and we already know that they started in Granada, Badajoz, and Seville,” said Aagesen.
Investigators have ruled out a cyberattack on the grid operator REE, a supply-demand imbalance, or insufficient grid capacity as the causes of the blackout, Aagesen said.
According to her, the investigation will take time, and there are unlikely to be simple answers to complex questions.
The large-scale power outage on April 28 caused an estimated €1.6 billion in economic damage to Spain.
