A significant blackout affected nearly all of Spain and Portugal, grounding flights and causing traffic chaos. Experts indicate the incident stemmed from Spain's green energy reliance and unusual oscillations in power lines caused by extreme temperature variations. Authorities consider the possibility of malicious interference but believe a cyberattack is unlikely. According to REN, the outages began at 11:33 AM BST, with power being restored to most areas by Tuesday morning but some parts of Portugal still experiencing outages. Professor Becerra suggests wind effects from temperature changes might be linked to the oscillations.
Finally, despite the restoration of power, 80 percent of households in Portugal remained in darkness.
The Iberian Peninsula's power grid was cut off from the wider European grid (ENTSO-E) during the outage.
The blackout is likely due to a combination of factors including Spain's reliance on green energy and 'anomalous oscillations' in power lines.
REN stated that a 'rare atmospheric phenomenon' caused extreme temperature variations leading to the power grid failure.
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