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🇪🇸💬 Seems like Spain got the electricity back ahead of the schedule

Spanish Prime Minister Sanchez commented on the sudden blackout :

At this point, according to the grid operator, almost 50% of the power supply has already been restored. Improvements are noted in almost all regions. Therefore, the goal remains the same: to continue to restore the supply in the coming hours, throughout the next night.

The power grid operator is still unable to specify exactly how long it will take to return to normal life. The power supply has never dropped to zero, as technicians call it, and measures are now being taken to gradually restore the power supply, this is being done to avoid new failures in the coming hours.

As for the cause, the technicians report that at 12:33 local time, 15 gigawatts of production were suddenly lost from the system in just five seconds. This has never happened before. To put it into perspective, 15 gigawatts is equivalent to about 60% of the country's demand at the time. Experts have not yet been able to determine what exactly caused the sudden power outage, but they will. All government agencies and private operators are working together to understand what happened.

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🇺🇸🇨🇦Trump:

America can no longer subsidize Canada with the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars a year that we have been spending in the past. It makes no sense unless Canada is a State!

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🇬🇧🇪🇺 UK and EU outline new strategic partnership to boost trade and security

The UK and the EU have outlined a “new strategic partnership” aimed at bolstering trade and presenting a united European front in Ukraine in defiance of Donald Trump’s threat to upend decades of transatlantic alignment.

A defence and security pact that would see closer cooperation on Ukraine is top of the shopping list along with migration, which is a hot topic on both sides of the Channel.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/28/uk-offers-eu-a-strategic-partnership-to-boost-trade-and-security

🇺🇸🇾🇪 Houthi Attack Campaign Against US Navy: The Houthis used a complex strike package combining ballistic and cruise missiles and drones to force the USS Harry S. Truman to take evasive action.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 US-Iran Nuclear Talks: Western media reported that the April 26 US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman ended in “major disagreements” despite repeated positive messaging from senior Iranian and US officials. One of the key disputes is reportedly over whether a final agreement should address the Iranian missile program. Iran’s unwillingness to make concessions on its missile program may risk collapsing the talks or pushing negotiations toward a deal less expansive than the deal US President Donald Trump reportedly desires.

🇮🇷 Chemical Explosion in Iran: A large-scale explosion occurred at Shahid Rajaei Port in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, on April 26. Western media reported that the blast was caused by the explosion of a chemical precursor for solid missile propellant. The loss of a large amount of key chemical precursor for Iranian missiles may further delay Iran's ability to rebuild its intermediate-range, solid-fuel ballistic missile stocks after Israeli strikes damaged key production sites in October 2024. China delivered the same precursor to Bandar Abbas earlier this year. These chemicals further illustrate how China-based entities have likely helped Iran replenish its missile stockpile and restore key aspects of its defense capabilities.

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🇪🇸🔌 24 March 2025: World Nuclear Association Highlights Concerns Over Spain’s Energy Future

In recent weeks, Spain has witnessed significant national discourse on the role of the Spanish nuclear fleet which has motivated many open conversations on its nuclear energy strategy.

Dr Bilbao y León raised concerns for Spain’s economy should it continue policy of phasing out nuclear power in the country, whilst promoting the benefits that nuclear energy offers as a clean, reliable, always-on power source.

"I am concerned about Spain’s economic future without nuclear energy. Progress and socioeconomic development require abundant, clean, and affordable energy, available every day, all year round. Nuclear power provides exactly this, and major energy consumers around the world—heavy industry, the chemical sector, transportation, artificial intelligence—are increasingly turning to it.”

https://world-nuclear.org/news-and-media/association-news/world-nuclear-association-highlights-concerns-over-spains-energy-future

🇪🇸🔌 Spain Signals Openness to Keeping Nuclear Power Plants Open

Spain is signaling for the first time that it’s open to reconsidering the shutdown of nuclear plants over the next decade amid a global revival of atomic energy.

While that’s not the plan agreed with nuclear plant operators, and it would be up to them to present concrete proposals, extensions are not ruled out, Environmental Transition Minister Sara Aagesen said in an interview.

“Nuclear energy will be present in our mix at least until 2035” but could go beyond that if companies propose extensions, which hasn’t happened yet, she said prior to an International Energy Agency summit on the future of energy security. “We’re not considering anything because there is no specific proposal on the table.”

The government’s energy roadmap aims to boost renewable power output to make up for the nuclear phaseout, while reducing dependence on fossil fuels. Spain’s goals of cutting carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, which Aagesen has adamantly defended, haven’t changed with the US pulling out.

“There is no coming back,” she said. “Europe has always shown leadership and will continue to do so.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-24/spain-signals-openness-to-nuclear-phaseout-talks-with-utilities

🇪🇸🔌 Spain hits first weekday of 100% renewable power on national grid

Spain’s grid ran entirely on renewable energy for the first time on April 16, with wind, solar, and hydro meeting all peninsular electricity demand during a weekday. Five days later, solar set a new record, generating 20,120 MW of instantaneous power – covering 78.6% of demand and 61.5% of the grid mix.

https://www.pv-magazine.com/2025/04/22/spain-hits-first-weekday-of-100-renewable-power-on-national-grid/

🇪🇸📝 Less than two weeks later, the Iberian Peninsula suffers a widespread blackout leaving Portugal, Spain, as well as southern parts of France, without electricity for up to 10 hours.

The disruption was very likely caused by a loss of solar power generation in southern Spain. The grid self-stabilized according to reports before suffering from another loss of power generation moments before the Spain-France transmission line was interrupted due to grid instability. Another massive loss of renewable power followed immediately thereafter that caused a cascading failure of the power grid.

https://www.nbcnews.com/world/spain/live-blog/spain-portugal-power-outage-live-updates-widespread-blackouts-cause-ha-rcna203274