“It has never happened before” – emphasized the head of the Spanish government, indicating that the authorities do not rule out any script.
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The daily “El Pais” noticed that The scale of the problem can be better understood if you take into account that five nuclear power plants in Spain can produce 7.4 GW.
At present, almost 50 percent have been restored. energy supply Sanchez added. Shortly after the conference, the national operator of the Red Electrica network announced the restoration of over 50 percent.
Sanchez admitted that It is not known when you can restore energy supply throughout Spain, but work is underway to make it happen on Tuesday.
He also informed that the port traffic operated normally, while on Monday over 340 flights were canceled, and the state railway carrier provided assistance about 35 thousand. passengers.
The government also decided to release part of the strategic reserves of crude oil, corresponding to three days of raw material consumption in the country – added Sanchez.
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“It will be a long night” – concluded the prime minister, assuring that” citizens can and should be calm. “
Red Electrica said on Monday that the cause of failure throughout the country was the disconnection of the European inter -system connection system by France. It is not known, however, what led to this.
