Power Outage in Europe: What Caused Electricity Shutdown in Spain, Portugal and Parts of France?

Spain, Portugal and some parts of France were hit by widespread power outages on Monday, April 28. Millions of residents were left millions without due to the power outage described as "exceptional & extraordinary" by Spanish power distributor Red Electrica's head of operations Eduardo Prieto. While the cause of the unprecedented event is still under investigation, Spain슬롯사이트™s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said a 슬롯사이트œstrong oscillation슬롯사이트� in the European grid was behind the outage. Portuguese energy company REN suggested that extreme temperature variations, caused by a rare atmospheric phenomenon, known as "induced atmospheric vibration", could be the reason behind the power outage.

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