Power outage in the Iberian Peninsula

Power outage in Spain knocked out internet in Greenland

The fact that phones and internet stopped working in Greenland this week can be linked to the extensive power outage in the Iberian Peninsula. This is stated by the Greenlandic telecommunications operator Tusass according to AFP.

- We depend on international networks and therefore power failures in Spain can in unusual cases affect the systems in Greenland. Unfortunately, that is what happened, says Tusass's operations manager Jonas Hasselriis.

It is not yet clear what caused the power outage that led to Spain being almost completely blacked out on Monday. At least five people are said to have died as a result of the power outage.

Cause of power outage still shrouded in mystery

On Wednesday, both Spanish and Portuguese authorities held hour-long meetings to try to clarify the reason why the power in the countries was cut off on Monday, reports the New York Times.

“We are collecting data from thousands of parts of the energy system to try to understand what happened,” Sara Aagesen, one of Spain’s deputy prime ministers, said at a press conference.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has set up a special committee to investigate the outage and prevent something like it from happening again. He has also asked private energy companies to help with the investigation, according to The Guardian.