Canary Islands hit by fourth power cut in only weeks
La Palma’s power mainly comes from fossil fuels (Picture: AFP)
A power outage has hit the Canary Islands, affecting more than 50,000 people and disrupting traffic lights and shops.
The island of La Palma went dark at 5.32pm after a ‘generation turbine tripped’ at the Los Guinchos power plant in Breña Alta.
Around 90% of the island was without power for two hours, Canarias7 reported.
As of 8.12pm, more than 50% of power has been restored, the island’s Security and Emergency Department said on X.
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The island heavily relies on planet-warming fossil fuels as it is not connected to the mainland, meaning failures at power plants can ripple across the island’s fragile power grid, Spanish tech hub Xataka said.
Spain suffered a daylong power outage in April, upending the lives of millions of people. Hospitals were forced to run on generators, trains stopped running and many schools closed.
Panic buying quickly spread, with shopkeepers having to keep track of cash-only transactions using pen and paper.
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