21-05-2025
Spain, Portugal Urge EU Effort on Power Link After Blackout
Spain and Portugal have called on the European Union to accelerate the completion of a cross-border power connection with the Iberian Peninsula after a recent blackout highlighted risks for the region's electricity supply.
A planned interconnector with France must be 'urgently completed,' Spanish Energy Minister Sara Aagesen Munoz and her Portuguese counterpart Maria da Graca Carvalho wrote in a letter to EU energy chief Dan Jorgensen. The link operates at just 3% capacity, well below its planned 15% target for 2030, posing a systemic risk to the overall European energy system, they said.
