Overview

• A generation turbine at the Los Guinchos power plant tripped on June 10, cutting electricity to 50,289 customers across La Palma
• Authorities activated the Plan Territorial de Emergencias de Canarias (PLATECA) and restored power after more than two hours
• This outage is the third major blackout on La Palma since May and follows a widespread Iberian Peninsula blackout on April 28
• Experts warn that the Canary Islands’ energy network is outdated and has endured at least ten large-scale blackouts since 2005
• The Gobierno de Canarias has outlined a three-year, €350 million concurso antiapagones funded by the Ministry for Ecological Transition to reinforce the grid and integrate renewables