Repsol's petrochemical complex shut down after power supply failure
Repsol is working to restart a petrochemical complex in central Spain after it had to shut it down due to an external power supply failure, a spokesperson said.
"Today (Monday) at 6 a.m. there has been an interruption in the external power supply of the Puertollano industrial complex, for reasons beyond the control of the center".
The spokesperson said safety systems kicked in and worked correctly, declining further comment.
A spokesperson for grid operator REE said that the problem was not connected to the transmission grid it managed and it had not detected any issues.
Spain is still reeling from the worst blackout to hit the Iberian peninsula, which in April left around 60 million people without power.
While the cause has yet to be determined, energy companies, industry experts and lobby groups said that several power glitches in the days before the outage pointed to the instability of the country's power grid.
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