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UserPic Kokel, Nicolas
2025/04/30 02:51 PM
Spanish Refineries Forced Offline by Massive Power Outage, Gradual Restart Now Underway. View Main Message



Portfolio Planning PLUS provides a comprehensive overview of refining and petrochemical activities in every world' s country. Screenshot shows Spanish refineries via the platform's
refining module.

Portfolio Planning PLUS | April 30, 2025

A massive power outage swept across Spain and Portugal on April 28, forcing all major Spanish refineries and several petrochemical plants into an emergency shutdown. The blackout, which struck at around 12:30 CET, caused an abrupt drop of over 10GW from the Spanish electricity grid, disrupting industrial complexes, halting metro and rail services, and even grounding flights across the region

  • All five of Repsol’s Spanish refineries-representing a combined refining capacity of 890,000 barrels of crude oil per day-were compelled to cease operations, alongside the company’s petrochemical plants in Tarragona and Puertollano.
  • Moeve, another key Spanish refiner with 464,000 barrels per day of refining capacity, also shut down its Algeciras and Huelva refineries, as well as two petrochemical plants in southern Spain.
  • Dow Chemical Spain’s Tarragona industrial complex was similarly affected, and emergency flaring was observed at some sites as part of safety protocols during the shutdown.

Following the restoration of power from late on April 28, refinery operators began the complex process of restarting their facilities. According to Repsol, crude oil crude distillation units require about three days to come back online, while secondary conversion units, including hydrocrackers, may take up to a week to resume normal operations. The company confirmed that its Bilbao refinery was the first to restart, aided by electricity imports from France, and emphasized that no significant damage occurred during the outage.

Moeve and other operators are also in the process of progressively bringing their plants back online, though none have specified when output will return to pre-outage levels.

The outage has prompted Spain’s petroleum reserves corporation Cores to temporarily relax strategic reserve requirements, reducing the obligation by four days to help mitigate potential supply disruptions. Meanwhile, Exolum, the country’s main pipeline and storage operator, reported that its infrastructure is functioning normally and that essential services and airports continued to receive fuel throughout the blackout

While most industrial activity is expected to recover within a week, the incident has highlighted the vulnerability of Spain’s energy infrastructure and the critical importance of grid stability for the country’s refining and petrochemical sectors.


#electricitygrid  #electricity  #poweroutage  #refineryshutdown  #refineryrestart  #refining  #spain  #repsol  #moeve  #petronor  #dowchemical 

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UserPic Kokel, Nicolas
Technology
Generic Power Distribution
2025/04/02 11:58 AM
Generic Power Distribution System added View Main Message

A generic power distribution system has been added for capturing power import into a manufacturing facility and power distribution within the facility.


#powerimport  #powerdistribution  #electricity  #electricalenergy 

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Power Distribution Systems
2025/04/02 11:50 AM
Power Distribution System created. View Main Message

The description of power diistribution systems inside a facility has been added.


#powerdistribution  #electricity  #electrical  power

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UserPic Kokel, Nicolas
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Coal-Fired Power Stations
2025/01/21 05:01 PM
Coal Power Plant added. View Main Message

Coal power plant has been added and a generic technology created.


#coalpowerplant  #steamcyclecoalpowerplant  #coal  #steamcycle  #gasification  #igcc  "electricpower #electricity  #powergeneration 

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Technology
Generic DC Power Line
2025/01/18 08:16 PM
Generic DC Power Line added. View Main Message

A generic DC Power Line has been added.

#powerline  #dcpower  #electricalpower  #electricity  #electricalgrid 

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Technology
Generic AC Power Line
2025/01/18 07:32 PM
Generic AC Power Line added. View Main Message

A generic AC Power Line has been added.

#acpower  #alternatingcurrent  #electricity  #powertransmission  #electricgrid 
 

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Power Lines
2025/01/18 07:07 PM
Power lines added View Main Message

Power lines for electrical power supply have been added.


#powerlines  #electricity  #electricalpower  #transmissionlines  #distributionlines 

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UserPic Kokel, Nicolas
BASF
2024/12/14 09:02 AM
German Chemical Industry Collapsing due to Skyrocketing Electricity Prices View Main Message




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BASF aerial view in 2017. Credit: Wikipedia.

14th Dec 2024

Nearly 40% of German Companies Plan Job Cuts in 2025  
According to a survey conducted by the German Economic Institute (IW), approximately 40% of enterprises in Germany intend to reduce their workforce in 2025. Researcher Michael Grömling attributed this primarily to high energy prices.

Electricity Prices in Germany Hit a Record High  
The price of electricity in Germany reached an all-time high on Thursday, with the market cost of one megawatt-hour hitting €936. Even during the chaos of 2022, prices did not soar to such levels. "We are facing a systemic collapse," warned the German Chemical Industry Association in response to the current energy crisis.

For now, the crisis has not fully impacted consumers, as electricity contracts are locked in a year ahead. However, Germans are already paying €400 per megawatt-hour under existing agreements.

#germany  #chemicalindustry  #basf  #electricity  #electricityprices 

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