Since the incident took place on July 30, ONEE and Red Eléctrica mobilised all the necessary technical and human resources, taking into account that the depth at which the damage was found made its repair particularly complex, the National Office said in a release.

The two connections were restored after a short period of unavailability of a few hours, which was necessary for security reasons during the sealing works, said the same source, stressing that this unavailability had no negative impact on the management of the Moroccan and Spanish electricity systems.

The electricity interconnection between Spain and Morocco is made up of two 400 kV lines, one commissioned in 1997 and the other in 2006, comprising in turn of seven cables: three per circuit, plus one reserve cable.

The seven cables run from the terminal station of Tarifa, at the Spanish end, to the terminal station of Fardioua, at the Moroccan end.