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Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t
The blackout that took down the Iberian grid serving Spain and Portugal in April was the result of a number of smaller ...
Spain says April blackout was caused by grid failures and poor planning, not a cyberattack
Spain’s government said Tuesday that the massive April power outage across Spain and Portugal that left tens of millions of ...
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Spanish gov't lays blame for Iberian blackout on Spanish grid operator
A government investigation found that efforts by Red Eléctrica de España, Spain's grid operator, to address a small ...
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Power surge caused April's massive blackout in Spain and Portugal
Following the massive power outage in Spain and Portugal in April, an investigation report released on Tuesday revealed that ...
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Spain blackout caused by poor management of excess energy
Plunging prices triggered a mass switch-off of solar farms which sent voltage and frequency fluctuations crashing across the ...
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Blackout in Iberia underscores urgency for climate-friendly, local energy systems
A major blackout that affected vast areas of Spain and Portugal on 28 April has brought renewed attention to the ...
Miscalculation by Spanish power grid operator REE contributed to massive blackout, report finds
Spanish grid operator REE's failure to calculate the correct mix of energy was one of the factors hindering the grid's ...
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The Great Iberian Blackout: Unpacking the Energy Crisis
An official report has revealed that technical and planning errors caused the massive power outage in Spain and Portugal on ...
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Rules, Not Renewables, Might Explain the Iberian Blackout
A man sat on the balcony with his battery-powered radio, the speaker oriented toward passersby whose mobile phones couldn’t get a signal due to a blackout that had swept Spain and Portugal. Everyone ...