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Portuguese authorities have announced measures to strengthen the country's electricity system after the April 28 blackout ...
As clean energy scales up, experts say outdated grids and poor planning are turning local outages into global wake-up calls.
Last month's power outage in Spain and Portugal has prompted questions over the stability of solar and wind. In its wake, debates around the phasing out of nuclear energy have been reignited.
Spain-Portugal blackouts latest: Head of Spain’s power grid refuses to resign as officials hunt for cause - Power has been restored to tens of millions but the cause of the power cut remains unknown ...
Here's the assessment from the SO in the aftermath of the 2025 blackout, which saw Spain lose 60% of its electricity supply ...
Until now, the government had said that the blackout on April 28 coincided with the loss of power generation in a plant in southwest Spain followed by a second loss of generation 1.5 seconds later ...
Spain's second-largest oil refiner Moeve, formerly known as Cepsa, said on Monday the massive power blackout that hit Spain ...
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The Iberian blackout was not a one-off. It was not a fluke. It was a signal from the future, sent in the language of darkness. Our job is to listen — and act — before the next black swan comes.
Spain lost 15 gigawatts of electricity — or about 60% of its supply. Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain's, also went down. Only the countries' island territories were spared.
The Iberian blackout was not a one-off. It was not a fluke. It was a signal from the future, sent in the language of darkness. Our job is to listen — and act — before the next black swan comes.
In just five seconds, Spain lost 15 gigawatts of electricity — or about 60% of its supply. Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain’s, also went down.
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