Portuguese authorities have announced measures to strengthen the country's electricity system after the April 28 blackout ...

Grid failures like the one experienced in Spain and Portugal are dangerous—and they’re not an isolated glitch. Such events ...

Spain’s 2025 blackout wasn’t caused by too much solar or wind, but by outdated grid rules, weak voltage control, and poor coordination of system assets.

Spain generated nearly 57% of its electricity in 2024 from renewable energy sources like wind, hydropower and solar, according to Red Eléctrica, the country's grid operator.

Spain's top criminal court said Tuesday it is investigating whether the blackout was "an act of computer sabotage" but REE has ruled out a cyberattack. It has instead identified as a possible cause of ...

Spain’s blackout came at a time when its grid has been running on somewhere between 70 percent and 75 percent of input from renewables—an all-time high. The country’s Keynesian response to ...

Spain is at the forefront of Europe’s transition to renewable energy, having generated nearly 57% of its electricity in 2024 from renewable energy sources like wind, hydropower and solar.

Solar panels on the Seat Cupra SA plant in Martorell, Spain, on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

"There were no significant solar events in the 72 to 24 hours preceding the power blackout in Spain [April 28] or the recent comms issue [May 20] solar and astrophysical researcher Scott McIntosh ...

After Spain's blackout, questions about renewable energy are back The Asco I nuclear power station, center, is seen near houses in the small town of Asco, Spain in Tuesday, April 15, 2008.

Spain generated nearly 57% of its electricity in 2024 from renewable energy sources like wind, hydropower and solar, according to Red Eléctrica, the country’s grid operator.