As clean energy scales up, experts say outdated grids and poor planning are turning local outages into global wake-up calls.

MADRID — Spain's government said Tuesday that the massive April power outage across Spain and Portugal that left tens of millions of people disconnected in seconds was caused by technical and ...

Madrid and Lisbon, the respective capitals of Spain and Portugal, were hit by the power outage. A small portion of southwestern France was additionally affected.

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

Iberdrola does not expect any financial impact from potential compensation claims in relation to the blackout that hit Spain ...

A woman holding a candle for light as Spain, Portugal and other parts of Europe are hit with widespread power blackouts which lasted 10 hours in Lisbon, Portugal on April 28, 2025. A woman holding ...

Enaire, Spain's air navigation manager, has said that air traffic control has returned to normal at the three control centres affected by the power outage: Madrid, Barcelona and Seville.

The unprecedented collapse of Spain's power grid left more than 50 million people without electricity for several hours ...

Spain's nationwide power outages in April probably cost oil producer Repsol ~€170M ($200M) in losses at refineries and ...

On April 16, for the first time, for a few hours, Spain generated 100% of its electricity with wind, solar and hydro power. A fortnight later, on April 28, a prolonged blackout sent Iberia into chaos.

The European Investment Bank will back a planned power interconnector between Spain and France with an investment of 1.6 billion euros ($1.84 billion), it said on Monday, after Spain and Portugal ...