Red Eléctrica, Spain’s electricity grid operator, ruled out a cyberattack, human error or unusual weather. Experts say it ...

In the middle of the day on 28 April 2025, Spain lived a modern replay of the 1951 sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. In the film, paternalistic aliens cut electricity worldwide to force ...

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 planning ...

A catastrophic power outage affecting much of Spain, Portugal and the south of France has thrust the role of renewables and energy security into the spotlight. Stream Los Angeles News for free, 24/7, ...

The massive power outage that swept across Spain and the larger Iberian Peninsula in late April was caused by multiple technical and planning failures, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Spain’s government was forced to declare a national emergency at the end of April when the country’s electric grid blacked out for more than 18 hours. While the precise cause of the blackout has not ...

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain suffered several power glitches and industry officials sounded repeated warnings about the instability of its power grid in the build up to its catastrophic blackout on Monday.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez delivers a speech during a plenary session to discuss the nationwide power outage. (Photo by THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images) A widespread power outage plunged ...

Power had almost fully returned to Spain early Tuesday morning as many questions remained about what caused one of Europe’s most severe blackouts that grounded flights, paralyzed metro systems, ...

A catastrophic power outage affecting much of Spain, Portugal and the south of France has thrust the role of renewables and energy security into the spotlight. An abrupt and widespread blackout, one ...