One of Iberia’s biggest utility companies is calling on Spanish and Portuguese governments to provide stronger incentives for investments in grid infrastructure and modernisation following the near ...

He is director of services for system operation at the grid operator. A massive power outage struck the Iberian Peninsula on Monday, affecting millions of people across Spain and Portugal and ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s war on bats and newts risks breaching Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, a secret report has warned. The prime minister has vowed to rip up protections for the ...

Sir Keir Starmer’s war on bats and newts risks breaching Britain’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU, a secret report has warned. The prime minister has vowed to rip up protections for the animals as ...

As already demonstrated by our South Australian and Broken Hill blackouts, the recent calls in Sydney to turn off appliances, the frequent rolling power outages in California and the wind droughts ...

Across the Iberian Peninsula, the disruption was deeply felt. The disruption exposed deep vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure and raised urgent questions about the resilience of power grids ...

But solar doesn’t produce inertia and the large amounts of solar being generated across the Iberian peninsular on Monday – as much as 50 per cent with another 12 per cent from wind – may ...

Spain was also exporting power to France and Portugal at the time of the outage. Exports to France were close to the available net export capacity until 10:00 a.m. local time. According to Red ...

Of course, trends other than grid-greening could turn out to bear the bulk of the blame for the Iberian power cut. The likelihood of several faults increases as countries become more ...

Power has now been restored to the Iberian peninsula. But the scenes of gridlock and confusion will not be quickly forgotten. Many citizens had never experienced an hours-long blackout.

LONDON, April 30 (Reuters) - While it may be tempting to blame the unprecedented power outage that hit the Iberian peninsula this week on the rapid growth of wind and solar power in Spain ...

People buy food at a supermarket during a massive power outage in Pamplona, 28 April, 2025 Clarkson replaces Kaleb Cooper with a 24-year-old nurse Sainsbury's shoppers can now avoid tills ...