News

Spain has increased the amount of gas it burns to produce electricity as its power grids rely more on conventional gas-fired ...
The Spanish Congress of Deputies has toppled the royal decree-law aimed at reforming the grid after the April blackout.
Spanish lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a Socialist-led bill aimed at preventing repeat power cuts, dealing a major blow to ...
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 ...
Spain’s 2025 blackout wasn’t caused by too much solar or wind, ... One of the two HVDC interconnectors to France was down. And while Spain was exporting power at near-maximum capacity, ...
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 April 28 blackout had “multiple” causes, ecological transition minister Sara Aagesen told reporters, adding that the system “lacked sufficient voltage control capacity” that day.
Item 1 of 3 Power lines connecting pylons of high-tension electricity are seen during sunset at an electricity substation on the outskirts of Ronda, during a blackout in the city, Spain April 28 ...
‘EIB support for the France-Spain electricity interconnection will be key to ensuring that the Iberian Peninsula is no longer an energy island,’ said Nadia Calviño, president of the EIB Group ...
The blackout had "multiple" causes, ... NDTV 24x7 'Overvoltage' Caused April Blackout, Spain Says. Story by Agence France-Presse • 17m.
A major power outage that paralysed the Iberian Peninsula in April was caused by "overvoltage" on the grid that triggered "a chain reaction", according to ...