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

On 28 April 2025, an unprecedented collapse of the Iberian Peninsula’s electricity grid brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill. The likelihood of this ever happening was extremely low and ...

Spain-Portugal power outage live: State of emergency declared amid fears blackout could last up to a week - The blackout could have been caused by ‘extreme temperature variations' which caused ...

Meanwhile, Portuguese grid operator REN said that power was back for 750,000 customers in Portugal as of Monday night. Electricity had not yet been restored in Lisbon, the nation's capital, but REN ...

Spain and Portugal begin recovering from a massive blackout. Here's what to know Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez said a nationwide blackout of this scale had never happened before in Spain.

Parts of Spain, Portugal and southern France were plunged into darkness on Monday by a massive power outage. The lights are coming back on for some, but the cause of the outage remains unclear.

The massive blackout brought Spain and Portugal to an abrupt standstill on Monday. Public transportation, including subways and rail services, was suspended across Spain.