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Spain says April blackout was caused by grid failures and poor planning, not a cyberattack
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 errors that left the grid unable to handle a surge in voltage.
Spain's Grid Operator Blames Power Plants for Blackout, Disputes Miscalculation
A view shows Santa Llogaia electrical sub-station connected to the interconnection grid between France and Spain that tripped after a sudden, large drop in power supply and caused the major blackout in the Iberian Peninsula, in the village of Santa Llogaia d'Alguema, near Figueres, Spain April 29, 2025. REUTERS/Bruna Casas/File Photo
Increasing power demand to cool homes in Spain is putting pressure on energy prices after the country’s grid boosted its ...
The blackout that took down the Iberian grid serving Spain and Portugal in April was the result of a number of smaller ...
In April, a massive blackout paralyzed Spain and Portugal for hours. A new government report has revealed the cause.
Very literally during the April 28 major blackout in Spain, Bloomberg’s Javier Blas published a post on X that set the tone of coverage of this event for weeks to come, blaming ‘not enough inertia’ ...
Spanish competition and energy watchdog said on Thursday it has updated the rules establishing power grid voltage control ...
A major blackout that affected vast areas of Spain and Portugal on 28 April has brought renewed attention to the ...
Spain’s Minister for the Ecological Transition, Sara Aagesen, has presented the official report on the April 28 blackout. She ...
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.
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