The April 2025 Iberian blackout revealed critical vulnerabilities in centralized power grids, emphasizing the need for technological upgrades like energy storage, AI, and ...

The European Commission presented plans for speeding up integration of member states' power infrastructure on Wednesday, ...

In this opinion piece, Conrad Energy CEO Tony O’Carroll explores the challenges facing grid operators in the fallout from the ...

LONDON (Reuters) -Spain's government and its grid operator have issued separate findings into the causes that led to the massive blackout across Spain and Portugal on April 28, which caused gridlock ...

The EU said Wednesday it wants to boost energy links between France and Spain as part of a bloc-wide push to secure power ...

Voltage control was highlighted as a key factor in the Iberian power outage in April. Image: Andrey Metelev via Unsplash. An expert panel has identified a series of grid failures that led to April’s ...

Like most Americans, with the exception of a soccer match every now and then, I could give a flying handshake about what’s happening day-to-day on the Iberian Peninsula. However, the recent blackout, ...

People walk down the street using flashlights during the power outage that affected Spain, Portugal and parts of France, in Granada, Spain, April 28, 2025 (photo by Fermin Rodriguez for NurPhoto via ...

BARCELONA, Spain -- A blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill Monday, stopping trains, cutting phone service and shutting down traffic lights and ATMs for millions of people across ...

Imagine taking the subway to work when the train comes to a sudden halt halfway between scheduled stops. You pull out your smartphone to go online and see what the problem is, but you have no ...

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's power grid operator REE miscalculated its power capacity needs on the day that a surge in voltage caused a massive blackout across the Iberian peninsula in April, a ...

In late April, Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France experienced the most widespread blackout in European history. As their governments and the European Union scramble to identify the root ...