For Spain and Portugal, 28 April 2025 will go down in history as the day of "el gran apagón," the big blackout. The outage, which affected the two countries simultaneously, was one of the 15 largest ...

The likelihood of this ever happening was extremely low and—speculation about its causes aside—the episode has caused serious ...

The limited return of electricity to Iberia has revealed a more profound weakness within the area's power infrastructure.

Portugal’s grid operator Redes Energéticas Nacionais (REN) said electrical supply was lost across the entire Iberian ...

Red Eléctrica, Spain’s electricity grid operator, ruled out a cyberattack, human error or unusual weather. Experts say it ...

With a huge blackout in the Iberian Peninsula yesterday that crippled transport networks, shut cash machines and switched off ...