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This week's top stories include an enormous power outage across Spain and Portugal, National Grid's new CEO and President ...
A massive blackout that left millions in western Europe in the dark has raised concerns among energy experts that the ...
At the time of the incident, Spain and Portugal were sourcing about 80% of their electricity from solar and wind.
It was the second serious European power outage in less than six weeks after a March 20 fire shut down Heathrow Airport in ...
Experts suggest that Spanish electricity grid's inability to manage high supply of solar power was key factor in recent power ...
Energy experts were surprised by the inability to isolate the blackout to a single area, forcing the system to be rebooted ...
Nuclear expert Adrian Paterson has raised concerns "an unstable wind plus solar grid" could lead to major blackouts, such as those seen in Spain and Portugal, occurring in Australia ...
Red Electrica de Espana (REE) on Wednesday said the source of the outage had been narrowed down to two separate incidents of loss of generation in substations in southwestern Spain, but stressed that ...
Some media outlets have speculated that Spain’s April 28 blackout may have been caused by a disconnected solar plant, but DNV ...
Banking services relying on electricity, such as credit card payments and ATM withdrawals, have been largely restored in ...
When lights went out Monday, people in the street in Spain and some local politicians speculated the blackout could be due to a cyberattack. Cyber agencies and other authorities including the European ...
A cross-border power blackout on Monday paralysed the Iberian Peninsula for most of the day, disrupting millions of lives ...