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Spanish blackout report: Power plants meant to stabilize voltage didn’t
The blackout that took down the Iberian grid serving Spain and Portugal in April was the result of a number of smaller ...
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Spain’s government blames huge blackout on grid regulator and private firms
The Spanish government has said that the national grid operator and private power generation companies were to blame for an energy blackout that caused widespread chaos in Spain and Portugal earlier ...
Miscalculation by Spanish power grid operator REE contributed to massive blackout, report finds
Spanish grid operator REE's failure to calculate the correct mix of energy was one of the factors hindering the grid's ...
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From silence to blame: Spain’s blackout investigation deepens.
Spain’s April blackout wasn’t a cyberattack or climate event — it was a planning error, sparking debate over renewables, ...
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Power Grid Voltage Control Failures Cause Iberian Blackout
A massive blackout in Spain and Portugal on April 28 was caused by inadequate voltage control in the power grid, according to ...
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Spain says April blackout was caused by grid failures and poor planning, not a cyberattack or renewables
The outage began shortly after noon on April 28 in Spain and lasted through nightfall, disrupting businesses, transit systems ...
EIB backs Spain-France power link with 1.6 billion euros
The European Investment Bank will back a planned power interconnector between Spain and France with an investment of 1.6 ...
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The Iberian Blackout Put EU Energy Security in the Spotlight
A widespread blackout across Spain, Portugal and southern France raises serious questions about the efficacy of the EU’s ...