Portuguese authorities have announced measures to strengthen the country's electricity system after the April 28 blackout ...

Spain-Portugal power outage live: State of emergency declared amid fears blackout could last up to a week - The blackout could have been caused by ‘extreme temperature variations' which caused ...

The blackout came just days after Spain announced a major clean energy achievement. On April 16, 2025, Spain’s national grid operated entirely on renewable energy, meeting demand during a weekday.

As clean energy scales up, experts say outdated grids and poor planning are turning local outages into global wake-up calls.

Parts of Spain, Portugal and southern France were plunged into darkness on Monday by a massive power outage. The lights are coming back on for some, but the cause of the outage remains unclear.

Spain and Portugal focus on cause of huge blackout with power almost fully restored BY Associated Press Europe PUBLISHED 7:57 AM ET Apr. 29, 2025 ...

The worst-case scenarios appear to have been averted, at least in the first hours of the blackout. Spain’s nuclear sites were declared operational and safe, while Portugal’s National Institute for ...

The massive blackout brought Spain and Portugal to an abrupt standstill on Monday. Public transportation, including subways and rail services, was suspended across Spain.

Meanwhile, Portuguese grid operator REN said that power was back for 750,000 customers in Portugal as of Monday night. Electricity had not yet been restored in Lisbon, the nation's capital, but REN ...