In tightly coupled, highly complex systems such as the European energy grid, the next catastrophe is not caused. It is ...

Whatever the root cause, one thing’s crystal clear: major blackouts don’t just switch off the lights; they send shockwaves ...

When Lisbon experienced a 10-hour electricity blackout just over two weeks ago, rumours and conspiracy theories quickly ...

An unprecedented blackout brought much of Spain and Portugal to a standstill earlier this week, which is something that could ...

Portugal is supplying electricity to clients from its own sources as power exchanges with Spain remain suspended amid an ...

The countries’ top officials were trying to determine the cause of an outage that left tens of millions of people across the ...

Electricity is pulsing through Spain and Portugal again after a massive outage knocked out power in both countries on Monday.

At 12.33pm on Monday 28 April, most of Spain and Portugal were plunged into chaos by a blackout. While the initial trigger remains uncertain, the nationwide blackouts took place after around 15 ...

Spain and Portugal recovered their electricity supply and a semblance of normalcy on Tuesday after a crippling blackout of unknown causes that disrupted daily life for millions.

Play was halted at the Madrid Open tennis tournament, while the Spanish capital's metro system ground to a stop.

Portugal's government said on Tuesday all 6.4 million electricity clients had power supplies normalised after Monday's ...