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Power is back on in Spain and Portugal, but questions remain about Monday’s blackout. Here’s what we know
Electricity is pulsing through Spain and Portugal again after a massive outage knocked out power in both countries on Monday.
Cause of Spain power outage still unclear after mass blackout, travel chaos
Red Eléctrica, Spain’s electricity grid operator, ruled out a cyberattack, human error or unusual weather. Experts say it ...
Spain and Portugal focus on cause of huge blackout with power almost fully restored
Power is almost fully restored in Spain and Portugal, although many questions remained about what caused one of Europe’s most ...
UK Hit by Unexplained Power Failures Hours Before Spain, Portugal Blackout
The outages occurred just hours before the Iberian Peninsula was hit by power cuts that crippled the countries' ...
Spain Blackout Is First of Clean-Energy Era
Solar energy was powering the grid in Spain and Portugal on Monday—until it wasn’t, leaving tens of millions without ...
Power outages across Spain and Portugal affected millions. How to prepare for a major blackout
A widespread blackout across Spain and Portugal upended the lives of millions of people across the Iberian Peninsula.
Madrid Open players took blackout in stride, enjoyed time away from cellphones
A total of 22 matches had to be postponed because of the several-hours-long blackout that affected most of Spain and Portugal ...
'Induced atmospheric vibration': Did rare weather event cause Europe's blackout?
Preliminary reports out of Europe about the massive blackout that left millions powerless say the cause may have been ...
Spanish grid operator's first assessment rules out cyberattack behind blackout
Spanish electricity grid operator REE said on Tuesday its preliminary assessment had ruled out cyberattack as the cause of ...
Spain will take 'all necessary measures' to prevent another blackout, says PM
Portugal's prime minister also says there is no indication of a cyber-attack, as officials investigate what caused the power ...
Spain vows to solve massive blackout mystery, prevent it from happening again
Spain's government has set up a special commission to figure out what caused the massive power outage that hit virtually the ...
Post-blackout in Spain and Portugal, companies count the cost
As factories, stores and hotels across Spain and Portugal gradually returned to normal on Tuesday after a huge blackout the ...