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Spain’s government was forced to declare a national emergency at the end of April when the country’s electric grid blacked out for more than 18 hours. While the precise cause of the blackout ...
Spain's tourism industry shattered records last year, momentum that a new industry analysis says was driven by a variety of market forces including tour operator growth and proliferating high-speed ...
This week’s blackout in Spain and Portugal confronted authorities with an unprecedented event: the first mass electrical outage on a grid largely powered by wind and solar energy. Spanish ...
Spain’s grid operator has denied that solar power was to blame for the country’s worst blackout, as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faces increasing pressure to explain what went wrong.
Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal early Tuesday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian peninsula stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators while millions saw ...
Millions of people across Spain and Portugal were plunged into darkness after a huge power cut prompted an unprecedented state of emergency. Widespread travel and disruption left thousands of ...
Claims that the use of renewable energy is to blame for the widespread power outage in Spain and Portugal are "lies", the Spanish prime minister has said. In a news conference on Tuesday, Pedro ...
The cause of Spain and Portugal's widespread blackouts remained a mystery on Tuesday, with some isolated disruption remaining after power was largely restored to both countries. One of Europe’s ...
Spain's leaders have been accused of a blackout cover up after large parts of Spain and Portugal were knocked offline on Monday. An opinion piece in Spanish outlet El Español lamented that 'no ...
A massive power blackout plunged Spain, Portugal, and parts of southern France into darkness, impacting millions. The outage crippled mobile networks, halted public transport in major cities like ...
Spain and Portugal faced major power outages that disrupted hospitals, factories, nuclear power plants and public transportation systems on Monday. Spain and Portugal faced major power outages ...
A massive, unprecedented power outage hit large parts of Spain as well as Portugal on Monday. The blackout halted subway and railway trains, cut phone service and shut down traffic lights and ATMs ...