As clean energy scales up, experts say outdated grids and poor planning are turning local outages into global wake-up calls.

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

Grid failures like the one experienced in Spain and Portugal are dangerous—and they’re not an isolated glitch. Such events ...

Spain's second-largest oil refiner Moeve, formerly known as Cepsa, said on Monday the massive power blackout that hit Spain ...

Spain has increased the amount of gas it burns to produce electricity as its power grids rely more on conventional gas-fired ...

The cause of the blackout remains a mystery At a press conference on Monday evening, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said a nationwide blackout of this scale had never happened before in Spain.

Solar photovoltaic (PV) accounted for 59 per cent of Spain's electricity at the time of the blackout, wind nearly 12 per cent, nuclear almost 11 per cent and combined cycle gas plants 5 per cent ...

Spain lost 15 gigawatts of electricity — or about 60% of its supply. Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain’s, also went down. Only the countries’ island territories were spared.

Spain and Portugal begin recovering from a massive blackout. Here's what to know Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez said a nationwide blackout of this scale had never happened before in Spain.