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As clean energy scales up, experts say outdated grids and poor planning are turning local outages into global wake-up calls.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