Fact check: Did wind and solar really cause Portugal and Spain’s mass blackout?

Spain and Portugal are still reeling from the largest power cut in recent European history, which struck just after midday yesterday. With power supplies mostly back to normal, attention is now focused on what caused the incident.  Speculation is rife, and …

Europe's 'wake up call': What lessons can be learned from Spain and Portugal's power outage?

The massive power outage across Spain, Portugal, and parts of France has been described as a "wake-up call" for policymakers to invest more in energy grids. Investigations are underway to discover the cause of a massive energy blackout that …

Power returns to Spain and Portugal as outage cause remains a mystery

Did A "Rare Atmospheric Phenomenon” Trigger A Massive Power Outage Across Spain And Portugal?

Yesterday lunchtime, at around 12:30 pm Madrid time (11:30 am in Lisbon/GMT), the entire Iberian Peninsula suddenly lost electricity as a monster power outage took down the grid that feeds both Spain and Portugal – as well as part of France. By …

‘Yesterday’s blackout was just a rehearsal’: ‘Living Nostradamus’ makes chilling prediction after Spain, Portugal power ...

Athos Salomé, often referred to as the ‘living Nostradamus’ for his several accurate predictions like the pandemic and Queen Elizabeth II’s death, has now warned that the power outages in Spain and Portugal were not caused by an isolated technical failure. …

Law Firms in Spain and Portugal Return to Normalcy After Sudden Blackout Across Iberian Peninsula

In Madrid, Garrigues employees were working—for the first time—in their new corporate headquarters on Monday. The Spanish law firm had previously operated across three buildings in the capital city and relocated to a single building at Torres de Colón to …

“Pro-Russian” hacker groups seemingly claim to have caused Spain and Portugal’s blackouts

Hacker group Dark Storm Team on X. Credit: X @@DarkstormTeam1 Two “pro-Russian” hacker groups have claimed responsibility for the widespread power outage that plunged Spain and Portugal into darkness on Monday, April 28. The dramatic online claims were …

Power returns to Spain, Portugal after blackout

Lights flickered back to life in Spain and Portugal yesterday after a massive blackout hit the Iberian Peninsula, stranding passengers in trains and hundreds of elevators, while millions saw phone and Internet coverage die. Electricity had been restored to …

Where is the cheapest place to buy a house in Portugal?

Currently, the median price of the 151,784 homes sold during 2024 was 1,777 euros per square metre (euros/m2), having increased 10.3% compared to the previous year, as revealed by data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE). However it is not …

EasyJet issue three-day Spain and Portugal travelling warning after power blackout

Travel operator easyJet has issued a three-day travel warning for Spain and Portugal following a major power blackout. Around 500 flights were cancelled in total due to the blackout, according to an estimate by The Independent’s travel correspondent Simon …