As clean energy scales up, experts say outdated grids and poor planning are turning local outages into global wake-up calls.

Portuguese authorities on Monday announced a raft of measures to strengthen the country's electricity system following the ...

MAILONLINE BLOG: Spain, Portugal and France have been hit by a massive power outage, affecting transport, telephone lines and traffic lights in major cities.

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain suffered several power glitches and industry officials sounded repeated warnings about the instability of its power grid in the build up to its catastrophic blackout on Monday.

Power cuts have impacted as many as 50 million people across Spain and Portugal - causing huge disruption to public transport, airports and vital telecommunications networks ...

Passengers crowd the train entrances at Sants station in Barcelona after the power outage. AP Spain’s electricity grid collapsed shortly after 12.30pm local time, taking Portugal’s with it.

Spain's national grid operator has said it has managed to turn around an "unprecedented situation" in "less than 24 hours" as it is thanked by its president following the Spain and Portugal power cuts ...

News Ashley Bautista 07:00, 30 Apr 2025 Updated 08:13, 30 Apr 2025 What did holidaying Brits do during the Spain power outage (Image: Anadolu via Getty Images) ...

A huge power outage brought parts of Spain and Portugal to a standstill on Monday (April 28). Airports, trains and internet and mobile coverage are among the services affected. (Credit: Cheng Gu) ...

More than 60 per cent of Spain has had its power restored, the country's electricity operator has said. At midnight local time, 61.35 per cent of the demand 'has now been recovered', according to REE.