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Blackout in Spain and Portugal caused by 'voltage surge'
In April, a massive blackout paralyzed Spain and Portugal for hours. A new government report has revealed the cause.
Blackout in Spain and Portugal caused by 'power surge'
In April, a massive blackout paralyzed Spain and Portugal for hours. A new report has revealed the cause. Spanish ...
Spain says April blackout was caused by grid failures and poor planning, not a cyberattack
Spain’s government said Tuesday that the massive April power outage across Spain and Portugal that left tens of millions of ...
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Spain says 'overvoltage' caused huge April blackout
A major power outage that paralyzed the Iberian Peninsula in April was caused by "overvoltage" on the grid that triggered "a ...
Spain says April's Iberian blackout was caused by multiple technical factors, not a cyberattack
Six weeks after Spain and Portugal suffered a massive power outage, authorities in Madrid issued an official report Tuesday, ...
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The Iberian Blackout Put EU Energy Security in the Spotlight
A widespread blackout across Spain, Portugal and southern France raises serious questions about the efficacy of the EU’s ...
'Overvoltage' Caused April Blackout, Spain Says
The blackout had "multiple" causes, Ecological Transition Minister Sara Aagesen told reporters, adding the system "lacked sufficient voltage control capacity" that day.
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Rules, Not Renewables, Might Explain the Iberian Blackout
A man sat on the balcony with his battery-powered radio, the speaker oriented toward passersby whose mobile phones couldn’t get a signal due to a blackout that had swept Spain and Portugal. Everyone ...