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Spain's Grid Operator Blames Power Plants for Blackout, Disputes Miscalculation
A view shows Santa Llogaia electrical sub-station connected to the interconnection grid between France and Spain that tripped after a sudden, large drop in power supply and caused the major blackout in the Iberian Peninsula, in the village of Santa Llogaia d'Alguema, near Figueres, Spain April 29, 2025. REUTERS/Bruna Casas/File Photo
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 people disconnected in seconds was caused by technical and planning errors that left the grid unable to handle a surge in voltage.
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Very literally during the April 28 major blackout in Spain, Bloomberg’s Javier Blas published a post on X that set the tone of coverage of this event for weeks to come, blaming ‘not enough inertia’ ...
Six weeks after Spain and Portugal suffered a massive power outage, authorities in Madrid said the blackout was caused by ...
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