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Investigations are ongoing into what went wrong with the electricity system, which impacted some 60 million people.

On 28 April 2025, an unprecedented collapse of the Iberian Peninsula’s electricity grid brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill. The likelihood of this ever happening was extremely low and – speculation about its causes aside – the episode has caused serious social disruption, as well as economic losses at…

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From cyber attack to blame on renewables, conspiracy theories have exploded in wake of Spain and Portugal’s power outage

Spain and Portugal recovered their electricity supply and a semblance of normalcy on Tuesday after a crippling blackout of unknown causes that disrupted daily life for millions.

Rare weather conditions also thought unlikely to be behind blackout as 99.95% of Spain’s electricity supply is restored

Many Australians struggle to keep themselves cool affordably and effectively, particularly with rising electricity prices. This is becoming a major health concern, especially for our most vulnerable people such as the elderly, pregnant women and people with cardiovascular diseases.

Common Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supply

Officials in Spain and Portugal are racing to restore electricity after a huge power outage that grounded flights, paralyzed metro systems, disrupted mobile communications and shut down ATMs, upending the lives of tens of millions of people and turning airports and train stations into campgrounds for stranded travelers

The report aims to ‘get some objective truths on the costs’ amid public debate over the growing transmission network, the authors said.

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricity