"The frequency decline likely began due to severe oscillations in high-voltage lines in southern France or inland Spain.

Whatever the root cause, one thing’s crystal clear: major blackouts don’t just switch off the lights; they send shockwaves ...

Ever wondered how flipping a switch lights up your room, or powers a train, in an instant? That’s thanks to the magic of the ...

The countries’ top officials were trying to determine the cause of an outage that left tens of millions of people across the ...

The power cuts in Spain and Portugal have been put down to a "rare atmospheric phenomenon" according to the national grid ...

Electricity is pulsing through Spain and Portugal again after a massive outage knocked out power in both countries on Monday.

What happened in Spain and Portugal on April 28 brought home how insecure our energy systems have become. For about 20 hours Spain, Portugal and parts of southern France experienced a widespread ...

Holidaymakers have been warned to ensure they are keeping coins and banknotes on them amid the threat of power outages.

Power started returning to parts of the Iberian Peninsula late on Monday (April 28) after a huge outage brought parts of ...

Even as electricity was restored across Spain and Portugal after a daylong blackout, residents tried to make sense of 18 ...

Madrid's main airport has been hit, the city's subway evacuated and traffic lights in the city turned off following the ...

Spain and Portugal were hit by a widespread power blackout on Monday that paralysed public transport, caused large traffic ...