When the grid fails, you’re left in the dark. But what if you didn’t have to depend on it at all? For those fortunate enough ...

Madrid | At 12.33pm (10.33pm AEST), in five seconds almost two-thirds of Spain disappeared off the grid. It wasn’t just ... frazzled guests happy. One northern European dressed all in black ...

“We wanted to get off ... grid doesn’t understand what happened,” says William Oplinger, chief executive of aluminium producer Alcoa, which has a smelter and a refinery in northern Spain. “ ...

Spain lags behind other European states in spending on the grid relative to renewables investment, according to an analysis by BloombergNEF. Its solar capacity has more than doubled in the past ...

Spain, Portugal and parts of France have ... “This is why we are seeing many customers in different parts of the EU grid being cut off.” ...

Spain’s renewable energy failure knocked out Portugal’s grid as well, and it could have plunged the entire European continent into darkness had France not cut off its connection to Spain’s ...

northern and western Spain back online, but added that restoring power fully to the country and neighbouring Portugal could take 6-10 hours. The state grid operator is still yet to specify the ...

Spain, Portugal Switch Back On, Seek Answers After Biggest Ever Blackout MADRID (Reuters) -Spain and Portugal switched their power back on after the worst blackout in their history, though ...