Spain lost 15 gigawatts of electricity — or about 60% of its supply. Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain’s, also went down. Only the countries’ island territories were spared.

Thousands of commuters stood stranded on the concourses of Spain's transit system. In the span of five seconds, 60 percent of the country's electricity supply vanished.

Spanish power utility Endesa reported on Tuesday a 30% rise in first-half net profit to 1.04 billion euros ($1.20 billion), ...

Spain lost 15 gigawatts of electricity — or about 60% of its supply. Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain's, also went down. Only the countries' island territories were spared.

Spain lost 15 gigawatts of electricity — or about 60% of its supply. Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain's, also went down. Only the countries' island territories were spared.

P lans by Spain’s National Commission on Markets and Competition (CNMC) to increase the guaranteed return on investments in the country’s power grids has been described as insufficient to retain ...

Spain lost 15 gigawatts of electricity — or about 60% of its supply. Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain's, also went down. Only the countries' island territories were spared.

MADRID, April 30 (Reuters) - Spain's grid operator denied on Wednesday dependence on solar power was to blame for the country's worst blackout, while Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez came under ...

Spain receives about 40 percent of its power from renewables at present. Solar is not an ideal power source for black-starting the grid, given that it's unavailable for a significant chunk of the day.

In 2011, Spain's renewable energy fueled 31% of its electricity, according to Statista data. The share grew to 57% last year, meaning a significant drop in the combined use of fossil and nuclear ...

Meanwhile, the slow, steady, heavy machines that actually hold the grid together are being dismantled. Spain's blackout wasn't just a technical failure. It was a political one.

Spain lost 15 gigawatts of electricity — or about 60% of its supply. Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain’s, also went down. Only the countries’ island territories were spared.