Pedro Sánchez calls his country a ‘global benchmark’ in the transition to greener energy, but prices — and profits — have ...

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.

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.

The shocking blackouts, which struck around 12.35pm CEST, have impacted millions of people with almost all of Spain and Portugal affected as the Iberian Peninsula's power grid was cut off from the ...

Spain's government confirmed that the April 28 power outage was caused by grid failures and poor planning, not a cyberattack. Food Network star Anne Burrell dies at age 55 Marina Mabrey's foul on ...

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’s three main power utilities — Iberdrola, Endesa and Naturgy — have been in a war of words with grid operator Red Eléctrica over the blackout.

Spain-Portugal blackouts latest: Head of Spain’s power grid refuses to resign as officials hunt for cause - Power has been restored to tens of millions but the cause of the power cut remains unknown ...

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.

Spain has Europe’s lowest ratio of grid spending to clean-power investment. During the past five years, the country invested an average of 30 cents for every $1 it spent on renewables, according ...