US EditionFact Check: Could an ‘Experiment’ Have Caused the Iberian Blackout?
- A massive blackout on April 28, 2025, plunged the Iberian Peninsula into darkness, disrupting telecommunications and transport across Spain and Portugal.
- The British newspaper The Telegraph reported that Spanish authorities conducted a grid experiment probing renewable energy use before the outage, a claim officials strongly denied.
- Spanish Energy Minister Sara Aagesen and REE head Beatriz Corredor called the experiment allegation false and irresponsible, noting no excess renewable energy, short circuits, or cyberattacks on April 28.
- Experts noted no real-life tests were done at the outage time, emphasizing simulations prevent such experiments and suggesting management of renewables, not renewables themselves, may have played a role.
- Investigations continue with Spain required to submit a technical report under EU law; the denial and lack of firm conclusions leave the cause of the outage unsettled.
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