Why France and Germany say that they will not suffer a blackout: so are their electrical systems and how they differ from Spanish

Can there be a new blackout in other countries of the European Union? The answer is unclear. While the causes of what happened in Spain are still being investigated, other countries like France and Germany have already come up against possible rumours: both governments have ensured that their systems are better prepared to prevent such incidents. The Iberian Peninsula, on the other hand, is an "energy island", which causes it to be worse connect…

The long and comprehensive power failure in Spain raises the question of how reliable the supply is in Germany. Some aspects are clear.

Berlin, April 30, 2025. On the large-scale power failure in Spain, Portugal and parts of France, the climate-political spokesman of the AfD parliamentary group, Karsten Hilse, informs: "The blackout on the Iberian peninsula is an urgent warning against the realistic 'energy turnaround' for ideological reasons. The Spanish power grid operator Red Eléctrica excludes a hacker attack as a cause. Instead, disturbances in solar energy are very likely …