Questions over power supply remain after Spanish blackout

Spain Searches for Answers on What Caused Power Blackout - Overpasses For America

Spain’s top security and defense officials were meeting on Wednesday morning to discuss the blackout on the Iberian Peninsula this week, which halted critical infrastructure for up to 18 hours in some areas. The authorities in Spain and Portugal are under pressure to figure out what caused the power grid to shut down. The Spanish government has asked European regulators and various domestic agencies to investigate what happened. Spain’s National…

Although the blackout that changed, all of a sudden, the routine of the Spaniards has been left behind, there are still ends to be tied up, and responsibilities to be assumed.And it is that, considering that the blackout spread throughout the peninsula, including Portugal, Andorra and the south of France, the need to clarify the causes to the citizens is indisputable in order to beat the panic and define the prevention of an equal case.Among the…

One day after the biggest blackout in the history of Spain and with the key questions still unanswered, all the actors with the responsibility of explaining to the citizens began to take defensive positions before an eventual division of blames. No one was able, however, to answer the main question: how could the lead jump from the entire Iberian peninsula. Until it is known precisely what happened on Monday, the accusation speculation is irresp…

The United States did not answer whether it had information about the origin of the power failure that hit the Iberian Peninsula and described Monday's situation as “a frightening sight”.

The lack of conclusive information, two days later, about the great blackout that blocked the Iberian Peninsula portrays so much the inability of the government to assume...

Spain, renewables, and a painful energy blackout

THADE ANDY: The praise for Spain for achieving 100% renewable power on the national grid was still coming in when the energy system suddenly shut down with blackouts all over the Iberian Peninsula and southern France. Are these two things related?