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Redundant systems are essential to ensure continuity during blackouts, cyberattacks or errors caused by the human hand.
The Portuguese operator REN, counterpart of Red Eléctrica, initiated earlier the recovery efforts of the system after the Iberian blackout and completed the total restoration of...
They are going to be right ‘The Telegrpah’ and foreign media. Here there is ‘matute’ and Begoña’s husband lies like a bellaco. The ‘Gran Apagon’ that left millions of citizens in Spain and Portugal in the dark has put under the spotlight both the country’s energy model and the management of the Sánchez government. Beyond conspiracy theories or simplistic stories, what happened is a lesson about the limits of an electrical system stressed by the …
The European Commission will officially evaluate, at the end of August, the management of the power outage of April 28 that left around 60 million people without power, mainly in Spain, and to a lesser extent in Portugal and parts of France. This review, conducted by the European Electricity Coordination Group, will analyze the detailed reports that Spain and Portugal will present by July, assessing both the technical causes and the reaction of …
On April 28, 2025, Spain experienced an unprecedented power outage. In just nine seconds, the system collapsed, following the sudden loss of 15 GW of renewable generation and the disconnection of interconnection lines with France. This massive failure revealed an uncomfortable reality: the current electricity grid is not ready for a massive penetration of renewable energies without a solid technological backup. More than a catastrophe, what happ…
In an increasingly digitized society, where the use of bank cards and mobile applications to pay has become a norm, many people have stopped considering it useful to carry cash, let alone have it at home. However, reality shows that it can become a lifeguard when we least expect it. Just remember what happened last April 28 in Spain, where a widespread cut of light left many citizens unable to make electronic payments, which generated a situatio…
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