Power restored in Spain and Portugal after massive blackout disrupts transport, businesses, and daily life while authorities investigate cause and grid vulnerabilities.
Greece's PM prompted an emergency meeting of the country's grid operators following the massive blackouts in Spain and Portugal.
Huge nationwide power outages in Spain and Portugal on Monday caused major disruptions for citizens in both countries. Many posts on social media show commuters crowded in dark metro stations, while reports emerged of citizens getting stuck in elevators, traffic lights failing and bringing vehicles to a standstill, and large queues forming outside ATMs. So […]
Portugal and Spain experienced nationwide power outages on Monday, leaving millions of citizens without electricity. Although the exact causes of the widespread blackout are not yet clear, reports indicate problems with the European electrical grid, while a cyberattack has not been ruled out. The Spanish government has convened an emergency meeting at the headquarters of […]
Each spring and autumn, when solar and wind energy production surges in Greece while electricity demand remains low, grid operators impose curtailments to ensure grid stability and prevent blackouts.
According to the state-affiliated electricity distribution network in the country, power returned after the blackout in the morning
The surge in electricity demand during the heat wave and the power deficit in Balkan markets have driven up prices in the Greek wholesale electricity market.
The ferry boat was carrying 221 passengers and a crew of 18 on Tuesday afternoon from the southern Evia Island harbor town of Marmari to the port of Rafina, east of Athens proper