In April, a massive power cut brought Spain and Portugal to a standstill, affecting millions of people. Journalist Ashish Sharma was in Madrid, where he noticed some restaurants still serving. “There ...

Residents cheered as power was restored following an outage in Spain on Monday afternoon. Footage shows locals shouting with joy in the streets as lights flickered back on across Madrid on the evening ...

A nationwide phone network has shut down in Spain just weeks after blackouts brought chaos and heavy financial damage to the country. Emergency services in a number of regions had to provide new ...

Last spring, tens of millions of people lost electricity across Spain, Portugal and part of France. Trains stopped in their tracks, and people were stuck in elevators, as southwestern Europe went ...

Alcoa (NYSE:AA) and joint venture partner IGNIS Equity Holdings said Monday they will resume the restart process of their San Ciprián aluminum smelter in Spain, following assurances from the Spanish ...

The blackout that left Spain in the dark last April was an unprecedented event and the most severe to hit European networks in the last two decades, a regional power grids group said. “This was the ...

Electricity demand and a greater mix of renewable and fossil generation in the United States requires more attention paid to potential failures. The U.S. power grid doesn’t face the exact risks that ...

Spain’s electricity-grid operator said there was no risk of an imminent second major blackout in the country after detecting two sharp voltage variations in recent weeks. Red Electrica which operates ...