16-07-2025
Spain Blackout Investigation Shows EU Grids Need More Resilience
By Will Mathis and
Preliminary findings of an investigation into a wide-ranging blackout in Spain earlier this year show that European power grids need to improve resilience, according to a report from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity.
The group, known as ENTSO-E, has assembled a panel of experts to pore over data from Spanish grid operators and power producers to find out what exactly happened in April that suddenly caused millions across the country to lose electricity. Preliminary results show that a cascading series of disconnections of electricity generation and unusual voltage increases were the most likely reason for the blackout, according to an update published Wednesday.
