London Workers Hit by Travel Disruption After Power Outage May 12, 2025 By Jamie Nimmo and Eamon Akil Farhat London commuters face significant disruption to their journeys after a power failure knocked out parts of the capital’s underground network....
Heathrow Fire Timeline Set Out as Grid Security Focus Sharpens May 12, 2025 By Eamon Akil Farhat A detailed timeline of the events surrounding the unprecedented day-long blackout that hit London’s Heathrow Airport has been set out...
Spain Discloses New Power Grid Failure on Day of the Blackout May 5, 2025 By Rodrigo Orihuela Spain’s high-voltage electricity grid suffered more power generation disruptions than previously known ahead of the country’s largest ever blackout, the...
Companies Count the Costs After Blackout in Spain and Portugal April 30, 2025 By Joan Faus As factories, stores and hotels across Spain and Portugal gradually returned to normal on Tuesday after a huge blackout the...
Spanish Grid Operator’s First Assessment Rules Out Cyberattack Behind Blackout April 29, 2025 Spanish electricity grid operator REE said on Tuesday its preliminary assessment had ruled out cyberattack as the cause of the...
Why Restarting a Power Grid After Massive Collapse Is So Hard April 29, 2025 By Rachel Morison and William Mathis It’s a worst case scenario that grid operators plan for but hope never to encounter. After one of the worst...
Spain and Portugal Hit With Worst European Blackout in Years April 28, 2025 By Laura Millan, Macarena Munoz and Thomas Gualtieri Most of Spain and all of Portugal were hit by a major blackout that impacted public transport, airports and phone...
Texas Is Warned of Blackout Risk as Sun Sets This Summer May 16, 2024 By Naureen S. Malik The risk of power failures this summer remains elevated for many parts of North America amid soaring demand and generator...
California Utilities’ Wildfire Prevention Plans Call for More Blackouts February 11, 2020 California utilities plan to continue shutting off power to customers during dry and windy conditions to prevent sparking deadly wildfires,...
California Faces Decade of Unique Wildfire Blackouts November 25, 2019 By Andrew Hay California utility PG&E Corp. has imposed 10 intentional blackouts this year to reduce risks its power infrastructure could spark wildfires...