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...
Judge Blocks Trump’s Freeze on Climate, Infrastructure Grants April 17, 2025 By Nate Raymond A U.S. judge blocked President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday from freezing billions of dollars in grants Congress authorized under...
Sweden Probe Finds No Conclusive Evidence of Deliberate Damage to Subsea Cables April 16, 2025 A Swedish probe found no conclusive evidence to suggest that a Chinese ship had deliberately dragged its anchor to damage...
UK to Compel 1,000 Firms to Shore Up Cyber Defenses After Hacks April 2, 2025 By Alex Wickham The UK government will pass legislation compelling companies providing IT services to critical national infrastructure to improve their cyber defenses...
Western Officials Say Russia Is Behind Campaign of Sabotage Across Europe March 27, 2025 By Emma Burrows Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since the...
Heathrow Shutdown Raises Concerns Over Contingency Planning March 21, 2025 By Joanna Plucinska and Tim Hepher The closure of Britain’s Heathrow Airport is set to affect the global aviation system for days at a cost of...
Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Poses New Risk to Grid Operators March 21, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin Data Center Alley, a 30-square-mile stretch outside Washington D.C. and home to more than 200 data centers, consumes roughly the...
Finland Ranks World’s Happiest Again With US at Worst-Ever Level March 19, 2025 By Kati Pohjanpalo Finland’s unbroken streak as the world’s happiest country continued for an eighth year while the US fell to 24th place,...