Whatever the root cause, one thing’s crystal clear: major blackouts don’t just switch off the lights; they send shockwaves ...

Nuclear power is needed to stabilise Spain's electrical system and the country should rethink its planned phase-out following ...

Spain has not reached any conclusions about what caused a major power outage on April 28, contrary to online claims saying ...

The government in Madrid is still investigating the exact causes for the blackout, which disrupted public transport, ...

Until now, the government had said that the blackout on April 28 coincided with the loss of power generation in a plant in ...

Europe's ageing power grid and lack of energy storage capacity will require trillions of dollars in investments to cope with ...

Historical cases and scientific analysis show that the most common human reaction to disasters is to help others, a trait ...

Meanwhile, energy expert Carlos Cagigal explained the outage "probably happened" because Spain’s nuclear plants weren’t ...

Following Spain's recent blackout, India reflects on its own 2012 grid collapse affecting 400 million. As it increases ...

Thousands of rail passengers in Spain have faced delays after copper cables used in the signalling system of a high-speed ...

First Reading is a Canadian politics newsletter curated by the National Post’s own Tristin Hopper. To get an early version ...