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For Spain and Portugal, 28 April 2025 will go down in history as the day of “el gran apagón”, the big blackout. The outage, which affected the two countries simultaneously, was one of the 15 largest power cuts in world history in terms of the number of people affected, with…

The countries boast high levels of wind and solar on their grids, leading to speculation about the robustness of the technology

Net zero is vital for safeguarding the planet, but renewable energy sources could leave people vulnerable to blackouts in emergency situations

With the lights now coming back on in the Iberian Peninsula, Euroverify fact-checks some of the false claims that circulated during Monday's unprecedented blackout.

The lights are mostly back on in Spain, Portugal and southern France after a widespread blackout on Monday.

The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricity

Several scenarios have been put forward by experts as a possible cause behind the major power outage that plunged Spain and Portugal into disarray.