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Months after the significant Iberian Blackout that left Portugal and Spain without electricity for up to 12 hours, a working group has expressed skepticism about the government's initial solutions to prevent future incidents. The discussions highlight the complexities of infrastructure and emergency services in ensuring public safety and sustainability.
Electricity is beginning to be restored gradually in Leiria, reports CNN Portugal journalist Pedro Ramos Bichardo. In the city centre the power has been restored, but several areas of the district remain in total blackout, which has already lasted more than 48 hours.
At 07:00, more than 300,000 people were reported to be without electricity.
More than 850,000 customers were without power at 07:00.
On 1st of May Street, in the Bom Sucesso neighbourhood of Alverca do Ribatejo, Vila Franca de Xira, residents are reminded of the blackout that paralysed Portugal on 28 April 2025. It serves as a point of comparison for what they are currently experiencing. Since 5pm on Monday 19 January, several apartment blocks and houses in the neighbourhood have been without electricity.
APREN, Portugal’s renewable energy association, reveals that the Iberian Blackout last April prompted a year ‘marked by a decline in renewable energy incorporation, and an increase in natural gas production‘. The post Iberian blackout prompts slowdown in renewable energy installations appeared first on Portugal Resident.
APREN said a blackout forced greater use of gas-fired electricity generation, moving Portugal away from its climate targets.
The country, home to over 90 million people, is undergoing a 'national blackout'.
The chairman of E-Redes' board of directors, José Ferrari Careto, says that if management of the low-voltage network had been separated from the other voltage levels, responding to the blackout would have been more difficult. This option had already been on the table given the conditions under which the last Socialist government ...
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The World Energy Outlook 2025 report describes the event on the Iberian Peninsula as a reference laboratory for the future energy transition Europe will face.
