Global Briefing: Iberian blackouts not caused by increased reliance on renewables, report finds

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Large crowds fill the streets around Cibeles Square in Madrid during the nationwide blackout - Credit: iStock
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Large crowds fill the streets around Cibeles Square in Madrid during the nationwide blackout - Credit: iStock

Report attributes Spain and Portugal blackouts to 'cascading overvoltages', Pope Leo hits out at climate change deniers, and Trump administration cancels $8bn for climate projects

Power outages that swept Spain and Portugal on the 28th April were the first to be caused by excessive voltage, according to a landmark report which found the Iberian Peninsula's increased reliance on...

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