‘Blackouts can happen anywhere’: how power systems worldwide can collapse

<p>After Europe’s biggest blackout in over 20 years, experts warn that while such incidents are rare, no grid is infallible</p><p>Europe’s biggest blackout in over 20 years on the Iberian peninsula <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/30/no-one-knew-what-to-do-power-cuts-bring-chaos-connection-and-revaluation-of-digital-dependency">unleashed hours of chaos</a> for people in Spain, Portugal and parts of France earlier this week. But in the aftermath it has raised a common question for governments across the continent: could the same happen here?</p><p>Europe’s political leaders and energy system operators have given assurances that such blackouts are extraordinarily rare, and that European power grids are some of the most stable in the world.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/02/blackouts-energy-outage-risks-europe-worldwide-spain-portugal-france">Continue reading...</a>