Portuguese authorities have announced measures to strengthen the country's electricity system after the April 28 blackout ...

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The Portuguese government plans to invest up to 400 million euros ($466 million) to improve grid management and boost battery storage following a massive blackout across Spain and Portugal in April.

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Until now, the government had said that the blackout on April 28 coincided with the loss of power generation in a plant in southwest Spain followed by a second loss of generation 1.5 seconds later ...

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Spain's second-largest oil refiner Moeve, formerly known as Cepsa, said on Monday the massive power blackout that hit Spain ...

Portugal, whose grid is connected to Spain’s, also went down. Only the countries’ island territories were spared. Power was fully restored in both countries the next morning.