Power outage hits Spain and Portugal: What happened and what was affected? | Energy News

Major power outages across large areas of Spain and Portugal, as well as parts of southern France, knocked out traffic lights and disrupted public transportation and airport operations on Monday.

Officials did not say what caused the outages, but several denied any foul play.

“Grid operators in both countries [Spain and Portugal] are working on finding the cause, and on restoring the electricity supply,” the president of the European Council, Antonio Costa, wrote in a post on X.

Costa…