Was the heat to blame? Spain's blackout renews fears over climate and grid fragility

Insurance Business America · last updated April 29, 2025 – 2:28 AM

That instability may have played a role in Monday’s chain of events, which began shortly after 10:30am GMT and, within minutes, had severed Spain’s grid from the rest of Europe. The nation lost 15 gigawatts of electricity generation in just five seconds, Sánchez later confirmed — an astonishing figure representing 60% of national demand at that time.

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