What We Know About the Power Outages in Spain and Portugal
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What We Know About the Power Outages in Spain and Portugal

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Widespread power outages upended life for millions across Spain and Portugal (and, briefly, parts of France) on Monday. Traffic lights went dark at busy intersections. Trains stopped in the middle of a workday. And long lines formed at A.T.M.s and grocery stores, where…

Power Is Largely Restored in Spain After Widespread Outage
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Power Is Largely Restored in Spain After Widespread Outage

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Spain’s national power company said early Tuesday that nearly all power had been restored in the country, mostly ending a major outage that affected airports, trains, traffic lights and other critical infrastructure. The company, Red Eléctrica, said that 99 percent of power demand…

Spain and Parts of Portugal and France Hit by Widespread Power Outage
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Spain and Parts of Portugal and France Hit by Widespread Power Outage

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Spain and Portugal were hit by a major power outage on Monday, bringing to a halt daily activity throughout the two countries, with businesses shutting down along with trains, subways and airline flights. Officials did not say what caused the outage, which affected…

London’s Heathrow Airport Shuts After Fire Triggers Power Outage
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London’s Heathrow Airport Shuts After Fire Triggers Power Outage

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines London’s Heathrow Airport was closed early Friday and will remain shut through the rest of the day, bringing one of the world’s busiest airports to a halt after it lost power because of a nearby fire. Heathrow said it would be closed until…

Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours Before Eaton Fire
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Edison’s Power Lines Were Under Strain 14 Hours Before Eaton Fire

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines About 14 hours before the Eaton fire started on Jan. 7 on the hills above Altadena and Pasadena, Calif., power lines in the area had signs of being under strain from intensifying winds. New data from a company that maintains electrical sensors suggests…

Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024
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Solar Energy, Criticized by Trump, Claims Big U.S. Gain in 2024

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The U.S. power grid added more capacity from solar energy in 2024 than from any other source in a single year in more than two decades, according to a new industry report released on Tuesday. The data was released a day after the…

Chile Declares Curfew as Power Outage Sweeps Country
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Chile Declares Curfew as Power Outage Sweeps Country

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Chile’s government imposed a curfew and declared a state of emergency in response to a sweeping blackout that cut electricity to most of the country and plunged the streets of the capital, Santiago, into chaos on Tuesday. The massive outage, which began in…

Inside a  Billion Loan Project, Led by World Bank, Aims to Expand Electricity in Africa
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Inside a $35 Billion Loan Project, Led by World Bank, Aims to Expand Electricity in Africa

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on electric-power generation in Africa’s history. The World Bank, African Development Bank and others are…

Start of Eaton Fire Focus Attention on Southern California Edison
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Start of Eaton Fire Focus Attention on Southern California Edison

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Early on the evening of Jan. 7, a resident of a neighborhood of homes backed up against the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California saw what he described as a bright white light, and then a small fire at the base of an…