A summary of key takeaways from an Australian perspective at the 2026 CIGRE Paris session — where the ongoing challenges of IBR interactions and the impact of data centres appear to be consistent themes across power systems globally.
At 07:56:24 local time on Wednesday 22nd July 2026 in PJM, the frequency spiked to ~60.1Hz in response to a ~3,000MW sudden drop in demand.
Approximately 11 months after the blackout on the Iberian Peninsula, on Friday 20th March 2026 the organisation ENTSO-E has released this Final Report into the ‘Grid Incident in Spain and Portugal on 28 April 2025’:
It was no surprise that social media lit up with reports of voltage fluctuations having been detected more recently on the Spanish Grid, as reported by Red Eléctrica (the TSO).
Some of our readers will be interested to note that the Factual Report into the ‘Grid Incident in Spain and Portugal on 28 April 2025’ was released on 3rd October 2025.
For those interested in ‘what happened, why and what should be done about it’ with respect to the 28th April 2025 blackout on the Iberian Peninsula, ENTSO-E is also investigating.
On Wednesday 18th June 2025 Red Eléctrica (REE) published on the “Blackout in Spanish Peninsula Electrical System on 28th of April 2025” .
Earlier today we wrote about the ‘News Release on the blackout on the Iberian Peninsula...’. Here's the report (which we could not find at the time).
On Tue 17th June 2025 (local time) a news release has been made to suggest a report into the April 2025 power outage on Iberian Peninsula has been released.
In the Social Media commentary (and even full media articles) following the recent Blackout it feels a bit (frustrating and) like playing 'Blackout Buzzword Bingo' in trying to understand what actually happened...
With much attention in the past week being focused on the major blackout on the Iberian Peninsula in Europe, it’s worth noting there was a blackout in Bali on Friday 2nd May 2025
On Monday 28th April 2025 there was a large loss of load event encompassing millions of customers across Portugal and Spain. Here's some initial notes.