<img src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/ilustration-of-a-hand-holding-up-a-lightbulb-inside-the-lightbulb-is-a-home-with-solar-panels-and-an-electric-car-charging.jpg?id=62504289&width=1200&height=800&coordinates=0%2C209%2C0%2C209"/> In 1950, the English mathematician Alan Turing devised what he called “the imitation game.” Later dubbed the <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/turing-test" target="_self">Turing test</a>, the experiment asks a human participant to conduct a conversation with an unknown partner and try to determine if it’s a computer or a person on the other end of the line. If the person can’t figure it out, the machine passes the Turing test.Power grid operators are now preparing for their own version of the game. Virtual power plants, which concatenate small, distributed energy resources, are increasingly being tapped to balance electricity supply and demand. The question is: Can they do their job as well as conventional power plants? Grid operators can now find out by running these power plants through a Turing-like test called the Huels. To pass the Huels test, the performance of a virtual power plant must be indistinguishable from that of a conventional power plant. A human grid operator serves as the judge. Virtual power plant developer <a href="https://www.energyhub.com/" target="_blank">EnergyHub</a>, based in Brooklyn, N.Y., developed the test and outlined it in <a href="https://www.energyhub.com/building-trustworthy-power-plants-vpp-maturity-model" target="_blank">a white paper</a> released today. “What we’re really trying to do is fool the operators into feeling that these virtual power plants can act and feel and smell like conventional power plants,” says <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-hines-energy/" target="_blank">Paul Hines</a>, chief scientist at EnergyHub. “This is a kind of first litmus test.”<h2>What Are Virtual Power Plants (VPPs)?</h2>The virtual-versus-conventional power plant question is a timely one. Virtual power plants, or VPPs, are networks of devices such as rooftop solar panels, home batteries, and smart thermostats that come together through software to collectively supply or conserve electricity. Unlike conventional power generation systems, which might crank up one big gas plant when electricity demand peaks, VPPs tap into small, widely disbursed equipment. For example, a VPP might harness electricity from hundreds of plugged-in electric vehicles or rooftop solar panels. Or it might direct smart thermostats in homes or businesses to turn down heat or cooling systems to reduce demand. The technology is emerging at a time when concerns over data centers’ electricity demand is hitting a fever pitch. The consultancy BloombergNEF <a href="https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-energy/ai-and-the-power-grid-where-the-rubber-meets-the-road/" target="_blank">estimates</a> data-center energy demand in the United States <a href="https://heatmap.news/am/data-center-demand" target="_blank">will reach 106 gigawatts by 2035</a>–a 36 percent jump from what it had projected just seven months ago. How utilities and grid operators will meet the growing demand is unclear and faces challenges on many fronts. Turbines for natural gas plants are backordered and <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/nuclear-powered-data-center" target="_blank">new nuclear reactors</a> are still years away. Wind and solar, while cheap and fast to build, don’t produce the 24/7 electricity that data centers demand, and face an uphill political battle under the Trump administration. All of this together has created an <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/virtual-power-plants-battery-tech" target="_blank">opening for VPPs</a>, which could add gigawatts to the grid without significantly jacking up electricity rates. “It’s a political issue. If you said you’re going to get electricity costs under control, this is literally the only way to do it in 12 months,” says <a href="https://x.com/JigarShahDC" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jigar Shah</a>, a clean energy investor at <a href="https://multiplier.expert/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Multiplier</a> in Washington, D.C., who led the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office under the Biden administration. VPPs could also reduce utilities’ need to invest in distribution equipment, avoiding supply chain shortages and inflated costs, Shah says. “There is no other idea that you could possibly deploy in 12 months that would have that big of an impact,” he says. According to a 2024 U.S. Department of Energy <a href="https://www.smartenergydecisions.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/liftoff_doe_virtualpowerplants2025update.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">report</a>, VPPs could provide between 80 and 160 gigawatts of capacity across the U.S. by 2030—enough to meet between 10 and 20 percent of peak grid demand. <h2>How Can VPPs Gain Grid Operator Trust?</h2>But first, VPP developers have to win over grid developers. Benchmarks like the Huels test are crucial to building that trust. “In order for us to build our reliance on VPPs, they do need to pass the Huels test and operators need to be able to count on” the VPPs delivering power when called upon, said <a href="https://rmi.org/people/lauren-shwisberg/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Lauren Shwisberg</a>, a principal in the nonprofit research group Rocky Mountain Institute who co-authored a recent <a href="https://rmi.org/how-virtual-power-plants-can-help-the-united-states-win-the-ai-race/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">report</a> on VPPs and was not involved in the development of the test. <a href="https://www.huels.ai/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Matthias Huels</a>, an engineer who spent more than four years at EnergyHub, first came up with the idea for the test in 2024. After workshopping the idea with colleagues and, somewhat ironically, ChatGPT, Huels presented the concept to the company.Huels designed the test subjectively. Currently, in its earliest iteration, it appears to follow a guideline akin to the Supreme Court’s “<a href="https://texaslawreview.org/8459-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">I know it when I see it</a>” test for what distinguishes pornography from erotic art. That is to say: passing the test depends on who’s judging. If a grid operator finds the power from a VPP as dependable as electricity from an actual power plant burning gas to produce electrons, then the VPP has passed. There are four levels to the Huels test. To reach level 1, a VPP must be able to shave off demand from the grid by, for example, successfully scheduling smart thermostats to dial down when the grid faces maximum demand. To reach level 2, a VPP must be able to respond to market and grid data and dial down demand when prices hit a certain level or tap into solar panels or batteries when power is needed. Human decision makers are involved at these levels.Passing the Huels test comes at level 3. That’s when a VPP can function automatically because it’s proven reliable enough to be indistinguishable from a gas peaker plant–the type of power station that comes online as backup only when the grid is under stress. Passing level 4 involves VPPs acting fully autonomously to adjust output based on a number of actively-changing variables throughout the day. “The imitation game that Alan Turing came up with was: Can a computer fool an interrogator to think it’s actually human even though it’s a computer,” Hines says. “We propose this idea of a test that would allow us to say: Can we fool a grid operator into thinking that the thing that’s actually solving their problems is this aggregation of many devices instead of a big gas plant?”<h2>Can VPPs Mimic Gas Peaker Plants? </h2>Peaker plants only generate power about 5 percent of the time over their lifespans. That makes them easier for VPPs to mimic because, like peaker plants, the limited amount of power that can be made available by demand response or harvested from batteries only provides bursts of power that last a few hours at a time.Far more difficult is stacking up to a full-scale gas plant, which operates 65 percent of the time or more, or a nuclear plant, which usually operates at least 95 percent of the time. Getting there would involve equipping a VPP network with long-duration storage that could be powered up during the day when solar panels are at peak output and discharged all night long. “You start talking about VPPs with large amounts of batteries that can run 365 days per year,” Hines says. “That’s a road we can go down.”EnergyHub has been putting its VPP systems through the Huels test. Last year, EnergyHub <a href="https://www.energyhub.com/news/dynamic-load-shaping-demand-response" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">successfully ran trials</a> with Arizona Public Service, Duke Energy in North Carolina, and National Grid in Massachusetts. In Arizona, EnergyHub’s software dialed into homes with solar panels and smart thermostats and ran air conditioners to “pre-cool” houses during the day when the sun was generating lots of electricity. This allowed the state’s biggest utility to reduce demand during peak hours when residents would typically return home from work to turn on televisions and crank up their air conditioners.“You have too much power in the middle of the day because of solar, then the early evening comes and you get people ramping up their evening loads right as the solar is ramping down,” Hines says. “You need something that can feather through that schedule. We created something that can do this.” That lands the company somewhere between a 2 and 3 on the Huels testing scale. Passing level 3 “is going to take a few years,” Hines says.

يقوم مشغلو الشبكات الكهربائية بشكل متزايد باستخدام محطات الطاقة الافتراضية، التي تجمع بين موارد الطاقة الصغيرة الموزعة، لتحقيق التوازن بين العرض والطلب على الكهرباء. هذه الطريقة تشبه اختبار تورينغ، حيث يتم تقييم فعالية هذه المحطات الافتراضية مقارنة بالطرق التقليدية لإدارة الطاقة.

Los operadores de la red eléctrica están utilizando cada vez más plantas de energía virtuales, que agregan pequeños recursos energéticos distribuidos, para equilibrar la oferta y la demanda de electricidad. Este enfoque es similar a la prueba de Turing, donde se evalúa la efectividad de estas plantas virtuales en comparación con los métodos tradicionales de gestión energética.

Les opérateurs de réseaux électriques utilisent de plus en plus des centrales électriques virtuelles, qui agrègent de petites ressources énergétiques distribuées, pour équilibrer l'offre et la demande d'électricité. Cette approche rappelle le test de Turing, où l'efficacité de ces centrales virtuelles est évaluée par rapport aux méthodes traditionnelles de gestion de l'énergie.

Power grid operators are increasingly utilizing virtual power plants, which aggregate small, distributed energy resources, to balance electricity supply and demand. This approach is reminiscent of the Turing test, where the effectiveness of these virtual plants is being evaluated against traditional methods of energy management.

Virtual Power Plants Play the Imitation Game

<img src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/man-in-pink-shirt-standing-behind-four-racks-of-electronic-converters.jpg?id=62296753&width=1200&height=800&coordinates=62%2C0%2C63%2C0"/> Spain’s grid operator, <a href="https://www.ree.es/en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Red Eléctrica</a>, proudly declared that electricity demand across the country’s peninsular system was met entirely by renewable energy sources for the first time on a weekday, on 16 April 2025.Just 12 days later, at 12.33 p.m. on Monday, 28 April, Spain and Portugal’s grids collapsed completely, plunging some 55 million people into one of the largest blackouts the region has ever seen. Entire cities lost electricity in the middle of the day. In the bustling airports of Madrid, Barcelona, and other key hubs, departure boards went blank. No power. No Internet. Even mobile phone service—something most people take for granted—was severely compromised. It was just disconnection and disruption. On the roads, traffic lights stopped functioning, snarling traffic and leaving people wondering when the power would return.While the size and scale of the impact were unsettling, the speed at which it happened was the scariest part. Within minutes, the whole of the Iberian Peninsula’s energy generation dropped from roughly 25GW to less than 1.2GW. While this may sound like a freak accident, incidents like this will continue to happen, especially given the rapid changes to the electrical grid over the past few decades. Worldwide, power systems are evolving from large centralized generation to a multitude of diverse, distributed generation sources, representing a major paradigm shift. This is not merely a “power” problem but is also a “systems” problem. It involves how all the parts of the power grid interact to maintain stability, and it requires a holistic solution.Power grids are undergoing a massive transformation—from coal- and gas-fired plants to millions of solar panels and wind turbines scattered across vast distances. It’s not just a technology swap. It’s a complete reimagining of how electricity is generated, transmitted, and used. And if we get it wrong, we’re setting ourselves up for more catastrophic blackouts like the one that hit all of Spain and Portugal. The good news is that a solution developed by our group at <a href="https://www.iit.edu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Illinois Institute of Technology</a> over the last two decades and commercialized by our company, <a href="http://www.syndem.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Syndem</a>, has achieved global standardization and is moving into large-scale deployment. It’s called <a href="http://www.syndem.com/Products.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Virtual Synchronous Machines</a>, and it might be the key to keeping the lights on as we transition to a renewable future.<h2>Rapid Deployment of Renewable Energy</h2>The<a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.iea.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">International Energy Agency</a> (IEA) created a <a href="https://www.iea.org/reports/net-zero-by-2050" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Net Zero</a> by 2050 roadmap that calls for nearly 90% of global electricity generation to come from renewable, distributed sources, with <a href="https://www.iea.org/energy-system/renewables/solar-pv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">solar photovoltaic (PV</a>) and <a href="https://www.iea.org/energy-system/renewables/wind" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">wind</a> accounting for almost 70%. We are witnessing firsthand a paradigm shift in power systems, moving from centralized to distributed generation.The IEA projects that <a href="https://www.iea.org/news/global-renewable-capacity-is-set-to-grow-strongly-driven-by-solar-pv" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">renewable power installations will more than double between 2025 and 2030</a>, underscoring the urgent need to integrate renewables smoothly into existing power grids. A key technical nuance is that many distributed energy resources (DERs) produce direct current (DC) electricity, while the grid operates on alternating current (AC). To connect these resources to the grid, inverters convert DC into AC. To understand this further, we need to discuss inverter technologies. <img alt="An array of touch screens and Syndem converters in a control room." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="98cfcb8630cc629f93d55eaf18ac723d" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="3b7b2" loading="lazy" src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/an-array-of-touch-screens-and-syndem-converters-in-a-control-room.jpg?id=62297380&width=980"/> Professor Beibei Ren’s team at Texas Tech University built modules for a SYNDEM test bed with 12 modules and a substation module, consisting of 108 converters. Beibei Ren/Texas Tech UniversityMost of the inverters currently deployed in the field directly control the current (power) injected to the grid while constantly following the grid voltage, often referred to as <a data-linked-post="2668553450" href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/energy-transition" target="_blank">grid-following inverters</a>. Therefore, this type of inverter is a current source, meaning that its current is controlled, but its terminal voltage is determined by what it connects to. Grid-following inverters rely on a stable grid to inject power from renewable sources and operate properly. This is not a problem when the grid is stable, but it becomes one when the grid is less stable. For instance, when the grid goes down or experiences severe disturbances, grid-following inverters typically trip off, meaning they don’t provide support when the grid needs them most.In recent years, attempts to address grid instability have led to the rise of <a data-linked-post="2667719615" href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/electric-inverter" target="_blank">grid-forming inverters.</a> As the name suggests, these inverters could help form the grid. These usually refer to an inverter that controls its terminal voltage, including both the amplitude and frequency, which indirectly controls the current injected into the grid. This inverter behaves as a voltage source, meaning that its terminal voltage is regulated, but its current is determined by what it is connected to. Unlike grid-following inverters, grid-forming inverters can operate independently from the grid. This makes them useful in situations where the grid goes down or isn’t available, such as during blackouts. They can also help balance supply and demand, support voltage, and even restart parts of the grid if it shuts down. One issue is that the term “grid-forming” means different things to different people. Some of them lack clear physical meaning or robust performance under complex grid conditions. Many grid-forming controls are model-based and may not scale properly in large systems. As a result, the design and control of these inverters can vary significantly. Grid-forming inverters made by different companies may not be interoperable, especially in large or complex power systems, which can include grid-scale battery systems, high-voltage DC (HVDC) links, solar PV panels, and wind turbines. The ambiguity of the term is increasingly becoming a barrier for grid-forming inverters, and no standards have been published yet.<h2>Systemic Challenges when Modernizing the Grid</h2>Let’s zoom out for a moment to examine the broader landscape of structural challenges we need to address when transitioning today’s grid into its future state. This transition is often called the democratization of power systems. Just as in politics, where democracy means everyone has a say, this transition in power systems means that every grid player can play a role. The primary difference between a political democracy and a power system is that the power system needs to maintain the stability of its frequency and voltage. If we apply a purely democratic approach to manage the power grid, it will sow the seeds for potential systemic failure.The second systemic challenge is compatibility. The current power grid was designed long ago for a few big power plants—not for millions of small, intermittent energy sources like solar panels or wind turbines. Ideally, we’d build a whole new grid to fit today’s needs, but that would bring too much disruption, cost too much, and take too long. The only feasible option is to somehow make various grid players compatible with the grid. To better conceptualize this, think about the invention of the modem, which solved the compatibility issues between computers and telephone systems, or the widespread adoption of USB ports. These inventions made many devices, such as cameras, printers, and phones, compatible with computers.The third systemic challenge is scalability. It’s one thing to hook up a few solar panels to the grid. It’s entirely different to connect millions of them and still keep everything running safely and reliably. It’s like walking one large dog versus walking hundreds of Chihuahuas at once. It is crucial for future power systems to adopt an architecture that can operate at different scales, allowing a power grid to break into smaller grids when needed or reconnect to operate as one grid, all autonomously. This is crucial to ensure resilience during extreme weather events, natural disasters, and/or grid faults.To address these systemic challenges, the technologies need to undergo a seismic transformation. Today’s power grids are electric-machine-based, with electricity generated by large synchronous machines in centralized facilities, often with slow dynamics. Tomorrow’s grid will run on power electronic converters—small, distributed, and with fast dynamics. It’s a significant change, and one we need to plan carefully for.<h2>The Key is Synchronization</h2>Traditional fossil fuel power plants use synchronous machines to generate electricity, as they can inherently synchronize with each other or the grid when connected. In other words, they autonomously regulate their speeds and the grid frequency around a preset value, meeting a top requirement of power systems. This synchronization mechanism has underpinned the stable operation and organic expansion of power grids for over a century. So, preserving the synchronization mechanism in today’s grids is crucial for addressing the systemic challenges as we transition from today’s grid into the future.Unlike traditional power plants, inverters are not inherently synchronous, but they need to be. The key enabling technology is called v<a href="http://www.syndem.com/Products.html" target="_blank">irtual synchronous machines</a> (VSMs). These are not actual machines, but instead are power electronic converters controlled through special software codes to behave like physical turbines. You can think of them as having the body of power converters with the brain of the older spinning synchronous machines. With VSMs, distributed energy resources can synchronize and support the grid, especially when something unexpected happens. <img alt="clear box with a green circuit board and some copper coils." class="rm-shortcode" data-rm-shortcode-id="053e94ce126c9de29c97e5c3db7a5d19" data-rm-shortcode-name="rebelmouse-image" id="ece07" loading="lazy" src="https://spectrum.ieee.org/media-library/clear-box-with-a-green-circuit-board-and-some-copper-coils.jpg?id=62297364&width=980"/> Syndem’s all-in-one reconfigurable and reprogrammable power electronic converter educational kit.SYNDEMThis naturally addresses the systemic challenges of compatibility and scalability. Like conventional synchronous machines, distributed energy resources are now compatible with the grid and can be integrated at any scale. But it gets better. First, inverters can be added to existing power systems without major hardware changes. Second, VSMs support the creation of small, local energy networks—known as microgrids—that can operate independently and reconnect to the main grid when needed. This flexibility is particularly useful during emergencies or power outages. Lastly, VSMs provide an elegant solution for the common concern about inertia, traditionally provided by large spinning machines that help cushion the grid against sudden changes. By design, VSMs can offer similar or even better characteristics of inertia.VSMs are poised to become mainstream in the coming decade, driven in part by the backing of a global standard. After years of hard work, IEEE approved and published the first global standard on VSM, <a href="https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/2988/10581/" target="_blank">IEEE Standard 2988-2024</a>. It involved members affiliated with key manufacturers, including <a href="https://www.ge.com/" target="_blank">General Electric</a>, <a href="https://www.siemens.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Siemens</a>, <a href="https://www.hitachienergy.com/us/en" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hitachi Energy</a>, <a href="https://www.se.com/us/en/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Schneider Electric</a>, and <a href="https://www.eaton.com/us/en-us.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Eaton</a>, in addition to regulators and utilities, including <a href="https://www.nerc.com/Pages/default.aspx" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">North American Electric Reliability Corporation</a> (NERC), <a href="https://www.misoenergy.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Midcontinent Independent System Operator</a> (MISO), <a href="https://www.nationalgridus.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">National Grid</a>, <a href="https://www.sce.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Southern California Edison</a>, <a href="https://www.duke-energy.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Duke Energy Corporation</a>, and <a href="https://energinet.dk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Energinet</a>.<h2>The Holistic SYNDEM Architecture</h2>Until now, much of the expert discourse has focused primarily on energy generation. But that’s only half of the equation—the other half is demand: how different loads consume the electricity. Their behavior also plays a crucial role in maintaining grid stability, in particular when generation is powered by intermittent renewable energy sources.There are many different loads, including motors, Internet devices, and lighting, among others. They are physically different, but technically have one thing in common: They will all have a rectifier at the front end because motor applications are more efficient with a motor drive, which consists of a rectifier; and Internet devices and LED lights consume DC electricity, which needs rectifiers at the front end as well. Like inverters, these rectifiers can also be controlled as VSMs, with the only difference being the direction of the power flow. Rectifiers consume electricity while inverters supply electricity.As a result, most generation and consumption facilities in a future grid can be equipped and unified with the same synchronization mechanism to maintain grid stability in a <a href="https://resourcecenter.ieee-pels.org/education/webinars/pelsweb032018v#:~:text=Qing%2DChang%20Zhong&text=Power%20systems%20are%20going%20through,syndem.com%20for%20more%20details." rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">synchronized-and-democratized</a> (SYNDEM) manner. Yes, you read that correctly. Even devices that use electricity—like motors, computers, and LED lights—can play a similar active role in regulating the grid by autonomously adjusting their power demand according to instantaneous grid conditions. A less critical load can adapt its power demand by a larger percentage as needed, even up to 100%. In comparison, a more critical load can adjust its power demand at a smaller percentage or maintain its power demand. As a result, the power balance in a SYNDEM grid no longer depends predominantly on adjusting the supply but on dynamically adjusting both the supply and the demand, making it easier to maintain grid stability with intermittent renewable energy sources.For many loads, it is often not a problem to adjust their demand by 5-10% for a short period. Cumulatively, this offers significant support for the grid. Due to the rapid response of VSM, the support provided by such loads is equivalent to inertia and/or spinning reserve—extra power from synchronized generators not at full load. This can reduce the need for large spinning reserves that are currently necessary in power systems and reduce the effort to coordinate generation facilities. It also mitigates the impact of dwindling inertia caused by the retirement of conventional large generating facilities.In a SYNDEM grid, all active grid players, regardless of size, whether conventional or renewable, supplying or consuming, would follow the same SYNDEM rule of law and play the same equal role in maintaining grid stability, democratizing power systems, and paving the way for autonomous operation. It is worth highlighting that the autonomous operation can be achieved without relying on communication networks or human intervention, lowering costs and improving security.The SYNDEM architecture takes VSMs to new heights, addressing all three systemic challenges mentioned above: democratization, compatibility, and scalability. With this architecture, you can stack grids at different scales, much like building blocks. Each home grid can be operated on its own, multiple home grids can be connected to form a neighborhood grid, and multiple neighborhood grids can be connected to create a community grid, and so on. Moreover, such a grid can be decomposed into smaller grids when needed and can reconnect to form a single grid, all autonomously, without changing codes or issuing commands. The holistic theory is established, the enabling technologies are in place, and the governing standard is approved. However, the full realization of VSMs within the SYNDEM architecture depends on joint ventures and global deployment. This isn’t a task for any one group alone. We must act together. Whether you’re a policymaker, innovator, investor, or simply someone who cares about keeping the lights on, you can play a role. Join us to make power systems worldwide stable, reliable, sustainable, and, eventually, fully autonomous.

في 16 أبريل 2025، أعلنت مشغلة الشبكة الإسبانية Red Eléctrica أن الطلب على الكهرباء في البلاد تم تلبيته بالكامل من مصادر الطاقة المتجددة لأول مرة في يوم عمل. ومع ذلك، بعد 12 يومًا فقط، تعرضت شبكات إسبانيا والبرتغال لانهيار كامل، مما أدى إلى انقطاع الكهرباء عن حوالي 55 مليون شخص وتسبب في فوضى كبيرة في المدن الكبرى والمطارات.

El 16 de abril de 2025, el operador de la red española Red Eléctrica anunció que la demanda de electricidad del país se había satisfecho completamente con fuentes de energía renovables por primera vez en un día laborable. Sin embargo, solo 12 días después, un masivo apagón afectó a España y Portugal, dejando a aproximadamente 55 millones de personas sin electricidad y causando un caos significativo en ciudades y aeropuertos importantes.

Le 16 avril 2025, l'opérateur de réseau espagnol Red Eléctrica a annoncé que la demande d'électricité du pays avait été entièrement satisfaite par des sources d'énergie renouvelables pour la première fois en semaine. Cependant, seulement 12 jours plus tard, une massive panne de courant a touché l'Espagne et le Portugal, privant environ 55 millions de personnes d'électricité et provoquant un chaos significatif dans les grandes villes et les aéroports.

On April 16, 2025, Spain's grid operator Red Eléctrica announced that the country's electricity demand was fully met by renewable energy for the first time on a weekday. However, just 12 days later, a massive blackout affected Spain and Portugal, disrupting power for approximately 55 million people and causing significant chaos in major cities and airports.

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