Whereas authorities currently remain unclear regarding the cause or causes of a major power disruption turning off lights, and paralyzing lives of approximately 55 million people across Spain, Portugal, and southern France, they might serve as prescient lessons regarding the importance of securing power grids from combined green energy vulnerabilities and cyber-terrorist threats.

It began suddenly on a sunny day when within a few seconds, 15 gigawatts of energy suddenly dropped from Spain’s supply — equivalent to 60% of the electricity being consumed at the time — collapsing the power grid throughout the Iberian Peninsula.

The impacts were immediate and expansively diverse.

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