Energy analyst: 'Grid resilience' requires 'efficiency' and a 'distributive' energy supply | DW News

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has declared a state of emergency after a day of massive power cuts affecting Spain, Portugal, and parts of France. Sanchez attributed the cuts to "anomolous oscillations" in high-voltage energy lines. So far, Spanish authorities have ruled out cyber attacks as being behind the blackouts.

Chapter Breakdown:
0:00 Spain and Portugal struggle to restore power supplies
3:30 Benjamin Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Sussex, on how to make energy grids more resilient

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