One year after Spain’s blackout, its shift to renewables and grid evolution power on
blackout, a devastating [conflict](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/apr/28/middle-east-crisis-live-iran-us-israel-lebanon-hormuz-nuclear-oil-latest-news-updates) has broken out in the Middle East, and the closure of the strait of Hormuz has sent gas prices steeply [upwards](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/28/bp-profits-oil-gas-prices-iran-war-first-quarter). But Spain has been