More than 30 million people across Northeastern USA and Canada in the dark for up to 13 hours following transmission line failure near Niagara Falls.
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Author: Chris Owens
Power Insights
Does the trend towards a more distributed electricity network increase the threat of cyber-attacks?
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A fleet of electric vans backed with onboard energy storage systems is aiming to “revolutionise” temporary power restoration.
Read More “Energy Storage Pilot Provides Temporary Power During Blackouts” »
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National Grid confident there will be enough gas and electricity to meet winter demand even if the UK leaves the European Union without a deal.
Read More “Winter Is Coming… National Grid Winter Outlook 2019-20” »
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The Northeastern Blackout of August 2003 left 55 million people across eight states and parts of Canada without electricity.
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Power Insights
We take a look at the crucial automatic defence mechanism designed to save the electricity system from complete collapse and examine its effectiveness in the aftermath of the 9 August blackout.
Read More “What Is The Low Frequency Demand Disconnection (LFDD) Scheme?” »
Power News
A major investigation into the 9 August blackout questions whether National Grid’s contingency plans for such a significant loss of power are “fit for purpose”.
Power News
Reported substation explosion leaves one million people on the Spanish holiday island Tenerife without electricity for nine hours.
Power News
A power line failure left thousands of people across four Central America countries without electricity.
Power News
National Grid’s final technical report into August’s blackout calls for review into whether the network has enough backup power to cope with similar incidents.
Read More “9 August Blackout – National Grid’s Full Technical Report & Recommendations” »