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.
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Category: Power News
Power News is the perfect place to find all the latest updates.
It’s where you’ll learn about notable power cuts throughout the world as and when they happen. If there’s a breaking story concerning power grids, this is the place to find out more.
Alternatively, take a trip back in time and discover some of the biggest blackouts in history – are there any lessons we can learn?
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The Northeastern Blackout of August 2003 left 55 million people across eight states and parts of Canada without electricity.
Read More “Biggest Blackouts In History: Northeastern USA & Canada 2003” »
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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”.
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Reported substation explosion leaves one million people on the Spanish holiday island Tenerife without electricity for nine hours.
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A power line failure left thousands of people across four Central America countries without electricity.
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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” »
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Nearly 500 MW of battery storage helped minimise the disruption during August’s power outage.
Read More “The Role Of Battery Storage During The 9 August Blackout” »
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National Grid ESO publishes its interim report into last week’s major power failure.
Read More “9 August Blackout – National Grid’s Interim Report Into What Actually Happened” »
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More than 20 million people in and around Jakarta left without power for several hours.
Read More “Jakarta Blackout Blamed On Transmission Line Failure” »
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Huge solar storm sends the Québec power grid offline in 90 seconds, leaving nine million residents without electricity for up to nine hours.
Read More “Biggest Blackouts In History: Québec 1989 Solar Storm” »