Everything you need to know about ‘Black Start’, the process for rebooting the entire UK power grid following a complete shutdown.
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Tag: Great Storm of 1987
Power News
October 1987 saw the biggest storm to hit southern parts of the UK in almost 300 years kill 18 people, cause billions of pounds of damage and leave hundreds of thousands of homes without power.
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Power News
Storm Ciara causes travel chaos and leaves large parts of England and Wales without electricity.
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Power Insights
The UK’s power supply system is built with resilience in mind. But as society becomes ever more reliant on electricity, the threats to our power continuity grow too. Let’s take a look at what could cause a UK-wide blackout…
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Power News
Faulty fuse brings rush-hour chaos to London in a blackout that brought the famous underground tube network grinding to a halt.