Handy links to every article the Blackout report has published about the 9 August 2019 blackout.
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Power News
A “once in 50 years” storm causes a complete grid failure in South Australia leaving 1.7 million residents without electricity.
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Power Insights, Power News
Counting down some biggest blackouts the world has ever seen including electrical interruptions that left hundreds of millions of people in the dark.
Power News
Hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity after a major power outage across Chicago.
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
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
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.
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Power News
National Grid ESO publishes its interim report into last week’s major power failure.
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