Handy links to every article the Blackout report has published about the 9 August 2019 blackout.
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Tag: load shedding
Power News
Households could face rolling three-hour power cuts this winter under the worst-case scenario outlined in National Grid ESO’s Winter Outlook 2022-23.
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Power News
More than a million people across Spain and Portugal were left without electricity after disruption to supplies from a high voltage interconnector in France. The incident occurred between 4:30 pm and 5 pm local time on Saturday 24 July. Red Eléctrica de España, which operates the electricity network in Spain, blamed a seaplane damaging the … Read More “Interconnector Failure In France Causes Outages Across Iberian Peninsula” »
Power Insights, Power News
South Africa energy crisis worsens as emergency load shedding cuts power to more than a third of the population.
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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.
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Power Insights, Power News
Nearly 500 MW of battery storage helped minimise the disruption during August’s power outage.
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Power News
Ransomware attack on Johannesburg electricity supplier disrupts power to thousands of South Africans.
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