Nearly 500 MW of battery storage helped minimise the disruption during August’s power outage.
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Author: Chris Owens
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What can other businesses learn from the data centre industry’s approach to power continuity?
Power News
National Grid ESO publishes its interim report into last week’s major power failure.
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More than 20 million people in and around Jakarta left without power for several hours.
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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.
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Power Insights
Digging deep into a double cyberattack on the Ukraine electricity network and asking whether it’s a sign of things to come in the era of smart grids.
Power News
Ransomware attack on Johannesburg electricity supplier disrupts power to thousands of South Africans.
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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.
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Broadway musicals fell silent following a New York City blackout that left much of Manhattan without power.
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An “unprecedented” power cut left virtually all of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay without electricity.
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