Power Station Failure Causes All-Island Blackout On St Lucia
St Lucia experiences island-wide power cut after a failure at the country’s only power station.
Series Of Earthquakes Shake Puerto Rico Power Grid
Largest earthquake to hit Puerto Rico in more than 100 years causes severe damage to electricity grid.
9 August Blackout – E3C Final Report & Future Recommendations
10-point action plan included in the E3C final report into 9 August blackout emphasises need to improve UK’s power resilience.
Power Supply Pressures – 5 Biggest Threats To Our Electricity
The UK’s power supply system is built with resilience in mind. But as society becomes ever more reliant on electricity,...
9 August Blackout – Energy Firms Fined £10.5 Million By Ofgem
Three energy companies will pay a combined £10.5 million for their role in the 9 August blackout that left more...
South Africa Left In The Dark Over Ongoing Rolling Blackouts
South Africa energy crisis worsens as emergency load shedding cuts power to more than a third of the population.
Lancaster Floods – The Lessons Of Living Without Electricity
What lessons can we learn from the Lancaster floods of 2015 and how one city coped with a mass blackout?
General Election 2019: What Do The Manifestos Mean For The Electricity Network?
With the UK public getting set to cast their votes in the 2019 General Election, we take a look at...
Biggest Blackouts In History: Northeastern USA & Canada 1965
More than 30 million people across Northeastern USA and Canada in the dark for up to 13 hours following transmission...
Cybersecurity Susceptibility In The Smart Grid Era
Does the trend towards a more distributed electricity network increase the threat of cyber-attacks?