California pre-emptively cuts power to millions of people to try and prevent the spread of devastating wildfires.
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Author: Chris Owens
Power Insights, Power News
Auckland loses power… again. We take a look at the history of blackouts that have plagued New Zealand’s largest city, including an infamous incident that took five weeks to resolve.
Read More “History Repeating – Auckland Struck By The Blackout Blues” »
Power News
St Lucia experiences island-wide power cut after a failure at the country’s only power station.
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Power News
Largest earthquake to hit Puerto Rico in more than 100 years causes severe damage to electricity grid.
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Power News
10-point action plan included in the E3C final report into 9 August blackout emphasises need to improve UK’s power resilience.
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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
Three energy companies will pay a combined £10.5 million for their role in the 9 August blackout that left more than a million people across Britain without electricity.
Read More “9 August Blackout – Energy Firms Fined £10.5 Million By Ofgem” »
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
What lessons can we learn from the Lancaster floods of 2015 and how one city coped with a mass blackout?
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Power Insights, Power News
With the UK public getting set to cast their votes in the 2019 General Election, we take a look at what the implications might be for the energy sector and the way we produce power.
Read More “General Election 2019: What Do The Manifestos Mean For The Electricity Network?” »