California pre-emptively cuts power to millions of people to try and prevent the spread of devastating wildfires.
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What happens when there is no power?
California pre-emptively cuts power to millions of people to try and prevent the spread of devastating wildfires.
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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.
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St Lucia experiences island-wide power cut after a failure at the country’s only power station.
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Largest earthquake to hit Puerto Rico in more than 100 years causes severe damage to electricity grid.
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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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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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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.
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South Africa energy crisis worsens as emergency load shedding cuts power to more than a third of the population.
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What lessons can we learn from the Lancaster floods of 2015 and how one city coped with a mass blackout?
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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.
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