Biggest Blackouts In History: Northeastern USA & Canada 2003
The Northeastern Blackout of August 2003 left 55 million people across eight states and parts of Canada without electricity.
The Northeastern Blackout of August 2003 left 55 million people across eight states and parts of Canada without electricity.
We take a look at the crucial automatic defence mechanism designed to save the electricity system from complete collapse and...
A major investigation into the 9 August blackout questions whether National Grid’s contingency plans for such a significant loss of...
Reported substation explosion leaves one million people on the Spanish holiday island Tenerife without electricity for nine hours.
A “once in 50 years” storm proves the catalyst for a complete failure of the grid in South Australia leaving...
A power line failure left thousands of people across four Central America countries without electricity.
National Grid’s final technical report into August’s blackout calls for review into whether the network has enough backup power to...
Nearly 500 MW of battery storage helped minimise the disruption during August’s power outage.
What can other businesses learn from the data centre industry’s approach to power continuity?
National Grid ESO publishes its interim report into last week’s major power failure.