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Chicago Blackout Leaves 800,000 In The Dark

Posted on August 12, 2020August 12, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on Chicago Blackout Leaves 800,000 In The Dark
Chicago Blackout Leaves 800,000 In The Dark
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Hundreds of thousands of people are still without electricity after a major power outage across Chicago.

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Electricity Restored Following Nationwide Outages In Kenya And Uganda

Posted on May 11, 2020August 14, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on Electricity Restored Following Nationwide Outages In Kenya And Uganda
Electricity Restored Following Nationwide Outages In Kenya And Uganda
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Nationwide blackout hits Kenya and Uganda following a fault on a high voltage transmission line.

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Nashville Blackout Leaves 130,000 In The Dark

Posted on May 7, 2020August 12, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on Nashville Blackout Leaves 130,000 In The Dark
Nashville Blackout Leaves 130,000 In The Dark
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Sunday wind storm leads to “record-breaking” number of power outages in Nashville, Tennessee.

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11 Weirdest Things To Cause Power Cuts

Posted on April 15, 2020April 15, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on 11 Weirdest Things To Cause Power Cuts
11 Weirdest Things To Cause Power Cuts
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Counting down some of the weirdest power cuts the world has ever seen.

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California’s Preventive Power Cuts To Stop Spread Of Wildfires

Posted on January 30, 2020January 30, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on California’s Preventive Power Cuts To Stop Spread Of Wildfires
California’s Preventive Power Cuts To Stop Spread Of Wildfires
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California pre-emptively cuts power to millions of people to try and prevent the spread of devastating wildfires.

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History Repeating – Auckland Struck By The Blackout Blues

Posted on January 24, 2020January 28, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on History Repeating – Auckland Struck By The Blackout Blues
History Repeating – Auckland Struck By The Blackout Blues
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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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Power Supply Pressures – 5 Biggest Threats To Our Electricity

Posted on January 8, 2020April 16, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on Power Supply Pressures – 5 Biggest Threats To Our Electricity
Power Supply Pressures – 5 Biggest Threats To Our Electricity
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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Biggest Blackouts In History: Northeastern USA & Canada 1965

Posted on November 11, 2019March 31, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on Biggest Blackouts In History: Northeastern USA & Canada 1965
Biggest Blackouts In History: Northeastern USA & Canada 1965
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More than 30 million people across Northeastern USA and Canada in the dark for up to 13 hours following transmission line failure near Niagara Falls.

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Central America Blackout Hits Four Countries

Posted on September 17, 2019January 15, 2020 By Chris Owens No Comments on Central America Blackout Hits Four Countries
Central America Blackout Hits Four Countries
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A power line failure left thousands of people across four Central America countries without electricity.

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Jakarta Blackout Blamed On Transmission Line Failure

Posted on August 12, 2019January 24, 2020 By Chris Owens 1 Comment on Jakarta Blackout Blamed On Transmission Line Failure
Jakarta Blackout Blamed On Transmission Line Failure
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More than 20 million people in and around Jakarta left without power for several hours.

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