Dr Liang Du explains risks behind massive power blackouts
Following the Iberian outage, an engineering expert outlines blackout causes, cross-border impact, and why high-risk areas face slower recovery.
Trillions needed to save Europe’s power grid
Trillions of dollars in investment are needed to modernise Europe’s outdated power grid, avoid blackouts like Spain’s, and support rising renewable and electricity demand.
Battery transformers highlight North Korea’s growing wealth gap
Wealthy North Koreans are embracing Chinese battery transformers, improving electricity access.
Physical attacks on power grid in USA surge to new peak
People are vandalizing electrical equipment in the USA at a pace unseen in at least a decade, amid signs that domestic extremists use blackouts to sow unrest.
Yukon Energy caught off guard by power demand at -38 °C
Yukon Energy says it was caught off guard by the high energy demand, which caused an hours-long blackout in some parts of town on 19 December.
Criminals cause intentional energy blackouts in Kenya to commit crimes
Kenya: Criminals are holding consumers ransom in Kenya by causing frequent blackouts to scam unsuspecting citizens.
Venezuela moves 765 kV transformer to prevent blackouts
Corpoelec is patching up the country’s dilapidated power grid by cannibalizing electricity turbines, transformers and other equipment following a string of catastrophic blackouts in March and early April.