power outage

A recent report highlighted that ‘Severe Economic Consequences’ would hit the UK in the event of a serious power outage. The Royal Academy of Engineering reported that although the likelihood of a power outage in the UK is low, any disruption would cost billions of pounds. The UK was given a taste of such disruption this week after London Airspace was briefly closed because of a power outage at the NATS control centre in Swanwick. The report issued by the academy comes at a time when worldwide many countries with... Read More