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Turkey Powerlines. 16/04/2015
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The Turkish Powercut : Possible Explanations

As the days have passed, and an answer to what really caused the massive power cut that virtually shut down Turkey early on Tuesday morning, March 31st 2015, is seemingly no nearer. The head of the country’s state-run power grid has resigned, taking responsibility for a host of management errors that are now said to be responsible for the black out. A further two officials have since been suspended and are currently under investigation. The official line to date is that the problem arose due to two major plant maintenance... Read More

16/12/2014
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The World’s Worst Power Cuts

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