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UK Grid Warns Of Electricity Shortage Due To Drop In Wind
UK Grid Warns Of Electricity Shortage Due To Drop In Wind The UK’s electricity grid operator has warned of a short supply over the next few days due to generator outages and a lull in autumn winds. The National Grid said on Oct. 14 that it was exploring various measures to create a buffer to avoid potential outages, like […]
Rolling blackouts in California show how reliance on solar and wind power can backfire
Rolling blackouts in California show how reliance on solar and wind power can backfire (Natural News) California issued its first rolling blackouts in nearly 20 years last week as the state’s grid operator tried to keep the power system from complete collapse in the midst of a heat wave, and some are pointing out that […]
Building a national super grid in America
Building a national super grid in America Preface. Renewables are not evenly distributed. Just 10 states have 80% of hydropower (Homeland Security 2011), 10 states produce 75% of wind power (EIA 2017), and 10 states produce 79% of solar power (CE 2020). With a national grid, instead of having to curtail power so the grid […]
A nationwide blackout lasting 1 year could kill up to 90% Americans
A nationwide blackout lasting 1 year could kill up to 90% Americans Preface. What follows is the testimony of Dr. Pry at a 2015 U.S. House of Representatives session. I have cut, shortened, and rearranged the order of the 30 page original document. And hey, the truth is, the electric grid is coming down one […]
“It’s Not Sustainable:” PG&E Rolling Blackouts To Hit 181,000 Customers Wednesday
“It’s Not Sustainable:” PG&E Rolling Blackouts To Hit 181,000 Customers Wednesday Seriously, every time the wind blows in California, it transforms into a third world country with rolling blackouts. And if you’ve ever been to let’s say South America where this happens frequently, it’s not a pleasant thing to experience. So Californians will get another […]
Dangerous Storms Spoil Halloween, Leave Half A Million Without Power Across Northeast
Dangerous Storms Spoil Halloween, Leave Half A Million Without Power Across Northeast A powerful storm swept through the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast overnight in a spooky fashion, producing 50 mph gusts, damaged powerlines, and has left more than a half-million customers without power on Friday morning. Approximately 613,00 customers, with the bulk of the power outages […]
Thinking Outside the Grid
Thinking Outside the Grid Gorelick comments: “About 10 years ago I wrote something for our local food coop’s newsletter, and it touches on our home energy use. Even though IBM is no longer running “smarter planet” ads and LED lights have superceded CFLs, everything else in it still feels current.” Yes, this subject is very […]
PG&E’s Rolling Blackouts Could Leave 1.8 Million Californians Without Power
PG&E’s Rolling Blackouts Could Leave 1.8 Million Californians Without Power Parts of California are seriously starting to behave like a third world country. No, we’re not talking about the poop, homeless, and opioid crisis on the streets of San Francisco, we’re talking about rolling blackouts from the state’s electric company, PG&E Corp. The next round of blackouts […]
Over 1 Million Californians May Be Affected By Imminent Fire-Prevention Blackout
Over 1 Million Californians May Be Affected By Imminent Fire-Prevention Blackout Californians will once again get to ‘enjoy’ a pre-industrial lifestyle this week as state utilities gear up for another round of intentional blackouts aimed at reducing the risk of fires, according to Bloomberg, while PG&E claims that over to 1 million residents may be impacted by the shutoffs. On […]
PG&E May Sporadically Cut Power To Californians For A Decade
PG&E May Sporadically Cut Power To Californians For A Decade Californians trying to justify living in the Golden State might be updating their pro/con list by occasional candlelight for up to a decade, according to PG&E. On Friday, the state’s largest utility announced that intentional power outages aimed at preventing wildfires may continue for up to a decade. CEO Bill Johnson later […]
“This Did Not Go Well” – PG&E’s Rolling Blackout Sparked Chaos In Bay Area
“This Did Not Go Well” – PG&E’s Rolling Blackout Sparked Chaos In Bay Area Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E) historic blackout plunging hundreds of thousands of customers into darkness last week was a massive communication breakdown that sparked criticism over the two-day blackout that was designed to avoid wildfires, reported The New York Times. PG&E officials said […]
“This Is The Third World”: Up To 3 Million Californians To Lose Power As PG&E Begins “Unprecedented” Blackouts
“This Is The Third World”: Up To 3 Million Californians To Lose Power As PG&E Begins “Unprecedented” Blackouts As previewed last night, PG&E Corp., California’s largest (bankrupt) utility, began shutting off power Wednesday to an unprecedented 3 million people in Northern California in the face of hot, windy weather that raises the risk of wildfires. […]
How Vulnerable Are America’s Power Grids?
How Vulnerable Are America’s Power Grids? America’s electricity grid powers our lives, but, as The Epoch Times’ Chris Chappell points out, because it was never built with attacks in mind, it has plenty of vulnerabilities. Everything from malware cyber-attacks, to geomagnetic storms, to nuclear detonations in the atmosphere above the US, even sophisticated electronic weapons from Russia and China – all these threaten to shut […]
PG&E Outage Leaves 60,000 People Without Power In San Francisco
PG&E Outage Leaves 60,000 People Without Power In San Francisco Embattled utility PG&E reported a service interruption on Friday that cut power to 22,000 customers – about 60,000 people – in San Francisco and stranded riders on the city’s Muni rail service. One reporter said problems with PG&E Substation A had likely caused the outage, […]
Power Grid Chaos Jolts Texas On Friday, Energy Costs Triple Amid Heat Wave
Power Grid Chaos Jolts Texas On Friday, Energy Costs Triple Amid Heat Wave The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has been asking customers to conserve energy this week as spot power prices in Texas triple to a record on Friday. The state’s power grid operator that serves most of Texas declared an energy conservation emergency for […]
