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Will The Texas Power Grid Survive Next Week’s Polar Vortex?
Will The Texas Power Grid Survive Next Week’s Polar Vortex? The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center forecasts extreme cold weather “across the heart of the country this weekend and is expected to continue into next week.” We previewed this cold blast in a note titled “Gobsmackingly Bananas”: Weather Models Predict Polar Vortex Invasion Into US. […]
Pakistan on the Brink: What the Collapse of the Nuclear-Armed Regional Power Could Mean for the World
Pakistan on the Brink: What the Collapse of the Nuclear-Armed Regional Power Could Mean for the World A series of disasters — including catastrophic flooding, political paralysis, exploding inflation, and a resurgent terror threat — risk sending the global player into full-blown crisis. Vendors sell fruit under battery-powered lights during a blackout due to a […]
More Than 400,000 Texans Without Power Amid Dangerous Winter Storm
More Than 400,000 Texans Without Power Amid Dangerous Winter Storm The freezing conditions will end for Texas soon, but they’re set to move into the Northeast this weekend. A woman waits for paramedics in the back of a Lyft Ride vehicle on February 01, 2023 in Austin, Texas. A winter storm is sweeping across portions […]
Eastern US Power Grid Declares Emergency, Power Outages Top One Million, Flight Disruptions Persist Amid Storm Chaos
Eastern US Power Grid Declares Emergency, Power Outages Top One Million, Flight Disruptions Persist Amid Storm Chaos The powerful winter storm that battered a large swath of the eastern half of the US has left behind an Arctic chill Saturday morning. A regional power grid with 65 million customers in 13 states and the District […]
German Disaster Official Recommends Stockpiling ‘Several Crates’ Of Water, Canned Food
German Disaster Official Recommends Stockpiling ‘Several Crates’ Of Water, Canned Food The head of Germany’s Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster Relief (BBK), Ralph Tiesler, has warned citizens to prepare for short-term power outages, particularly in January and February, and to stock up on rations in advance. “We have to assume that there will be blackouts this […]
Power Blackout Risks Loom For Quarter Of All Americans
Power Blackout Risks Loom For Quarter Of All Americans The US heating season has officially begun, and new warnings show that a quarter of all Americans could experience energy emergencies this winter if temperatures fall below average due to tight fossil fuel supplies. Power grids from the Great Lakes to Louisiana, New England, Carolinas, and […]
Germany Preparing For Emergency Cash Deliveries, Bank Runs And “Aggressive Discontent” Ahead Of Winter Power Cuts
Germany Preparing For Emergency Cash Deliveries, Bank Runs And “Aggressive Discontent” Ahead Of Winter Power Cuts While Europe has been keeping a generally optimistic facade ahead of the coming cold winter, signaling that it has more than enough gas in storage to make up for loss of Russian supply even in a “coldest-case” scenario, behind […]
Food Riots Continue In Sri Lanka As The Military Begins Shooting
Food Riots Continue In Sri Lanka As The Military Begins Shooting The starving and hungry people of collapsing Sri Lanks have been rioting over the cost of food and lack of energy. As if things couldn’t get worse, the ruling class has taken to gunning down those who stand against being ruled. People are starving […]
Thousands of Homes in Sydney Plunged Into Darkness As Energy Shortage Plagues Australia
A stock image of an electricity tower going through a rural property in Sydney, Tuesday, October 17, 2017. (AAP Image/Brendan Esposito) AUSTRALIA Thousands of Homes in Sydney Plunged Into Darkness As Energy Shortage Plagues Australia Thousands of homes on Australia’s east coast were plunged into darkness on Monday as electricity suppliers struggled to meet demand […]
Summer Outages Are Coming. Is Your Facility Prepared?
Summer Outages Are Coming. Is Your Facility Prepared? On-site microgrids provide facilities with reliable energy during extreme weather that threatens utility blackouts and price increases. Bloomberg News, the Wall Street Journal — almost every week we see news articles warning of more summer outages than ever before. The U.S. is experiencing more outages than other industrialized nations. […]
Climate change, energy, and an unstable grid: The mainstream belatedly gets the connections
Climate change, energy, and an unstable grid: The mainstream belatedly gets the connections Memorial Day marks the unofficial beginning of summer in the United States as the temperate breezes of spring give way to an enveloping heat that has become more and more intense each year due to climate change. This summer forecasters are expecting […]
India Facing Widespread Blackouts This Summer
India Facing Widespread Blackouts This Summer India faces a persistent shortage of electricity over the next four months as rapid demand growth from air conditioners overwhelms the available generation on the network. India’s grid reported a record load of 200,570 megawatts on July 7, 2021, at the height of last summer, according to the National […]
Millions Without Power After Blackouts Hit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan
Millions Without Power After Blackouts Hit Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan A massive power outage was reported on Tuesday across several Eurasia countries that left millions in the dark. Reuters reports Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and Kyrgyzstan found themselves without power today. All three ex-Soviet republics have interconnected power grids connected to Russia. The source of the disruption could be […]
Flights Canceled, 800,000 Without Power As Fast-Moving Winter Storm Pounds Mid-Atlantic
Flights Canceled, 800,000 Without Power As Fast-Moving Winter Storm Pounds Mid-Atlantic Update (1217ET): A fast-moving winter storm pounded the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, resulting in 800,00 customers without power. According to PowerOutage.US, the highest concentration of power outages spanned across Virginia (378k customers without power) and North Carolina (163k customers without power). AccuWeather reports parts of Tennessee and […]
Zambia state power firm says nation in countrywide blackout
Zambia state power firm says nation in countrywide blackout LUSAKA, Nov 6 (Reuters) – Zambia was experiencing a nationwide power blackout on Saturday after an unidentified problem, the state utility said, adding that it was working to restore electricity supply. “We have lost power countrywide resulting from a fault, which is yet to be determined. […]
