The Energy Emergencies Executive Committee will establish what happened to cause the outage and if correct procedures were followed. It will also consider whether improvements are needed to prevent future power cuts and better respond if they do occur, including minimising impacts on people and essential services.
Leadsom sets out scope of investigation into power cuts Read More »
Black Start is the procedure used to restore power in the highly unlikely event of a total or partial shutdown of the National Electricity Transmission System. Traditionally, large power stations would have been used to restore the system. However, as the UK moves to cleaner, greener energy generation, the changes in generation mean that new options must be developed.
Industry partners awarded £10m for ‘Black Start’ project Read More »
Phil Lawton, power systems practice manager at the Energy Systems Catapult and former future system operation manager at National Grid, looks at the key areas where the system operator and the industry could improve.
Industry views on blackout Read More »
This surpasses the previous record of 193 hours and 25 minutes (eight days, one hour and 25 minutes), which was set just a few weeks ago on 9 May.
First ever fortnight of coal-free operation Read More »
The partners will build a “first-of-a-kind” shared asset register of electricity generation and storage connected to the transmission and distribution networks.
First blockchain based grid asset register launched Read More »
The last coal generator came off the system at 1.24pm on Wednesday (1 May) – meaning the ESO reached a week with no coal at 1.24pm yesterday (Wednesday 8 May).
Britain’s electric grid goes coal-free for a week Read More »
