Blackout

A Blackout is 1) a period of time when there is no electricity power because of a failure, or hidden by law. The Blackout may cause in an electricity network including faults at power stations, damage to electric transmission lines, substations or other parts of the distribution system, a short circuit, etc.; 2) a short period of time for a temporary loss of consciousness; 3) a period for which certain special offers or discounts are not available.

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Europe Faces Rolling Blackouts Amid Energy Crisis (Source: Oil Price on 24 December 2021): By ZeroHedge - Europe's energy crisis worsened this week when Kosovo introduced rolling blackouts to most of its two million citizens, according to Bloomberg. On Thursday, the Kosovo Energy Distribution Services (KEDS) announced rolling two-hour power blackouts for 2 million people due to an "overload" of its electrical grid. KEDS asked customers to reduce power given "insufficient internal generation to cover consumption and the global energy crisis." The Balkan country, Europe's poorest nation, experienced a technical issue at its largest coal-fired power plant that had to shut down last month, which forced the government to import electricity at high prices. ...

UK power blackout spurs demand from regulator (Source: The National (UAE) on 10 August 2019): Energy regulators on Saturday demanded an urgent report from the operator of Britain's electricity grid into what caused a power cut that led to chaos across the country, with trains brought to a standstill and traffic lights knocked out. The hour-long outage on Friday evening left almost 1 million homes without power while two of London's busiest train stations closed at rush-hour because of overcrowding as services were cancelled or delayed. A hospital in the eastern town of Ipswich said its back-up generator had failed while the cut also hit the airport and metro system of the city of Newcastle in north-east England. ...