Tag: Blackouts

• Wednesday, December 11th 2024 - 09:23 UTC

  Cuban’s misery and darkness increase with blackouts and lack of fuel

  

  The Cuban energy crisis situation with its frequent blackouts and fuel shortages means increased economic hardship leading to social unrest, according to international news agencies reports. Blaming the US embargo is the common reaction from the government, but also are an aging infrastructure, lack of investment, plus insufficient supply of fuel add to the people’s misery, living in darkness and uncertainty.

• Monday, October 10th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  UK National Grid warns of possible rotating three hour blackouts this winter

  

  UK's National Grid has warned that rotating blackouts could happen this winter in the extreme case of gas shortages and reduced electricity imports from Europe. Households could experience a series of three-hour power cuts under this worst case scenario.

• Friday, October 11th 2019 - 09:44 UTC

  “Third world” blackouts in California to prevent deadly forest fires

  

  More than a million Californians were without electricity due to pre-emptive blackouts Thursday, but localized fires broke out as hot, windy conditions spread south toward Los Angeles.

• Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 10:00 UTC

  Blackouts hit Venezuela oil output, and clog Orinoco basin tar-oil pipelines

  

  Rolling blackouts across much of Venezuela that started on March 7 paralyzed most of the country’s oil wells and rigs, which have slowly come back online. Oil output averaged less than 600,000 bpd during the blackouts, the people said, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public.