Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:00:25 +0000
While power outages are not uncommon in the U.S., widespread blackouts that last more than a couple of hours are pretty rare. However, this summer marks the 20th anniversary of […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019 22:53:29 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Wednesday blamed the United States for a second widespread blackout this year that cast most of the South American nation in darkness amid an opposition campaign to overthrow him.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2019 02:52:40 +0000
CARACAS, Venezuela — The lights went out across much of Venezuela Monday, reviving fears of the blackouts that plunged the country into chaos
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2019 00:53:06 +0000
NEW YORK – Authorities say a transformer fire caused a power outage in Manhattan and left businesses without electricity, elevators stuck and subway cars stalled.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:39:47 +0000
July marks two important milestones that set gas-fired generation on its course to becoming a dominant form of power generation: commercial operation of the world’s first industrial gas turbine in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1939, and commercial operation of the first gas turbine in the U.S. used to generate electric power—a 3.5-MW General Electric (GE) unit […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 13:33:26 +0000
Authorities have initiated a far-reaching investigation into an unprecedented blackout that on June 16 hit a wide swath of South America—most of Argentina and Uruguay, and parts of Paraguay—affecting tens of millions of people. The massive blackout—apagón—is thought to have originated in a disturbance that affected two high-voltage lines, Colonia Elia Y Mercedes and Colonia […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2019 05:03:50 +0000
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – As lights turned back on across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout hit tens of millions people, authorities were still largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the interconnected grid and tallied the damage from the unforeseen disaster.
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Read moreCredit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 02:01:46 +0000
Venezuela’s government struggled to cope Friday with a massive electricity blackout that paralyzed much of the country.
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