This country had anoccurence which shocked us all and made the government departments scurry – there was a national outage of the power grid. The only time an interruption to our power occurs is when contractors working on a scheme nearby has a mishap. By and large, the power is very stable. So it came as a reminder or wake up call when examining the reasons for this disruption. It caused absolute mayhem to transport – trains were unable to run as they’re now electric. Signalling failed. On the major road networks, the overhead granty and signalling was out as were road traffice lights and folk were ignoring polite rules of the road. Also the airports were affected – masses of flights stacked up. Ferries too were held out of port. Now much of this problem was caused by tremendous winds and force 10 storms and gales. It did serve notice to the powers that be to look again at our reliance on wind power. Although we’ve had gusts this week, the previous 10 weeks or so have been much hotter and calmer – no wind, therefore less power stashed away at the National Grid. Nuclear lobby pointing this out still ringing in our ears!
Nuclear Lobby Piping Up After Wind Power Dips
