Power Outages

At least 21 people have died as a result of thunderstorms that produced tornadoes and swept across the Southern Plains and the Ozark Mountains in four different U.S. states

PowerWatch | India’s power demand may crawl back to 200+ GW in coming week

The coal stock situation is “manageable”, as of now, data accessed by Moneycontrol shows. Of the 165 domestic coal-based thermal power plants in the country, 32 had critical stocks. Last year at this time, the number of such plants was around 96.

PowerWatch | Renewables contribute 11% to meet India's current power demand; share of coal at 77%

As on April 26, the contribution of renewable energy sources (RES) such as solar, wind and biomass to meet the power demand was 11 percent, whereas, the share of coal-fired thermal power plants was 77 percent.

Pakistan power crisis: Electricity restores a day after massive outage; here's a look

Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan said the grid was repaired around 5:15 am (0015 GMT) today, but load-shedding would continue over the next two days as coal and nuclear plants are being brought back online.

Parts of Bengaluru to face power outages on July 24; Here's the list of affected areas

Parts of Bengaluru will face power disruptions due to repair and maintenance work being done by BESCOM, including charging of underground cables, tree cutting, transformer work, and master testing, among other things.

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Power outages likely as summer demand kicks in while power plants scramble for coal

A sudden increase in temperature has led to increased demand for electricity, while a scarcity of coal is increasing costs. These two factors could lead to outages this summer.

Mumbai faces massive outage as Tata Power unit trips

This tripping has resulted in load reduction in Parel, Mahalaxmi, Dharavi, Chembur and Grant Road areas of south Mumbai. This impacted controlling loading on the 220Kv Kharghar-Nerul-Sonkar-Trombay tie line which supplies power to the city

Power outages hit Mexico after quake in country's centre

Power outages hit the Mexican capital of Mexico City on Sunday after an earthquake struck in the centre of the country, and officials said there was no other damage reported.

Powercuts.in: Mapping India's power cuts

A crowdsourcing initiative tracks specifics of power outages in India. It needs more contributors to make an impact.

Millions in northeastern US struggle after massive storm

The northeastern United States battled epic flood waters and lengthy power outages on Tuesday after the massive storm Sandy pummeled the coast with a record storm surge, high winds and heavy rains that killed at least 45 people and caused billions of dollars in losses.

Power outages negative for Indian economy: Moody's

The widespread power outages this week reflects the inadequacy of India's infrastructure and have a negative impact on economic activity, rating agency Moody's said today.

Rel Infra launches GIS-based power outage management system

Reliance Infrastructure (RInfra) today said it has launched a geographic information system (GIS) based outage management system (OMS) in the city in a bid to resolve consumer complaints faster during power outages.

Japan quake risks severe near-term economic damage

A triple blow of earthquake, tsunami and one of Japan's worst nuclear accidents is set to damage the world's third largest economy, possibly more deeply and for longer than initially expected.