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August 20, 2019

UK’s Blackout First-Responders Included 475MW of Batteries

A report out today on the causes of the UK’s recent blackout, where electricity supply to 5% of National Grid’s customers was cut off “to protect the other 95%”, highlighted that 475MW of batteries were used to help bring the network back online.

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