The cause of a massive electrical blackout that darkened large portions of Brazil in early November is still being investigated despite initial reports from the national grid operator that lightning and strong winds affected the transmission grid in southern Brazil.
A massive blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted on Monday despite persistent doubts over its explanation.
Nov. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Brazil’s government will set up a commission to investigate the blackout that cut to power to 18 states last week, Energy Minister Edison Lobao said.
A massive blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted despite persistent doubts.
A MASSIVE blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted despite persistent doubts over its explanation.
A massive blackout that plunged half of Brazil into the dark days ago remains a mystery, casting a shadow over the country's energy policy and its plans to host the 2016 Olympics, experts say.
President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed yesterday to uncover the “truth” of what caused a massive blackout across half of Brazil last week, and said everything would be done to avoid a repeat outage. His comments, made in his weekly radio address, underlined the mystery surrounding the blackout.
SAO PAULO - A massive blackout that plunged half of Brazil into the dark days ago remains a mystery, casting a shadow over the country's energy policy and its plans to host the 2016 Olympics, experts say. Read more...
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