Picture dated August 10th shows Little Barford Power Station in Bedfordshire on Saturday has been reported it was one of the two powers stations to fail on Friday causing disruption around the country. National Grid said the power failure was caused by issues with two power generators and the problem had been quickly resolved. But regulator Ofgem said it has asked for an "urgent detailed report" to find out what went wrong and it could take enforcement action, including a fine. The power outage happened at about 17:00 BST on Friday afternoon, National Grid said, with blackouts ac
Picture dated August 10th shows Little Barford Power Station in Bedfordshire on Saturday has been reported it was one of the two powers stations to fail on Friday causing disruption around the country. National Grid said the power failure was caused by issues with two power generators and the problem had been quickly resolved. But regulator Ofgem said it has asked for an "urgent detailed report" to find out what went wrong and it could take enforcement action, including a fine. The power outage happened at about 17:00 BST on Friday afternoon, National Grid said, with blackouts across the Midlands, the South East, South West, North West and north east of England, and Wales. Industry experts said that a gas-fired power station at Little Barford, Bedfordshire, failed at , followed two minutes later by the Hornsea offshore wind farm disconnecting from the grid.
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