Historic Blackouts Reveal Troubling Holes in India’s Power Network

Yale Environment 360: The historic blackouts that left more than 670 million people in India without electricity this week revealed profound problems with a power network struggling to keep pace with one of the world's fastest growing economies, experts say. While it's unclear what specifically triggered this week's massive grid failures, which knocked out power in 20 Indian states, government officials accused several northern states of drawing more power from the grid than their allocated amounts. Another factor may...

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