Britain was forced to ask Europe for emergency assistance to keep the lights on in southeast England yesterday, in the latest scare for the energy system. Hundreds of thousands of homes could have been at risk of blackouts if National Grid had not secured extra power by making last-minute requests for help over subsea cables to the Continent, analysts said. Exports to France were reduced early in the afternoon after the first “emergency assistance” requests, and imports from the Netherlands … read more »
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