Podcasts about powercuts

Send us a textA little update on life in and out of the garden from losing power to losing my Truecannabliss Instagram account and everything in between.

This week Spain, Portugal and France experienced a huge power cut, what caused it? climate change? Solar energy? Or something else?With the UK soon to attempt to dim the sun we ask.. are they already doing it?A listener gets absolutely roasted via song.buy us a beer buymeacoffee.com/whatkastfor deep dive episodes go to patreon.com/whatkast

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PJ hears how the baffling Spanish power cuts hit the lives of Brónagh, Donal and of Charlie Hourigan who is a Corkonian working as a soccer player in Barcelona. (To see more about Charlie's life in Barça see here) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today's HeadlinesSpain's power blackout comes during intense season at one media ministryTwo years later, Jaranwala's believers are still healing from the attacksBringing Bibles to the border

Today, Spain and Portgual have been hit by large power cuts. The Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez says the cause is still unknown. Adam is joined by Rachel Morison, Energy Editor at Bloomberg, and Professor Keith Bell, Professor of Future Power systems at the University of Strathclyde, to discuss what we know - and what we don't - about the huge power outages on the Iberian peninsula. Plus, what is the UK energy grid's plan for if something similar were to happen here?And the Kremlin has announced a three-day ceasefire in Ukraine, just after Donald Trump said he might be ready to walk away from negotiations and accusing Vladimir Putin of not wanting to end the war. Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg joins from Moscow to discuss what concessions Russia is seeking in a peace deal. You can now listen to Newscast on a smart speaker. If you want to listen, just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Newscast”. It works on most smart speakers. You can join our Newscast online community here: https://discord.gg/m3YPUGv9New episodes released every day. If you're in the UK, for more News and Current Affairs podcasts from the BBC, listen on BBC Sounds: https://bit.ly/3ENLcS1 Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC. It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Miranda Slade with Alix Pickles and Shiler Mahmoudi. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The editor is Sam Bonham.

The latest on a huge power cut that has left Portugal and Spain without electricity. Then: world military spending’s record surge, Canada’s election and Switzerland’s most unnecessary laws.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do chemistry, clean energy, and women's empowerment have in common? In this episode of Monday Science, Dr. Bahijja Raimi-Abraham speaks to Sandile Matetwa, a PhD researcher at the University of Cambridge, about how her experiences growing up in Zimbabwe during power cuts shaped her passion for renewable energy—and how she's using science to fuel change.They explore Sandile's research into hydrogen as a clean energy source, the importance of STEM representation, and the challenges of pursuing a PhD as a young mother and international student. Plus, Sandile shares her work as co-founder of the Africans in STEM Initiative and the founder of Simuka Arise, an empowerment organisation for women and single mothers.

Cyclone Alfred hasn't made landfall yet.....but flooding has started and tens of thousands of people are without power in Queensland and NSW.

Eskom's Stage 6 Power Cuts Spark Anger and Disbelief Across South Africa - Energy expert, Clyde Mallinson by Radio Islam

More Storm Éowyn reaction with Head of Water Operations at Uisce Éireann, Margaret Attridge who was speaking to our reporter Dyane Connor. Carole Coleman called to some homes where power cuts and internet blackouts are becoming an unwelcome feature of life in Leitrim.

Clarence Ford speaks to Professor Vally Padayachee, power & energy expert and former exec manager of Eskom & a former senior exec of City Power. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For the first time in weeks, there should be no power cuts in Ukraine this Wednesday. The brief respite comes in spite of Russia's relentless strikes on the country's energy infrastructure. The attacks are aimed at ruining the economy and undermining Ukrainian morale. But the network is managing to stay afloat, at least partially. The cancellation of the blackouts scheduled for Wednesday is the result of milder temperatures and the work of the engineers who are working tirelessly – and despite all kinds of danger – to keep the country running. Our correspondent Gulliver Cragg reports.

Send us a textIn this week's episode Ottavio and Mike discuss last weekend's action for both Italian franchises. This episode does feature a power cut but the show did go on.Like, Share, Rate and Subscribe.For all our socials please follow: https://linktr.ee/fratellidrugby

Parts of Northern Ireland have been badly affected by flooding, high winds and power cuts as Storm Bert hit. Frank spoke to Cllr Malachy Quinn in Coalisland, Cllr Declan McArdle in Derrylin and Pastor Paul Gray in Dundonald Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amnesty International has called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take a firm stand against escalating police violence in Mozambique, following the killing of seven protesters during post-election demonstrations in Nampula on November 13, 2024. Mozambique's disputed elections on October 9 triggered mass protests, leading to a heavy-handed crackdown by security forces, including numerous deaths, injuries, and arrests. Amnesty's Khanyo Farisè criticized SADC's slow response and urged both SADC and the African Union to address human rights violations and push for accountability at an upcoming summit in Harare. The protests, led by opposition figures such as Venancio Mondlane, highlight ongoing unrest and accusations of electoral fraud.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amnesty International has called on the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to take a firm stand against escalating police violence in Mozambique, following the killing of seven protesters during post-election demonstrations in Nampula on November 13, 2024. Mozambique's disputed elections on October 9 triggered mass protests, leading to a heavy-handed crackdown by security forces, including numerous deaths, injuries, and arrests. Amnesty's Khanyo Farisè criticized SADC's slow response and urged both SADC and the African Union to address human rights violations and push for accountability at an upcoming summit in Harare. The protests, led by opposition figures such as Venancio Mondlane, highlight ongoing unrest and accusations of electoral fraud.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tshifularo Mashava, CEO City Power speaks to Bongani Bingwa about Eskom deciding to halt planned powercuts for Johannesburg after the Minister of Electricity and Energy's intervention.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eskom has pulled back on its threat to cut electricity to Johannesburg. This move follows successful mediation led by Electricity Minister Dr. Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who stepped in to resolve a debt dispute between the city and the utility. Just last week, Eskom warned Johannesburg of an impending power cut, citing unpaid bills amounting to R6.3 billion. For more on this Elvis Presslin spoke to Joburg executive mayor spokesperson, Chris Vondo

Dr Azar Jammine, Chief Economist of Econometrix speaks  to  Ray White about Eskom cutting power for Johannesburg residents  because of long standing debt. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Following Eskom's statement that their will be imminent power cuts in Joburg due to billions in unpaid debt, The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) has called on Joburg residents to rise up against Eskom's intention. Africa Melane speaks Advocate Stephanie Fick, executive Director of OUTA, on why they took this stance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Zambia is grappling with its worst drought in 60 years, severely affecting water levels in the Kariba Dam, which supplies hydroelectric power. Citizens face over 21 hours of daily power rationing. National power utility ZESCO has proposed emergency tariff hikes of between 50% and 156% — raising concerns about the crisis' impact on the economy and poverty alleviation.

Today Alan Kasujja sits down with Dan Marokane, the recently appointed CEO of South Africa's national power supplier, Eskom. He wants to understand how the new boss has been able to halt power cuts that have been devastating to both the economy and the wellbeing of all South Africans. These electricity problems started towards the end of 2007. Then president Thabo Mbeki apologised and admitted that he should have listened to the leadership of Eskom who warned his administration about future power shortages. Alan also hears from two women who run a hospice that looks after children in the east of Johannesburg. They share heart breaking stories of what happens to the babies whenever there are power cuts. Guests: Katlego Foster, Lyn Crooye, Chanda Nxumalo and Dan Marokane

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A shock first-time polesitter and a rare instance of Alex Palou's championship lead being reduced give The Race IndyCar Podcast plenty to review from Portland last weekend. More race control decisions in the spotlight, a much more traditional style of race and how that worked out strategically in race winner Will Power's favour, plus the changes made at AJ Foyt recently that made Santino Ferrucci's pole possible are all discussed by Jack Benyon and JR Hildebrand. The duo also look ahead to the return of the Milwaukee Mile, home of this weekend's IndyCar double-header after which only one race will remain this season. Want extra podcast content? Join The Race Members' Club on Patreon! Head to Patreon.com/therace Follow The Race on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Check out our latest videos on YouTube Download our app on iOS or Android Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Samsung had their big mobile product launch event  The sixth generation of the Fold has a much less noticeable crease in the middle of the screen. Samsung is using a new display coating.  Galaxy Buds 3 - looks like the Apple EarPods got a Tesla Cybertruck styled makeover. There are some quite prominent angles!  But it's the Galaxy Ring which got the headlines, the first major brand to launch what is effectively a health tracker on your finger. It comes with an accelerometer, heart rate sensor, and skin temperature sensor to allow you to track sleep, heart rate data, and activity. It comes in gold, silver, and black on a titanium frame. It is a ring though so it can't be adjusted, which is why they have a sizing kit. It'll be an Android-only product, but when connected to your phone will allow you to do a double pinch gesture to control your phone's camera or dismiss an alarm hands-free.   Texans got help tracking the power outages from an unlikely hero  The "Whataburger" burger chain app turned into a lifeline for people in Houston to know where in the city had power. The app has a map feature to show all the store locations which conveniently has a feature to show which stores are open and closed. And because there are so many locations in Houston, seeing the clusters of stores closed gave a very clear visual of the power situation in the city.    LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A re-jigged grid means most of Northland has power back but the system is fragile with the risk of demand outstripping supply. Northland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Darryn Fisher joins Lisa Owen on Checkpoint.

Energy experts doubt New Zealand will ever get to 100 percent renewable, and say incentives and rewards are the answer to bridging the gap

A nation wide warning to power down what you do NOT need tomorrow morning ..due to a potential electricity shortgage. Transpower CEO executive general manaher Chantelle Bramley spoke with Lisa Owen

Energy Minister Simeon Brown has blamed the former Labour Government for a steadily decreasing gap between electricity supply and demand. Former Energy Minister and now Labour Energy spokesperson Megan Woods spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

Electricity generation is running right on the line with risk outweighing residual power.   Grid operator Transpower is running frequent assessments of the power situation and so far, this chilly morning is continuing to pose a threat.  It's asked households to limit unnecessary power use at least until 9am by turning off lights and heaters when not needed.  Chief Executive Alison Andrew told Mike Hosking that Transpower's trying to manage about 140 megawatts of controllable load to help maintain supply.   She says the generators have put every possible bit of plant on to generate.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Day 798.Today, we bring you the latest news from Ukraine, the woes facing Gazprom and speak to Dr Jade McGlynn about democracy's strengths and weaknesses facing Russia's war in Ukraine.Contributors:David Knowles (Head of Audio Development). @DJKnowles on X.Dominic Nicholls(Associate Editor, Defence). @DomNicholls on X.Tim Wallace (Deputy Economics Editor). @Tim_Wallace on X. Dr Jade McGlynn (Academic & Author). @DrJadeMcGlynn on X.Articles / Episode Referenced:https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/05/03/russia-putin-gas-empire-crumbled-europe-gazprom/Subscribe to The Telegraph: telegraph.co.uk/ukrainethelatestEmail: ukrainepod@telegraph.co.ukHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

LM Wind Power announced the closure of their blade production factory in Turkey that employed 700 people. In Denmark, LM Wind Power appears to be cutting highly-qualified engineering and support staff. This news comes just days after their parent company, GE Vernova, became a stand-alone company. Sign up now for Uptime Tech News, our weekly email update on all things wind technology. This episode is sponsored by Weather Guard Lightning Tech. Learn more about Weather Guard's StrikeTape Wind Turbine LPS retrofit. Follow the show on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, Linkedin and visit Weather Guard on the web. And subscribe to Rosemary Barnes' YouTube channel here. Have a question we can answer on the show? Email us! Pardalote Consulting - https://www.pardaloteconsulting.comWeather Guard Lightning Tech - www.weatherguardwind.comIntelstor - https://www.intelstor.com Allen Hall: I'm Allen Hall, president of Weather Guard Lightning Tech. And I'm here with the founder and CEO of IntelStor, Phil Totaro. And this is your News Flash. News Flash is brought to you by our friends at IntelStor. If you want intelligence that generates revenue, then book a demonstration of IntelStor at IntelStor. com. A lot of news coming out of LM Wind Power. today. This is Friday, April 5th. All news reports indicate that the facility in Turkey is being closed and has been closed for a couple of days, evidently. And there is a massive shift happening, layoffs, at least 700 in Turkey. It sounds like up to a couple hundred, mostly focused in Denmark at the moment. Phil, what is happening behind the scenes here? Philip Totaro: There's quite a bit. Obviously what G. E. Vernova has said publicly about this and LM for that matter, is that they want to focus on profitability. And simply put, they just didn't seem to have enough order book to justify continuing the factory in Turkey. Now we've talked before on the show about the fact that Turkey has one thing going for it as a market, which is not just the domestic demand that they've got which is reasonable, although not entirely robust but they have a favorable currency trade against the U. S. dollar, which means that if you're using Turkey as an export market, it's theoretically is a great place. TPI's there. There are a few other companies that have manufacturing facilities there. But the issue for LM is they weren't for the blade lines that they have in Turkey. They weren't getting enough orders for those blade lines that they have set up. And so I guess for them, it makes more sense to consolidate into their production facilities in Spain and Denmark. As well as what they have currently in, in North America. And India and China for that matter. Allen Hall: Several months ago, LM Wind Power was headed a direction of essentially separating Europe from the Americas, and running it as two separate businesses. And now this happens. Now there's some significant layoffs happening in Denmark. You still think they're headed in that direction, trying to grab separate marketplaces and maybe react differently to those changing economics? Philip Totaro: Yes, there, nothing seems to have changed based on, some of the internal memos and things like that, that have leaked out the where they suggested that they're going to be doing this reorg. But the reality is that again with the focus on profitability I believe that it makes sense for them to to do something that's regionally segregated. Depending on how they want to proceed with the business moving forward, whether it's divesting factories or acquiring factories, there, there's any number of things they could do that is theoretically made easier by regionally grouping assets together. Allen Hall: The people that are being laid off in Denmark, from what I can tell at the moment seem focused in engineering, maybe support engineering too, high level. paid long term employees that they're are laying off.

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(music) #913 “Power cuts” Let me bore you to sleep (Jason Newland) (28th October 2022)

#913 “Power cuts” Let me bore you to sleep (Jason Newland) (28th October 2022)

(music) #913 “Power cuts” Let me bore you to sleep (Jason Newland) (28th October 2022)

There has been major disruption in Kent because of Storm Isha, with strong winds bringing down trees causing power cuts and travel disruption.Kent County Council say they are concerned about the growing cost of extreme weather conditions so far this winter.Also in today's episode, a woman who was told a lump in her breast was “nothing to worry about” has now been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer.29-year-old Leonie Botten is trying to raise money for potentially life-saving treatment in America.A couple from Hythe who lost their baby boy shortly after he was born are raising money to help other bereaved parents.Amber Buckingham and Ally Painting managed to spend time with Beaux because of a cold cot, and they want to make sure every hospital has one.Dozens of libraries across Kent could be closed to save money.The council has announced plans to consult on offloading some of the buildings as they aim to balance the budget books over the next few years.A Canterbury man says he is determined to keep driving even after reaching a milestone birthday.Eric Dixon recently turned 100 but still loves getting behind the wheel.And in football, Gillingham have had to settle for a draw against League 2 strugglers Forest Green Rovers.Hear from head coach Stephen Clemence, who says he is disappointed after the match.

Dan Southwood-Wells, co-founder at EskomSePush reviews how severe load-shedding was in 2023.   A  year in investing and economics with Gina Schoeman, economist at Citi Bank and David Shapiro veteran stockbroker and chief global equity strategist at Sasfin.   Siphiwe Moyo, organisational behaviour specialist on toxic positivity in the workplace.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

PJ talks woodpeckers to Paul Moore of Birdwatch Ireland as we hear about the damage to electricity poles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Foley, Chief Executive of EirGrid, outlines the operator of the national electricity grid's Winter Outlook for 2023/24.

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Moody's analysts discuss the credit effects of South Africa's energy crisis, including macro and social implications, as well as the government's plans to address the crisis.Speakers: Aurelien Mali, Vice President – Senior Credit Officer, Moody's Investors Service; Neil Griffiths-Lambeth, Associate Managing Director, Moody's Investors ServiceHost: Vittoria Zoli, Analyst – Emerging Markets, Moody's Investors Service

With South Africa expecting its worst ever blackouts, what options does the country have to ensure its economy doesn't continue to suffer? Rahul Tandon discusses the country's options and speaks to a Nigerian businessman on the impact that new president Bola Tinubu removal of fuel subsidies is having. And with youth unemployment among 16 to 24-year-olds in China hitting a record 20.4 per cent in April, we ask why its so high.

A new BBC investigation has looked into what's behind the power cuts in South Africa, as they look to worsen over winter. Thousands of people in Ethiopia's Tigray region have taken to the streets to demand the return of those displaced during the two-year conflict and the withdrawal of foreign troops. Find out why beaches in Mozambique's capital Maputo will now close between 7pm and 5am local time. We hear from a South Sudanese family who fled Khartoum over a month ago, but remain stuck at the Egypt-Sudan border.

Around the world, millions of people live with daily electricity blackouts. In recent days in South Africa, protesters – angry that the electricity keeps going off – marched through Johannesburg and Cape Town. Three women in South Africa share their experiences of their daily struggles to get everything done before the power goes off. Two business owners, in Sri Lanka and Nigeria, come together to discuss the financial impact of power cuts.

Millions of people in Ukraine are having to live with cuts to their electricity, water and heating, as official reports estimate that Russian missile attacks have damaged or destroyed almost half of the country's energy system. Temperatures are already hovering around freezing in much of the country, and forecasts predict a drop to -20C as winter sets in. As engineers try to restore power, one of the country's biggest energy companies has warned Ukraine could be dealing with blackouts until the end of March. We hear from Ukrainians about the impact of these power cuts on their lives and work.

From the BBC World Service: After suffering a series of defeats on the battlefield, Moscow is now targeting electricity and water networks in Ukraine – President Zelensky says 30% of his country's power stations have been destroyed so far. Citizens now face national energy restrictions for the first time since the invasion. Plus, Turkey's unusual approach to interest rates at a time of soaring inflation. And, why the traditional South Korean dish of kimchi is under threat.