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Something Exploded at Saratoga Substation – Here’s Why
Keywords: fire, substation, how, saratoga, power, speculation, online, engineering, transmission, circuit, Learning, Substation, Fire, Saratoga, How, Power
On Christmas Eve 2025, a fire broke out at Saratoga Substation in California, sending a plume of black smoke into the sky and knocking out power to up to 21,000 customers. Within hours, speculation spread online — terro…
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Ukraine’s Power Plants Under Attack - Grid Engineer Explains the Damage
Keywords: damage, power, kyiv, independent, drone, attacks, ukrainian, plants, talking, infrastructure, Power, Damage, Plants, Ukraine, Under
Check out the Kyiv Independent video here: https://youtu.be/3XtHW1h9g98 Today I'm checking out the damage caused by some of the latest drone attacks on Ukrainian Power Plants and talking through some of the damage to th…
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The Most Important Transformer You Never Knew Existed
Keywords: how, power, grid, phase, real, transformer, angle, electricity, flows, but, Learning, How, Power, Grid, Phase, Transformer
Ever wondered how electricity actually flows on the grid? Most people assume power just takes the shortest route… but that isn’t how a real transmission system works at all. In this video, I’ll show you a rare transforme…
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The Great Grid Upgrade Projects Explained
Keywords: projects, grid, billion, energy, infrastructure, looked, like, quick, glance, all, Learning, Grid, Projects, Great, Upgrade, Explained
Ever wondered what £35 Billion in energy infrastructure looked like? Today we take a quick glance at all of Ofgem's ASTI projects and runs through some of the details and works needed to reinforce our electricity grid fo…
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2025 California Wildfire Causes Explained
Keywords: california, aftermath, hurst, eaton, how, impressed, sce, maintenance, regulation, potential, Learning, California, 2025, Wildfire, Causes, Explained
An entirely preventable wildfire tore through California in January 2025, killing 31 people directly and an estimated 440 more through its aftermath, destroying over 9,400 buildings, and displacing more than 100,000. To…
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The Iberian Blackout Was Preventable - Here’s Proof
Keywords: report, blackout, flexispot, future, power, neso, iberian, generation, back, off, Learning, Report, Blackout, Iberian, Flexispot, Future
The follow up report to my previous video on the Iberian Blackout, giving the point of view of the generation and distribution companies who put all of the blame back on the Government and System Operator. Strap in for…
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£1.8 BILLION Wasted on Energy Bills
Keywords: spent, off, generation, costs, solutions, waste, cfds, 2025, money, wind, Learning, Billion, Spent, Off, Generation, Costs
In 2025 the money spent on turning OFF wind turbines will reach £1.8 Billion. Only part of that cost is for switching them off or "Curtailing" generation. The rest of the costs I explore in this video and why we have to …
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Heatwaves are KILLING the grid
Keywords: climate, wind, planet, heating, politics, extreme, heatwaves, droughts, already, disrupting, Heatwaves, Grid, Climate, Killing
The planet is heating up, and it’s not just about climate politics. Extreme heatwaves and droughts are already disrupting the way we generate, move, and deliver electricity. From nuclear plants forced offline, to hydro d…
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How a 0.2Hz Wave Took Down Two Countries’ Power Grids
Keywords: grid, side, how, renewables, phase, report, power, blackout, energy, wave, Learning, How, Grid, Side, Power
🔌 How did a slow 0.2Hz wave trigger one of Europe’s biggest blackouts? On April 28, 2025, the Iberian power grid—spanning Spain and Portugal—collapsed in under 90 seconds. In this video, I explain exactly what went wron…
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Heathrow Blackout Report Explained by a Grid Engineer
Keywords: fire, heathrow, recommendation, report, engineer, how, protection, 2018, timeline, deep, Learning, Heathrow, Report, Engineer, Fire, Recommendation
In this deep-dive, I unpack the official NESO final report, using my experience as a UK transmission engineer to explain: 🔥 What caused the fire (and how it was preventable) 🛑 Why it took over six hours to ge…
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The Fall of British Steel
Keywords: steel, furnaces, how, world, blast, britain, once, led, production, now, Learning, Steel, Furnaces, How, British, World
Britain once led the world in steel production, now its last blast furnaces are being shut down. This video tells the full story of how the UK went from producing 40 percent of the world’s steel to relying on imported sc…
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How the UK Grid Works
Keywords: power, how, grid, voltage, cables, 230, all, factor, phase, transmission, Learning, Power, How, Grid, Voltage, Cables
Ever wondered how electricity actually gets from offshore wind farms or nuclear plants in France all the way to your plug socket? In this video, I break down exactly how the UK power grid works — from generation, transmi…
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How to Restart the Grid after total collapse
Keywords: grid, how, black, inertia, frequency, blackout, power, procedure, back, full, Learning, Grid, How, Black, Frequency
How do you restart a collapsed power grid? In this video, we dive deep into the Black Start procedure; the plan to bring electricity back after a full grid failure. You’ll learn how the power system manages inertia and f…
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How Substations Get LV Power
Keywords: power, ways, substation, quick, lesson, variety, receives, low, voltage, mitigates, Learning, Power, Ways, Substation, How
A quick lesson on the variety of ways a substation receives its low voltage power and ways they mitigates power outages. Music by C418 0:00 Intro 0:13 History of Substation Power 0:51 Auxiliary Transformers 2:08 DNO 3:…
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Why Transformers Fail (and How to Prevent It)
Keywords: failure, how, transformers, transformer, layer, back, one, taken, down, request, Learning, How, Failure, Transformer, Layer
A video on the back of my previous one which was taken down by request, exploring the basics of how transformers operate and their components and the most common causes of failure, and how we mitigate against that failur…