India blackout

[Serpo]

India blackout causes further chaos as power cut spreads east Collapse of northern and eastern grids affected people across 13 states and forced metro network to shut down



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About 600 million people are served by the northern and eastern grids. Link to this video (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/jul/30/india-power-failure-video) India (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/india)'s energy (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/energy) crisis has spread to more than half the country (http://www.guprod.gnl/world/2012/jul/31/india-blackout-chaos-spreads-east) after its eastern, northern and north-eastern electricity grids collapsed, leaving more than 600 million people without power.
The power failure on Tuesday has raised serious concerns about India's outdated infrastructure and the government's inability to meet the country's energy needs as it vies to become a regional economic superpower.
The outage in the eastern grid came a day after India's northern power grid collapsed for several hours. Officials restored power, but at 1.05pm the northern grid collapsed again. About the same time, the eastern grid failed as well, with the north-eastern grid reported as being down shortly after.
The combined northern and eastern grids serve about 600 million people.
Traffic lights went out across New Delhi and the city's metro rail system, which serves about 1.8 million people a day, immediately shut down for the second day in a row. Police said they managed to evacuate Delhi's busy Barakhamba Road station in less than 30 minutes before closing the shutters.
SK Jain said he was on his way to file his income tax return when the metro closed and would almost certainly miss the deadline.
The new power failure affected people across 13 states, more than the entire population of the EU.
India's demand for electricity has soared along with its economy in recent years, but utilities have been unable to meet the growing needs. India's Central Electricity Authority reported power deficits of more than 8% in recent months.
The deficit was worsened by a weak monsoon that lowered hydroelectric generation and kept temperatures higher. This further increased electricity usage as people sought to cool off.
But any connection to the grid remains a luxury for many. One-third of India's households do not have enough electricity to power a light bulb, according to last year's census.




http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jul/31/india-blackout-chaos-spreads-east

[Serpo]

This Is What 670 Million People Without Power Look Like: Pictures From A Blacked Out India http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/pictures/picture-5.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden)
Submitted by Tyler Durden (http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden) on 07/31/2012 12:58 -0400



Global Economy (http://www.zerohedge.com/taxonomy_vtn/term/10655)
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First thing today we reported (http://www.zerohedge.com/news/670-million-people-india-without-power-electric-grid-fails)that India just suffered what may have been the biggest blackout in history, after half of the country's population of 1.2 billion, or just under 700 million was without power, as the electric grid of more than a dozen states suffered an epic collapse. Below we shares some pictures courtesy of Times of India (http://www.indiatimes.com/)giving some sense of what it means for two Americas worth of people to live without electricity indefinitely. Of note: the calm, peace and order despite the epic traffic jams and crowds. One wonders what would happen in the US if the entire country was without electrcity for even just one hour. Finally, one wonders what the impact to the Indian, Asian, and Global economy will be as a result of the complete halt that at least half of India - one of the world's core marginal economies - has ground to do.
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India’s northwestern boundary with neighboring Pakistan is so brightly lit that the thin orange line tracing its path can be seen from space. Photo: NASA/EO (http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=52008)
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A road is packed in heavy traffics following power outage and rains in the central part of New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis spread over half the country Tuesday when both its eastern and northern electricity grids collapsed, leaving 600 million people without power in one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts. Traffic lights went out across New Delhi.
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Heavy traffic moves along a busy road as it rains during a power-cut at the toll-gates at Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi July 31, 2012. Grid failure hit India for a second day on Tuesday, cutting power to hundreds of millions of people in the populous northern and eastern states including the capital Delhi and major cities such as Kolkata.
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2012/07-2/india%203_0.jpg (http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2012/07-2/india%203.jpg) Commuters wait for buses outside a Metro station after Delhi Metro rail services were disrupted following power outage in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving more than 600 million people without government-supplied electricity in one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts.

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Commuters wait for buses outside a Metro station after Delhi Metro rail services were disrupted following power outage in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. A massive blackout hit northern and eastern India on Tuesday afternoon, leaving 600 million people without electricity in one of the world's most widespread power failures. The outage came just a day after India's northern power grid collapsed for several hours leaving cities and villages across eight states powerless.
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Commuters wait in line at a Metro station after Delhi Metro rail services were disrupted following power outage in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving more than 600 million people without government-supplied electricity in one of the world's biggest-ever blackouts. The city's Metro rail system, which serves about 1.8 million people a day, immediately shut down for the second day in a row.
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Passengers sit on a platform for their train to arrive as they wait for electricity to be restored at a railway station in New Delhi July 31, 2012. Grid failure hit India for a second day on Tuesday, cutting power to hundreds of millions of people in the populous northern and eastern states including the capital Delhi and major cities such as Kolkata.
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Passengers rest on a platform for their train to arrive as they wait for electricity to be restored at a railway station in New Delhi July 31, 2012. Grid failure hit India for a second day on Tuesday, cutting power to hundreds of millions of people in the populous northern and eastern states including the capital Delhi and major cities such as Kolkata.
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A passenger looks through the window of a train as he waits for electricity to be restored at a railway station in New Delhi July 31, 2012. Grid failure hit India for a second day on Tuesday, cutting power to hundreds of millions of people in the populous northern and eastern states including the capital Delhi and major cities such as Kolkata.

[Serpo]

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2012/07-2/india%2010_0.jpg Commuters crowd a busy road outside a Metro station after Delhi Metro rail services were disrupted following power outage in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Indian officials say the nation's northern and eastern power grids have failed, leaving about half the country without power. The collapse of the grids Tuesday afternoon came a day after the northern grid failed and left eight states without power for much of the day.

http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2012/07-2/india%2011_0.jpg
Indian stranded passengers wait on a platform and some of them on rail tracks for the train services to resume following a power outage at Sealdah station in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for several hours in, by far, the world's biggest-ever blackout. Hundreds of trains stalled across the country and traffic lights went out, causing widespread traffic jams in New Delhi.
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Stranded passengers wait on a railway tracks for the train services to resume following a power outage at Sealdah station in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, July 31, 2012. India's energy crisis cascaded over half the country Tuesday when three of its regional grids collapsed, leaving 620 million people without government-supplied electricity for several hours in, by far, the world's biggest-ever blackout. Hundreds of trains stalled across the country and traffic lights went out, causing widespread traffic jams in New Delhi.
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Passengers sit in a train as they wait for power to get restore, at a railway station, in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 30, 2012. A major power outage has struck northern India, plunging cities into darkness and stranding hundreds of thousands of commuters. Trains across eight northern Indian states and metro services in New Delhi were affected by the outage that struck at about 2:30 a.m. local time.
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Commuters wait for a metro train, in New Delhi, India, Monday, July 30, 2012. Northern India's power grid crashed Monday, halting hundreds of trains, forcing hospitals and airports to use backup generators and leaving 370 million people - more than the population of the United States and Canada combined - sweltering in the summer heat.
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Muslim girls study in the light of candles inside a madrasa or religious school during power-cut in Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi July 30, 2012. Grid failure left more than 300 million people without power in New Delhi and much of northern India for hours on Monday in the worst blackout for more than a decade, highlighting chronic infrastructure woes holding back Asia's third-largest economy.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/what-670-million-people-without-power-look-pictures-blacked-out-india

[osoab]

So what happens now when I call tech support?

[JohnQPublic]

So what happens now when I call tech support?

They have lots of generators in India. I was part of a project in India, where a factory was started up with no utilities. We had generators, water tanks, etc. Later the utilities were brought to the site.

[Gaillo]

So what happens now when I call tech support?

The same thing as before: IF you get through to them, you won't understand each other, and you'll end up hiring the 13 year old neighbor kid to fix your shit anyway! ;)

[Golden]

26 is number of times the word "grid" is used.
1 is how many times "cause" is found.
0 is the number of explanations as to why.

It will be interesting to see how this effects things such as India's ability to buy gold.

[Blink]

Wouldn't have happened if they had smart meters...............

[JDRock]

maybe tptb are looking at their handywork and saying " testing ...testing 123" next up america, red dawn currency collapse and fflag at olympics...thats all the good news i have to cheer you up with folks!

[osoab]

I was wondering if this is stuxnet related.

[General of Darkness]

I was wondering if this is stuxnet related.

Excellent point, but I think this has more to do with the current solar storms but WTF do I know about that.

[Serpo]

It shouldnt take long to fix....................http://thugtooth.net/images/india_phone_3.jpg

[Gaillo]

It shouldnt take long to fix....................http://thugtooth.net/images/india_phone_3.jpg

I dunno, man... who does INDIA call for technical support? ???

[Serpo]

I dunno, man... who does INDIA call for technical support? ???

They will have a God for that...............

[Gaillo]

They will have a God for that...............

Ahahaaahaaha! ;D

http://images.rtsguru.com/articles/images/4000/3346/ymir1.jpg

[Santa]

Please hold. A service representative will be with you shortly.

[Serpo]

India chaos on steroids and thats with the power on...............


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZscKW90JdxQ&feature=player_embeddedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZscKW90JdxQ&feature=player_embedded

[Serpo]

Storms cause widespread power failure across Pakistan: protests against outages turn violent (http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/storms-cause-widespread-power-failure-across-pakistan-protests-against-outages-turn-violent/) Posted on July 31, 2012 (http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/storms-cause-widespread-power-failure-across-pakistan-protests-against-outages-turn-violent/)
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT5aj3Lk8qzh9Up3tThBDoIF_uurV5Ui 8yN_-oFFj4eQEkacwP4dAJuly 31, 2012 – PAKISTAN - Prolonged and widespread power outage in most of Pakistan’s cities during scorching summer heat has triggered violent protests in most areas of the country. Coupled with hot and humid summer weather, the prolonged blackout has forced outraged citizens to take to the streets to protest the tough living conditions. The protests turned violent as some of the angry protesters reportedly attacked offices of the power supply department in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, damaging official and private properties. Offices of Pepco, the Pakistan Electric Power Company, were also attacked in Islamabad, Abbottabad, Charsadda, Okara, Multan, Mandi Bahauddin, Sialkot, and Sheikhupura and many of them were reportedly set ablaze. No loss of life was reported, but the roads were blocked till late night. Reports indicate that in some areas people face 12 to 14 hours of rolling blackouts, while the rural residents suffer up to 18 hours of power outage. On Friday, a powerful storm hit some of the country’s power plants, including one of Chashma Nuclear Power Plants and three other plants in Muzaffargarh, causing them to go fully or partly offline. In the meantime, Information Minister Zamar Kaira deflected the blame for the angry protests, saying they have been caused by “political maneuvering of the PML-N (Pakistan Muslim League (N))” rather than the prolonged outages. Pakistan’s lack of around 5,000 megawatts of electrical power has forced the government to implement a rolling blackout policy in a bid to prevent a total blackout. –Press TV (http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2012/07/31/253618/pakistan-blackout-protests-turn-violent/)
http://theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com/

[JohnQPublic]

July 31, 2012, 2:02 pm1 Comment (http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/the-diesel-generator-indias-trusty-power-source/#postComment)
The Diesel Generator: India’s Trusty Power Source (http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/31/the-diesel-generator-indias-trusty-power-source/) By HEATHER TIMMONS (http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/author/heather-timmons/)

NEW DELHI — They are smelly, noisy, polluting and expensive — and increasingly, they are what keep India running.
The massive electrical grid failures that India experienced on Monday and Tuesday would have been catastrophic in many other countries, leaving hospitals without crucial power for lifesaving machines, airports paralyzed and businesses shuttered.


But in some parts of India, particularly urban areas, office parks and wealthier neighborhoods, the failures were barely noticed. State-run electricity is already so unreliable that residents and businesses long ago resorted to buying private diesel generators to produce their own...

...Entire industries and neighborhoods rely on diesel power, including India’s massive call center and outsourcing campuses, private apartment buildings and small shops. The city of Gurgaon, south of New Delhi, has been heavily dependent on diesel (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/21/world/asia/21india.html?pagewanted=all) for years. Even the most utilitarian things, like the telecom towers that help power India’s much-vaunted mobile phone revolution, are often powered by diesel....

...
An extremely hot summer and the recent power failures have meant a booming business for diesel generator sales. “This is a good year for us,” said Irfan Ali of Sunshine Diesel Engineers, a rental and sales shop in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi. “Power cuts have been more frequent.”
After reports of power failures began on Monday, calls to Mr. Ali’s shop doubled, he said. Some customers are renting generators, while others are buying a second one, he said. "

[mick silver]

any dates for it to start here ... rolling blackouts . coming to a city and town near you