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Heathrow Airport returning to normal as investigations ordered into power outage

An investigation into the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow has been ordered after about 200,000 passengers were affected by the airport’s closure. Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered the National Energy System ...

23 Mar 2025 at 11:42

Fire that led to closure of Heathrow no longer considered ‘potentially criminal’

A fire at an electrical substation which led to the closure of Heathrow Airport last week is no longer being treated as a “potentially criminal matter”, the Metropolitan Police said. The force’s Counter Terrorism Command had been leading ...

25 Mar 2025 at 15:12

UK’s electricity was cleanest ever in 2024, analysis finds

The UK’s electricity was the cleanest it has ever been in 2024, with fossil fuel power reaching record lows and renewables at record highs, analysis shows. In the last decade, the UK has more than halved its electricity from fossil ...

02 Jan 2025 at 10:21

Substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport was preventable, says watchdog report

Energy watchdog Ofgem has launched an investigation after a report found a fire that caused the shutdown of Heathrow Airport was due to a preventable technical fault. The report by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) said ...

02 Jul 2025 at 10:28

Grid operator ordered to ‘urgently investigate’ Heathrow power outage after fire

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has ordered the National Energy System Operator to “urgently investigate” the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport on Friday. He is working with Ofgem and using powers ...

22 Mar 2025 at 20:31

Minister says she would have struggled to sleep if running Heathrow

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander said she would have struggled to sleep if she were running Heathrow airport during last week’s power outage. She made the comment following a report that the airport’s chief executive went ...

24 Mar 2025 at 09:55

Heathrow had enough power despite shutdown, says National Grid chief

Heathrow Airport had “enough power” from remaining substations despite Friday’s shutdown, the chief executive of National Grid has said. John Pettigrew said two substations were “always available for the distribution ...

24 Mar 2025 at 00:35

Interim report into Heathrow power outage after fire to be published

An interim report into the power outage caused by a substation fire that shut Heathrow Airport will be published on Thursday. The airport was closed to all flights until about 6pm on Friday March 21 after a power ...

06 May 2025 at 20:12

Sunny weather sees new record for British solar power

Sunny conditions helped solar power generate a new record high of more than 12.5 gigawatts of electricity on Tuesday, the system operator has said. The record 12.569GW of power from solar – equivalent to around ...

02 Apr 2025 at 14:13

Minister: Extremist scaremongering to suggest UK close to experiencing blackouts

An energy minister has accused Tory MPs of “extremist scaremongering” as he denied the UK was close to experiencing blackouts during the cold snap. Michael Shanks said “at no point” was the prospect of ...

13 Jan 2025 at 17:38

PM ‘deeply concerned’ about Heathrow closure

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said he is “deeply concerned” about last week’s Heathrow shutdown. The west London airport was closed to all flights on Friday until around 6pm after a fire at a ...

24 Mar 2025 at 13:08

Grid operator to outline new energy infrastructure sites in long-term plan

New energy infrastructure locations will be outlined in a strategic plan to help speed up “the transition to clean power” and provide long-term certainty to investors, the Government said. Energy ...

22 Oct 2024 at 11:14

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