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Lecture

Stopping the Dominoes ! [Also viewable online]

Preventing wide scale electrical grid shutdown

May
20
20 May 2026 /  
7:30pm - 9:00pm
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University of Surrey - Rik Medlik Building (Block MS) , Guildford , GB

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About

The GB electricity grid is an amazingly reliable system. Power cuts rarely impact wide areas. There has never been a UK system-wide outage since the formation of the National Grid 90 years ago.   However on April 28, 2025, a blackout impacted all of Spain, Portugal, and parts of southwest France, leaving over 50 million people without power.

 

 This lecture will explain why preventing the domino effect of a cascading fault is critical to grid resilience.  It will highlight emerging threats to reliability as we transition to a renewable generation dominated system.

Power Generation

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Continuing Professional Development

This event can contribute towards your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours as part of the IET's CPD monitoring scheme.

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20 May 2026 

7:30pm - 9:00pm

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Organiser

  • Surrey Local Network

Registration information

Registration :

 

https://localevents.theiet.org/881af3     -   Live event

 

https://localevents.theiet.org/5b6a9c     -  Online viewing

Speakers

Andrew Larkins

CEO - Sygensys

Location

University of Surrey - Rik Medlik Building (Block MS)

Stag Hill Campus
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7JP
GB

The University of Surrey campus is on the North side of Cathedral Hill. The main access road turns off from the cathedral roundabout. Park in the main car park, just beyond the private AQA Car Park. Parking is available to campus visitors and unrestricted after 7 pm. The Surrey Business School (Rik Medlik Building) is directly across the road from the car park. Penalty charges are now being applied rigidly up to 7pm.