'Black Sky': how the UK is preparing for a three-day blackout of electricity and the internet
British authorities and the BBC are drawing up plans for a large-scale blackout: backup FM broadcasting, autonomous transmission masts with diesel reserves, and a £70 million project for high-altitude 'pseudo-satellites'. The impetus was the mass outage in Lancaster in 2015 and the April 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal. UK authorities and the BBC are drawing up plans for a large-scale blackout: backup FM radio broadcasting, autonomous transmission masts with diesel reserves, and a £70 million project for high-altitude 'pseudo-satellites'. The impetus came from the mass outage in Lancaster in 2015 and the April 2025 blackout in Spain and Portugal.
Otabek Yusupov