Orsted licence breach probe over Hornsea 1 role in UK blackout

Regulator to investigate offshore wind operator and others as lightning confirmed as initial cause of outage

A lightning strike was the first factor in the blackout. — A lightning strike was the first factor in the blackout.Foto: CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP/Getty Images/NTB scanpix

Andrew Lee

Published 20 August 2019, 07:18Updated 20 August 2019, 07:28

Europe Offshore