Tsai sorry for massive blackout

Dealing with darkness: People walking on a street during the massive power outage in Taipei. — Reuters

TAIPEI: Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has publicly apologised for power outages that hit more than six million households and disrupted some semiconductor manufacturing, while defending her policies to phase out nuclear power in favour of natural gas and renewables.

A combination of unusually hot weather, damage to infrastructure from recent typhoons and a push by Tsai’s administration to abandon nuclear power left Taiwan barely able to supply sufficient electricity to residential and business users.