Grid infrastructure incidents recorded in Taiwan, with what happened, the contributing factors and the lessons, each with its sources.
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On 23 October 2026, a distribution box (transformer box) exploded on Suao New City South Road in Suao, Yilan County, Taiwan, as a typhoon approached the area. According to the report, the incident happened at about 15:50 during strong winds, when the power...
A fire broke out at the Zhuyuan Extra High Voltage Substation in Hsinchu City, Taiwan, on a Monday in March 2026 during equipment testing. Three workers at the site were injured and taken to hospital. Two of them later died from their injuries, raising the...
On the evening of 9 September 2025, a natural gas leak and fire occurred at the Xingda power plant in Kaohsiung during the first hot fuel trial run of new gas-fired unit 2, which was still under construction. Taipower reported that a flange gasket on the...
The record behind each entry: the manufacturer, integrator and operator, root cause, failure mode, downtime, losses and every source.
On 20 August several workers at the Hai Long Changhua onshore substation were affected by a carbon dioxide leak from the fire suppression system. Seventeen people were taken to hospital. Ten were discharged with minor injuries. Seven remained in hospital,...
A fire at Taiwan Power Co's Wanlong substation in Taipei's Wenshan District cut power on 12 December 2021. The city government said Taipower reported a mechanical malfunction that led to the fire, and that the substation's 161 kV and 69 kV supply systems were...
The available report says a fire at a primary power substation in Taipei affected several Greater Taipei districts on the morning of 12 December 2021. State-run Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said supply had returned to normal by Sunday afternoon. The substation...
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