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Energy incidents: United States
Incidents recorded in the United States across battery storage, solar, wind and grid infrastructure.
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- Transformer explosion sparks fire and reignition at Texas City substation
- Substation fire sends large smoke plume over Hillsboro
- Transformer vault fire at PSEG Long Island substation in Bridgehampton
- Wind turbine catches fire near Taft and Portland, Texas
- Explosion and fire at Burbank Water and Power substation near Empire Center
- Wind turbine destroyed by fire, later demolished in Portland, Texas
- Solar farm fire in North Carolina reported as under investigation
- Transformer fire extinguished on university campus with no injuries
- Explosion and fire at Evergy substation in Shawnee, Kansas causes mass outages
- Inverter hut fire at Massachusetts solar farm prompts new safety permit review
- Transformer fire cuts power to hundreds in Albemarle County
- New fire reported at Moss Landing battery storage plant in California
- Wind turbine tower collapses at Steele Flats Wind Farm in Nebraska
- Transformer fire at Newark substation cuts power to thousands of AEP customers
- Electrical equipment failure reported to have sparked substation fire in Medway
- Transformer explosion reported to have caused power outage in Johnston area
- Transformer explosion knocks out power in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
- Wind turbine fire reported to have sparked wildfire in southern Washington state
- Con Edison substation fire at West 64th Street triggers Manhattan blackout
- Transformer explosion linked to power outages in Hoboken, New Jersey
- Substation fire in Miami Beach knocks out power to over 1,000 customers
- Fire reported to have damaged a power substation in Ogden
- Transformer explosion sparks large fire at Norridge substation
- Substation equipment fire cuts power to thousands in Springfield, Oregon
- Transformer explosion at Shawnee substation cuts power to 22,000 customers
- Accidental fire reported at solar farm in Chesapeake, Virginia
- DTE Energy substation fire cuts power to 7,000 Detroit customers
- Man critically injured after copper theft attempt at Dunn Avenue substation, Nashville
- Ageing transformer explodes at Belmont substation on hottest day of the year, causing blackout
- Substation fire in Plymouth Michigan cuts power to thousands of DTE customers
- Worker fatally electrocuted atop turbine at Invenergy wind farm, Camp Springs, Texas
- Raccoon intrusion causes transformer explosion and mass power outage in Rio Rancho
- Transformer fire at Hawaii utility substation cuts power to thousands
- Wind turbine fire at Beaver Creek Wind Farm in Iowa
- Substation transformer explosion sparks fire and outages in Chattanooga
- Fire at Con Edison substation cuts power to Staten Island customers
- Fire damages Cabrillo substation in Irvine, cutting power to thousands
- Fire at AEP substation cuts power to thousands in Corpus Christi
- Wind turbine motor fire blamed for wildfire near Merkel, Texas
- Transformer fire at Entergy substation causes major outage in Louisiana
- Substation transformer fire cuts power to about 15,000 people near Brea mall
- Snake causes fire and blackout at South Carolina electricity substation
- Trench collapse at Skookumchuck wind project near Olympia kills rescuer, injures colleague
- Squirrel intrusion sparks small fire and outage at Manhattan Kansas substation
- Squirrel-caused equipment failures knock out power at Colorado substation twice in two days
- Explosion and fire at TECO East Bay substation cuts power to thousands
- Worker injured after ladder fall and electrical shock at Cuyahoga Falls substation
- Contractor rescued after medical emergency atop Indiana wind turbine
- Wind turbine fire reported at Ohio Northern University, turbine found down next morning
- Lightning strike destroys wind turbine at rural wind farm
- Rotor and blades fall from turbine at Rugby wind farm, North Dakota
- Transformer explosion cuts power to Osprey Run community in Florida
- PSE&G transformer catches fire and falls in Bayonne, New Jersey
- Transformer fire causes damage at National Grid substation in Buffalo
- Wind turbine collapses at Happy Jack wind site near Cheyenne, Wyoming
- Wind turbine collapses at Butler Ridge Wind Farm in Wisconsin
- Substation fire cuts power to thousands in Eustis, Florida
- Clamp failure and coolant leak found during Moss Landing battery restart testing
- Wind turbine catches fire at Iberdrola wind farm in Emington, Illinois
- Fire at PECO substation cuts power to over 30,000 Philadelphia customers
- Circuit breaker failure sparks fire at San Francisco substation, cutting power for hours
- Nacelle fire and blade loss at Endeavor I wind farm, Osceola County, Iowa
- Wind turbine collapses at wind farm near Windthorst, Texas
- Transformer fire at LADWP substation causes major Los Angeles area outage
- Transformer explosion at Entergy substation cuts power to Shell Convent Refinery, Louisiana
- Unauthorised access to El Paso substation causes explosion and outage
- Transformer fire at AEP substation in St Joseph County, Indiana
- Vestas investigates fourth blade failure at Iowa wind farm since 2019
- Vestas blade fails at Timber Road IV wind farm in Ohio
- Battery fire contained at Invenergy storage facility near Grand Ridge, Illinois
- Wind turbine catches fire after lightning strike in the US
- Animal-caused fire at Anderson Township substation cuts power to thousands
- Manufacturing defect in Powin battery units blamed for Warwick storage fires
- Wind turbine collapses and catches fire at Colorado wind farm
- Sparking transformer fire near Hillsborough substation cuts power to thousands
- Rooftop solar fire prompts evacuation at Niagara Bottling plant in Seguin, Texas
- Arc flash fire destroys wind turbine nacelle at Maine university campus
- Circuit breaker failure sparks substation fire in downtown Salt Lake City
- Wind turbine fire in Arlington, Oregon sparks 2,000-acre wildfire
- Underground cable failure sparks transformer fire and Newark power outage
- Transformer fire at Rutland substation cuts power to thousands
- Transformer explosion at New York grid substation lights sky blue
- Underground transformer fire blows manhole covers off in downtown Albany
- Wind turbine collapses at Chisholm View II wind farm in Oklahoma
- Bird-triggered electrical fault sparks fire and major outage at California solar farm
- Battery storage failure reported at solar integration site in Flagstaff, Arizona
- Fire during new product testing of Powin batteries in Tualatin, Oregon
- Battery storage fire burns for days at Idaho Power substation near Melba
- Fire at South Manheim Substation causes outages in Lancaster County
- Fire suppression chemicals linked to toxic groundwater at East Hampton battery plant
- Rooftop solar fire at Lineage Cold Storage Warehouse in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles
- Substation fire reported to have caused BART service delays, San Francisco Bay Area
- Lithium-ion battery fire during assembly at S&C Electric Franklin Facility
- Consumers Energy battery fire triggers shelter-in-place in Standish, Michigan
- Battery overheating forces shutdown of Moss Landing Phase I storage facility
- Tesla Megapack fire destroys mobile supercharger battery unit in Baker, California
- Water based suppression system leak causes battery shorting at Moss Landing Phase II
- Transformer fire at Lakeview Avenue substation prompts emergency in Mayville, New York
- Contractor strikes high-voltage line, sparking transformer fire in Downtown Brooklyn
- Substation breaker fire near Rhodes College knocks out power to 11,000 in Memphis
- PG&E substation fire causes power outage in South Bay
- Transformer explosion knocks out power across Cleveland's West Side
- Transformer fire on Cleveland Public Power grid causes outage during heat wave
- Battery cabinet smokes at solar-plus-storage site in Douglas, Massachusetts
- Substation transformer fire cuts power to F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming
- Battery module fire contained at Valley Center Battery Storage Project, California
- Single container fire at West Warwick 3 Battery Storage Site in Warwick, New York
- Grass fire burns over 30 acres at solar farm complex near Hillsboro, Texas
- Two workers die in fall at Plum Creek Wind Farm, Winside, Nebraska
- Transformer failure at Tyler Substation cuts power to 6,300 customers
- Transformer explosion knocks out power to thousands in Boyd County, Kentucky
- Transformer station fire cuts power to thousands in Red Bluff, California
- Tornado wrecks Pioneer Solar Farm near Bennett, Colorado
- Transformer explosion near The Woodlands Mall sparks fires and outages
- Grass fire breaks out at Wild Azalea Solar Energy Center in Florida
- Fire at Pennsylvania substation triggers multi-day power outage
- Explosive fire at Met-Ed substation in Adams County causes multi-day outage
- Bronx transformer fire cuts power to apartment building in Morris Park
- Transformer fire reported in Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- Fire breaks out at battery storage facility in South Los Angeles
- Arc flash injures three workers at OUC substation in downtown Orlando
- Lightning strike triggers transformer explosion in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- Vegetation fire at Beryl, Utah solar farm doused by fire crews
- Transformer fire at Pepco substation prompts evacuation in Washington DC
- Transformer fire cuts power to Riverdale shopping strip for over a week
- Fire at aging Memphis substation cuts power to 12,000 customers
- Solar inverter fire extinguished at solar farm near Robards, Kentucky
- Man critically injured after electrical contact at NYSEG's Ansco substation in Binghamton
- Fire reported at ComEd electrical substation in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
- Brush fire ignites beneath solar panels at Prince George County solar farm
- Fire at PG&E Saratoga substation cuts power to 21,000 on Christmas Eve
- PG&E transformer fire triggers power outage in San Francisco's Richmond District
- Cable short circuit trips offline Nipomo battery storage facility in California
- Large fire breaks out at Oncor electrical substation in Dallas
- Wire theft suspected as cause of solar farm fire in North Carolina
- Transformer explosion at California battery storage site triggers mass outage
- Transformer explosions cut power to hundreds in Andover, Massachusetts
- Substation explosion in Cleveland triggers widespread power outages
- Balloons cause transformer fire and brief outage in Millington, Tennessee
- Fire reported at electrical substation in Sinton, Texas
- Brush fire reported beneath panels at Lake Placid Solar Farm under construction
- Lightning strike suspected in wind turbine fire at La Casa Wind Farm, Texas
- Entergy substation fire cuts power to thousands in Lake Charles
- Grass fire burns near panels at FPL Sparkleberry Solar Farm
- Nacelle fire damages turbine at Waymart Wind Farm near Browndale, Pennsylvania
- Orange & Rockland substation fire triggers second major outage in a week
- Substation explosion injures three OUC workers during capacitor bank maintenance
- Storm-damaged solar panel catches fire at Kankakee County farm
- Brush fire burns grass beneath panels at Wisconsin solar farm
- Isle of Palms transformer fire triggers outage after years of warning signs
- Blown transformer causes explosion and smoke at Bethesda Federal Campus
- Electrical substation fire cuts power in central Toledo
- Transformer fire at Gonder Substation in Ely, Nevada prompts emergency response
- Transformer fire cuts power to dozens of buildings in Youngstown, Ohio
- Substation fire near Vienna Town Hall cuts power to homes and businesses
- Lawsuit alleges recurring wind turbine fires near Mechanicsville, Iowa
- Transformer explosion causes power outages in South Philadelphia
- Wind turbine catches fire near Warrensburg, Illinois, road closed
- Transformer fire cuts power to downtown Lancaster, Ohio police headquarters
- Small fire at Geneva East Side substation quickly contained without outages
- Substation fire cuts power to over 4,000 residents in New Albany, Indiana
- Vegetation fire burns 10 acres at solar farm near California Valley, California
- Fire breaks out at solar farm at Cape Cod Gateway Airport, Hyannis
- Transformer fire burns for hours at Hunterstown generating station
- Transformer explosion at CWL substation cuts power to 1,200 customers
- Transformer fire cuts power to downtown Bangor apartment building during heat wave
- Transformer fire cuts power to part of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
- Underground transformer explosion at Conti and Bourbon Streets, New Orleans
- Coney Island transformer explosion sparks fire, cuts power to 900 homes
- Lightning strike sparks fire at PGE substation in Cornelius, Oregon
- Capacitor bank fire at Washington DC electrical substation extinguished
- Transformer explosion in Hackensack sparks car fires, power outage
- Equipment failure sparks brush fire at East Windsor Solar One, Connecticut
- Third turbine failure in three years at North Fork Ridge Wind Farm, Missouri
- Fire and explosion at AEP Texas substation in San Angelo, Texas
- Converter failure sparks grass fire at Herrington Community Solar Farm, Schaghticoke
- Smoke from battery storage building prompts closure at West Thumb Geyser Basin
- Battery storage failure at Edwards Sanborn E2 in Kern County, California
- Battery storage fire at Chaumont Site 1 prompts shelter-in-place order
- Battery storage fire triggers evacuation near Santa Ana industrial site
- Battery room fire at Digital Realty data centre in Hillsboro, Oregon
- Battery storage fire prompts evacuation order at California Flats site in Monterey County
- Battery units ignite at Townsite Solar and Storage in Boulder City, Nevada
- Battery fire at Bolster Substation in Peoria, Arizona contained by controlled burn
- Battery storage fire at Creekside Marketplace EV charging station in San Marcos
- Tracker motor fault exposed solar modules during hailstorm in Fort Bend County, Texas
- Wind turbine collapses at High Prairie Renewable Energy Center in Missouri
- Wildfire de-energisation and fire damage hit Southern California Edison network in Palisades and Eaton fires
- Hurricane causes grid damage across Florida, Georgia, Carolinas, Tennessee, Virginia
- Explosion at ageing Brooklyn substation strands New York City Subway riders
- Fire at Mission Street substation causes multi-day outage in San Francisco
- Substation explosion and fire near Seventeen Lakes Boulevard, Fort Worth prompts evacuation
- Transformer explosion and fire at Duke Energy substation in Maineville, Ohio
- Arc flash at Astoria transmission substation in Queens disrupts supply and airport
- Transformer fire at Blount Street substation causes Madison, Wisconsin outage
- View Fire turbine blaze spreads to rangeland near Whitewater, California
- Nacelle fire at onshore wind site ignites rangeland wildfire
- Blade detaches from turbine at Future Generation Wind, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Wind turbine tower collapse and generator fire in Western Nebraska, cause under investigation
- Multiple onshore wind turbine collapses during Iowa tornado outbreak
- Onshore wind turbine tower collapse during high winds shortly after installation
- Battery fire at Valley Center Energy Storage System, California
- Blade failure at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project, Massachusetts
- Early utility scale battery storage container destroyed by fire following cell over-discharge
- Battery storage fire at Dorman facility in Chandler, Arizona, managed with robotic entry
- Coordinated ranged attack on Metcalf transmission substation near San Jose
- Switchgear failure at a Rhode Island distribution substation after feeder fault
- Container fire at SDG&E Escondido battery storage yard, California
- Regulatory settlement sets cleanup duties after Gateway Energy Storage fire in San Diego
- Thermal runaway and explosion at McMicken battery storage site, Surprise, Arizona
- Major fire at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, California, multi-day incident
- Megapack fire at PG&E Elkhorn Battery, Moss Landing, California
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