https://energyincidentregister.com/register.html Battery storage, solar, wind, grid and data centre incidents, newest first, each with its sources. Free to read. en-gb Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:53:48 GMT 60 https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2601/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2601/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 11:22:17 GMT Grid infrastructure Uzbekistan October 2026, Uzbekistan: On the morning of 27 October 2026, two people suffered burns during repair work at a transformer substation serving the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2600/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2600/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:26:35 GMT Wind (onshore) United States October 2026, United States: A wind turbine at the High Prairie Renewable Energy Center collapsed just off Route A, west of Willmathsville in Adair... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2599/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2599/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:14:03 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa May 2017, South Africa: On Tuesday 23 May 2017, The Citizen (Rekord) reported that a substation at Mooikloof, in the Pretoria East area of Tshwane,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2598/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2598/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:13:45 GMT Grid infrastructure United States January 2018, United States: An arc flash at an electrical substation near North State Street and East Lake Street in Chicago's Loop caused a fire at... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2597/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2597/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:13:35 GMT Solar PV France 2018, France: A trial solar road made of photovoltaic panels, unveiled in December 2016 in Tourouvre, a town in France, was reported to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2596/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2596/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:13:32 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom July 2019, United Kingdom: A fire broke out in a brick and concrete electrical substation, approximately three metres by three metres, on the site of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2595/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2595/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:13:20 GMT Grid infrastructure United States August 2020, United States: At about 4:15pm on 30 August 2020, several people in the Village of Alden Bridge, The Woodlands, Texas, called 911 after... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2594/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2594/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:13:19 GMT Solar PV France January 2022, France: A fire broke out on 30 January 2022 at the O'Mega 1 floating solar plant in Piolenc, Vaucluse, southeastern France, operated... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2593/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2593/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:13:06 GMT Battery storage Germany May 2022, Germany: A residential battery storage unit exploded in a house in Althengstett, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 8 May 2022, according... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2592/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2592/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:13:01 GMT Grid infrastructure United States January 2024, United States: A fire broke out on the evening of Monday 29 January 2024 at a Hawaiian Electric substation in Shipman Industrial Park,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2591/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2591/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:12:59 GMT Grid infrastructure Australia October 2022, Australia: A fire broke out at an electrical substation on Canyonleigh Road near Brayton, New South Wales, producing a large cloud of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2590/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2590/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:12:58 GMT Grid infrastructure United States July 2024, United States: Shortly before midnight on Wednesday 10 July 2024, a transformer at a substation at a chemical facility in Institute,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2589/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2589/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:12:56 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom August 2022, United Kingdom: A fire broke out on the roof of a Victorian listed former army garrison gym in Abbey Field, Colchester, on 8 August 2022.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2588/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2588/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:12:43 GMT Grid infrastructure Russia 2024, Russia: Residents of Volgograd, a city in southern Russia, reportedly heard an explosion at night, after which a fire was reported... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2587/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2587/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:12:24 GMT Battery storage United States January 2025, United States: On 16 January 2025, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) shut down its Elkhorn battery storage facility in Monterey County,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2586/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2586/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:12:21 GMT Grid infrastructure United States October 2024, United States: On a Tuesday morning in October 2024, a transformer on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln city campus in Lincoln, Nebraska,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2585/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2585/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:12:18 GMT Battery storage United States February 2025, United States: A fire was reported at the Vistra battery energy storage system facility in Moss Landing, California, on the Tuesday night... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2584/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2584/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:42:16 GMT Grid infrastructure Egypt 2026, Egypt: A fire broke out in an electricity transformer in front of the Al-Baytari level crossing in Aswan, Egypt, according to the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2583/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2583/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:42:12 GMT Grid infrastructure Mauritania 2026, Mauritania: The company Somelec announced a fire in a transformer housing opposite a shop in the Teyarett district of Nouakchott North.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2582/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2582/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:02:48 GMT Grid infrastructure Spain October 2026, Spain: A fire broke out at about 19:14 in a storage premises (bajera) of a building on calle Basilio Armendáriz in Burlada,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2581/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2581/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:02:27 GMT Grid infrastructure India October 2026, India: Early on Monday morning, 26 October 2026, a short circuit in the wires on an electricity pole in B-Block of Shalimar Garden... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2580/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2580/ Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:02:24 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2026, United States: A transformer exploded near the Oregon Zoo in Portland, Oregon, according to a KOIN.com report published on 26 October 2026.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2579/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2579/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:38:46 GMT Grid infrastructure United States October 2026, United States: On Monday 26 October 2026, a squirrel apparently blew a transformer on a utility pole in Monroe, North Carolina, setting the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2578/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2578/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:22:25 GMT Solar PV Belgium October 2026, Belgium: On a Monday afternoon, a fire broke out in one of the inverters serving the solar panels on an intermediate floor of the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2577/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2577/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:42:26 GMT Grid infrastructure Spain July 2026, Spain: A fire broke out on 25 July 2026 at the electricity substation that supplies Don Benito, a town in Extremadura, Spain. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2576/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2576/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:02:34 GMT Wind (onshore) Germany October 2026, Germany: In the night to Sunday, which local reporting gives as 25 October 2026, a wind turbine collapsed and fell onto two fields in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2575/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2575/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:02:29 GMT Grid infrastructure Sudan October 2026, Sudan: Sudan Electricity Holding Company said that drone attacks by the Rapid Support Forces targeted five power substations in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2574/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2574/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:04:39 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa May 2022, South Africa: According to The Citizen, a fire broke out at the Munic substation on 1st Avenue in Springs, South Africa, on 20 May 2022,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2573/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2573/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:46:30 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom September 2022, United Kingdom: A fire broke out at an electricity substation on Gardiners Lane South in Basildon, Essex, at about 10.18pm on 1 September... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2572/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2572/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:46:14 GMT Solar PV United States April 2024, United States: On Tuesday afternoon, at 1:20pm, the New Bedford Fire Department responded to 100 Duchaine Boulevard, Parallel Products, for... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2571/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2571/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:46:11 GMT Grid infrastructure United Arab Emirates 2023, United Arab Emirates: An electrical transformer caught fire at a power station in the Qidfah area of Fujairah, United Arab Emirates. Fujairah... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2570/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2570/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:45:59 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa July 2024, South Africa: A transformer caught fire at the Atholl substation in Sandton, Gauteng, on 17 July 2024. Gauteng Emergency Services received... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2569/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2569/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:45:49 GMT Grid infrastructure India July 2024, India: A transformer at the Biswanath Chariali power sub-division in Assam exploded on 27 July 2024, according to a report... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2568/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2568/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:45:43 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom 2024, United Kingdom: Residents in Sandpiper Road, Lordswood, reported hearing a loud bang on a Sunday morning, which they said was an explosion... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2567/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2567/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:45:41 GMT Grid infrastructure Ghana October 2024, Ghana: Volta River Authority (VRA) transformer lines in the Area Two neighbourhood of Sunyani caught fire in the early hours of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2566/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2566/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:45:33 GMT Grid infrastructure United States October 2024, United States: As Hurricane Milton moved through Florida, several electrical transformers exploded in Cape Coral. Video submitted to Gulf... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2565/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2565/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:45:20 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2024, United States: Shortly before midnight, a pickup truck crashed into electrical equipment at Irvine Avenue and Ramsey Street in St. Paul,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2564/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2564/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:02:33 GMT Grid infrastructure Cuba 2026, Cuba: A high-voltage transmission line tripped and separated the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Guantánamo from the National... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2563/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2563/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:23:50 GMT Solar PV India 2026, India: A fire broke out in bushes at the 225 MW Vikram solar plant in Uttari Pura, Bilhaur, near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2562/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2562/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:52:18 GMT Wind (onshore) Sweden March 2026, Sweden: According to a feature article published by EcoPortal.net on 22 October 2026, a wind turbine blade broke off at a 175 MW... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2561/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2561/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:36:09 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom January 2018, United Kingdom: On the morning of Tuesday 23 January 2018, residents in Little Stoke heard a loud bang and saw the street lose power shortly... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2560/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2560/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:36:08 GMT Grid infrastructure United States April 2018, United States: On 29 April 2018, a fire broke out at one of the buildings at an American Electric Power (AEP) substation on the 25000 block... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2559/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2559/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:36:05 GMT Grid infrastructure Canada April 2019, Canada: Early on Saturday 13 April 2019, police in Bathurst, New Brunswick, responded to a power outage on St-Anne Street and found... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2558/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2558/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:35:53 GMT Grid infrastructure Kuwait April 2020, Kuwait: A fire broke out in the feeder cell of transformer No. 1 at a main electricity substation in the Hawally region, known as... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2557/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2557/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:35:43 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2023, United States: Police in Woodland, Washington, reported that vandals damaged two power substations, according to a KGW news report... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2556/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2556/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:35:42 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2023, United States: WJTV reported on 14 September 2023 under the headline 'Power restored after fire at Entergy Mississippi substation'. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2555/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2555/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:35:32 GMT Solar PV United States April 2024, United States: Firefighters from Travis County Emergency Services District #1 responded to a house fire in Lago Vista, Texas, on a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2554/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2554/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:35:01 GMT Solar PV United States September 2024, United States: On a Friday afternoon in September 2024, a fire broke out on the roof of a commercial building on Palmer Avenue in North... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2553/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2553/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:34:53 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa October 2024, South Africa: On Wednesday 2 October 2024, a fire at the Pyramid substation in Rooiwal, north of Tshwane, South Africa, left parts of the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2552/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2552/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:34:52 GMT Grid infrastructure New Zealand September 2024, New Zealand: On Tuesday 17 September 2024, an electric transformer caught fire outside the police station in Feilding, New Zealand. A... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.