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 Sat, 31 Oct 2026 15:34:49 GMT 60 https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2676/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2676/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:03:50 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa December 2022, South Africa: A voltage transformer at the Lynnwood primary substation in Tshwane, South Africa, caught fire on a Thursday night, causing... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2675/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2675/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:50:05 GMT Solar PV Italy September 2024, Italy: About 2,000 solar panels stored at a site in Tuili, Sardinia, where a solar project was planned, burned overnight on 9 to 10... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2674/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2674/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:49:51 GMT Solar PV Brazil 2024, Brazil: A storm with strong winds and hail caused the collapse of two sheds housing three solar photovoltaic plants in São Luiz... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2673/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2673/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:49:48 GMT Solar PV Brazil November 2024, Brazil: On Saturday 2 November 2024, fire crews were sent to a solar power plant in Bataguassu, Mato Grosso do Sul, after the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2672/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2672/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:49:30 GMT Solar PV Italy 2024, Italy: A fire was reported in the electrical cabin of a photovoltaic park at Corridonia, Italy. A report published by Gaeta.it on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2671/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2671/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:48:54 GMT Grid infrastructure United States March 2025, United States: On the evening of Wednesday 12 March 2025, Lubbock Fire Rescue reported an underground fire and explosion at a power... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2670/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2670/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:48:52 GMT Solar PV Italy 2025, Italy: Italian fire service reports describe a fire at a photovoltaic system in Basiliano, in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2669/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2669/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:47:53 GMT Solar PV Italy 2025, Italy: Firefighters were called to a fire involving photovoltaic panels on the roof of a condominium in Casarsa della Delizia,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2668/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2668/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:47:51 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom May 2025, United Kingdom: Fire crews were called to a fire in an outbuilding in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. The fire quickly spread to a nearby fence and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2667/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2667/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:47:33 GMT Solar PV Netherlands June 2025, Netherlands: A major fire broke out overnight on the roof of a house on Van Kinsbergenstraat in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, according to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2666/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2666/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:47:19 GMT Solar PV Brazil July 2025, Brazil: On Tuesday 8 July 2025, two workers were seriously injured in an explosion and electric shock at a solar plant in the city... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2665/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2665/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:47:15 GMT Solar PV Spain 2025, Spain: A fire was reported inside the Francisco Pizarro photovoltaic plant, which lies between the municipal areas of Torrecillas... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2664/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2664/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:47:07 GMT Solar PV Spain 2025, Spain: In June 2025 a forest fire burned roughly 800 hectares of pasture, crops, holm oak forest and scrubland near Casas de Don... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2663/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2663/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:46:58 GMT Solar PV Chile December 2025, Chile: On 29 December 2025 a fast-spreading wildfire in the commune of Romeral, Curicó, Chile, affected a solar panel park in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2662/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2662/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:46:36 GMT Solar PV Chile 2026, Chile: A grass fire of roughly 1.5 hectares broke out in the Pirque commune near Camino San Vicente de Macul and Camino Los... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2661/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2661/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:46:29 GMT Solar PV Chile 2026, Chile: Wildfires advancing across south-central Chile reached infrastructure associated with the Las Lechuzas solar plant in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2660/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2660/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:46:21 GMT Hybrid co-located South Korea February 2026, South Korea: A fire broke out in the energy storage system (ESS) at a solar power facility in Taebaek, Gangwon Province, South Korea, on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2659/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2659/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:46:19 GMT Solar PV Brazil April 2026, Brazil: At around 11:50 on Saturday 11 April 2026, firefighters from the Corpo de Bombeiros Militar de Mato Grosso (CBMMT) were... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2658/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2658/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:45:57 GMT Solar PV France July 2026, France: A wildfire that started on 4 July 2026 at Trévillach, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department of France, and later spread... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2657/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2657/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:45:55 GMT Solar PV Spain May 2026, Spain: On the afternoon of Sunday 31 May 2026, a fire that began as a forest fire in a wooded area near the Solúcar solar plant in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2656/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2656/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:45:52 GMT Solar PV Italy May 2026, Italy: At about 13:30 on 28 May 2026, a fire broke out in a photovoltaic (solar) array on the roof of a warehouse in the industrial... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2655/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2655/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:45:47 GMT Solar PV Spain June 2026, Spain: On 10 June 2026, a fire affected a photovoltaic inverter at a solar park beside the LR-285 road, near kilometre 2, in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2654/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2654/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:45:37 GMT Solar PV Italy 2026, Italy: Firefighters from Senigallia, supported by an aerial ladder from Ancona, extinguished a fire affecting several photovoltaic... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2653/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2653/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:45:18 GMT Grid infrastructure Turkey March 2016, Turkey: According to a report from Haber 7 relaying Anadolu Agency, an explosion occurred at the Lara Trafo Merkezi (Lara... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2652/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2652/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:45:06 GMT Solar PV Italy August 2026, Italy: At about 12.15 on Saturday 15 August, firefighters were alerted to a fire in the built-up area of Pederobba, in the province... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2651/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2651/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:43:01 GMT Solar PV South Korea 2025, South Korea: A short-term contract worker employed by KEPCO KPS, which provides maintenance services at the plant, received an electric... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2650/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2650/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:42:43 GMT Wind (onshore) Turkey October 2026, Turkey: A fire broke out in a wind turbine at Yenidoğan neighbourhood, on the Söke-Milas road in Söke district, Aydın province,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2649/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2649/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:42:45 GMT Grid infrastructure India 2026, India: A station operator employed under a contract company at the Kurreli power substation in the Takhatpur area of Bilaspur... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2648/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2648/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:22:46 GMT Other Taiwan October 2026, Taiwan: On 31 October 2026, a fire broke out at the Hsinta Power Plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, operated by Taiwan Power Company. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2647/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2647/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:22:43 GMT Grid infrastructure India 2026, India: According to urbanacres.in, which cites a Sanmarg (Kolkata) report, a transformer caught fire on a Friday in the Panditpara... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2646/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2646/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:43:23 GMT Wind (onshore) France October 2026, France: On the evening of Friday 30 October 2026, a fire broke out at the top of a wind turbine at the La Chapelle-Gaudin wind farm... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2645/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2645/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:05:01 GMT Solar PV France July 2026, France: In the night of 25 to 26 July 2026, a wildfire that had been burning across Gironde for about a week reached the Cestas... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2644/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2644/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:04:40 GMT Solar PV France , France: During the installation of a 12 kWp photovoltaic array covering the roof of a 2,000 m² industrial workshop that was still... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2643/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2643/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:04:37 GMT Solar PV Brazil 2023, Brazil: A Brazilian news portal, RD News of Cuiabá, reported in a feature published on 10 December 2023 that a fault in a rooftop... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2642/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2642/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:04:28 GMT Solar PV France June 2019, France: At around 14:40 on 4 June 2019, a fire broke out on photovoltaic panels mounted on the roof of a building on a wine-growing... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2641/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2641/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:04:18 GMT Solar PV Brazil July 2026, Brazil: On the afternoon of Tuesday 21 July 2026, a vegetation fire damaged part of a solar power plant behind the Policlínica in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2640/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2640/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:04:06 GMT Solar PV China October 2026, China: On 29 October, a hillside containing a photovoltaic (PV) power generation project in Huangping town, Heqing county, Yunnan... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2639/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2639/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:03:28 GMT Grid infrastructure Italy October 2026, Italy: A fire broke out at an electrical cabin on Via Fontana in Capriati a Volturno, Caserta province, Italy, at about 3am during... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2638/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2638/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:03:26 GMT Grid infrastructure Philippines 2026, Philippines: A 37-year-old solar panel installer died of electrocution in Barangay Obong, Basista, Pangasinan, in the Philippines.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2637/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2637/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:03:00 GMT Grid infrastructure India October 2026, India: On a Friday morning around 9am, a cable on a transformer in the Vijay Chowk feeder area, served by the University substation... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2636/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2636/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 20:22:55 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom October 2026, United Kingdom: Homes in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, lost power on the evening of 29 October 2026 after an electrical transformer caught fire on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2635/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2635/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:25:42 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany 2015, Germany: Around 03:25 a large free-standing transformer at the TenneT substation near Ludwigsau-Mecklar in Kreis Hersfeld-Rotenburg... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2634/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2634/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:25:30 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany 2020, Germany: According to a report published by Westdeutsche Zeitung on 15 September 2020, a worker was reportedly critically injured in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2633/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2633/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:25:26 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany January 2023, Germany: A smouldering fire on a cable broke out at a substation on Römerstraße in Ravensburg on Tuesday evening, according to a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2632/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2632/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:25:23 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany July 2022, Germany: At about 18:43 on Sunday 31 July 2022, residents near the substation on Lüttringhauser Straße in Wuppertal-Ronsdorf reported... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2631/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2631/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:25:00 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany March 2023, Germany: On the evening of Thursday 2 March 2023, equipment at a substation in the Mühlheim district of Cologne caught fire,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2630/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2630/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:24:57 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany July 2023, Germany: At about 19:00 on Sunday 9 July 2023, a power cut affected about 15,000 households in Ellwangen and several neighbouring... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2629/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2629/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:24:53 GMT Solar PV Germany 2024, Germany: A fire broke out in a technical room at a solar park in Fraurombach, a district of Schlitz in the Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2628/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2628/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:24:52 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany June 2026, Germany: A fire broke out in the transformer room of a substation on Kleistweg in Offenburg, Germany, according to the local fire... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2627/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2627/ Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:24:51 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany 2026, Germany: Fire crews were called at about 13:31 on a Monday to a cable fire at a transformer station at a farmstead in Ölkofen, a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.