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 Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:14:15 GMT 60 https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2516/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2516/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:52:23 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom 2018, United Kingdom: An explosion at a substation in Saltburn, Yorkshire, cut electricity supply to around 22,000 homes, according to a Sky News... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2515/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2515/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:52:20 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa October 2018, South Africa: At about 7am on Tuesday 16 October 2018, businesses near the Elsburg Substation on Ostend Road, Germiston, heard a loud... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2514/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2514/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:52:13 GMT Grid infrastructure United States August 2020, United States: A broken transformer on PG&E's network cut power to about 340 people in the Almaden neighbourhood of San Jose at 8:34 pm on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2513/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2513/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:51:59 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa August 2020, South Africa: On Monday 24 August 2020 an isolator between the Njala substation and the Waltloo substation exploded in the morning,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2512/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2512/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:51:23 GMT Wind (onshore) United Kingdom December 2023, United Kingdom: A fire broke out in the early hours of 29 December, reported as 2023 by inference from the publication date, next to one of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2511/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2511/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:50:51 GMT Wind (onshore) Canada 2024, Canada: Shootin' the Breeze reported that emergency crews responded to a fire at a wind turbine near Cowley. The report was... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2510/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2510/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:03:26 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany 2026, Germany: On a Sunday afternoon, after 16:00, power failed in many municipalities in the Rems-Murr and Ludwigsburg districts near... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2509/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2509/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 00:00:57 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2026, United States: During a hot spell in New England, two transformers reportedly failed at a substation on the grounds of Seabrook Station in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2508/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2508/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:04:28 GMT Data centre Germany October 2026, Germany: On a Wednesday afternoon in October 2026, a smouldering fire broke out in a battery installation at a data centre (data center) on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2507/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2507/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:43:00 GMT Wind (onshore) United States October 2026, United States: On Monday 19 October 2026, at about 7.13 am, the Highmore Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire at a wind turbine 10... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2506/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2506/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:42:37 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom October 2026, United Kingdom: At around 5am on Wednesday 21 October 2026, a fault caused a small fire in the building at Deemount Gardens, Ferryhill,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2505/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2505/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:58:36 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa October 2026, South Africa: News24 reported that an outage at the Braamfontein substation in Johannesburg, South Africa, held up students travelling to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2504/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2504/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:50:56 GMT Grid infrastructure Jamaica June 2017, Jamaica: A fire at the Cardiff Hall substation in Runaway Bay, St Ann, Jamaica, disrupted electricity supply overnight, the night... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2503/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2503/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:50:24 GMT Grid infrastructure Bangladesh January 2022, Bangladesh: A fire broke out at the Power Ulan Power Substation of the Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited (DPDC) near the Rampura... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2502/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2502/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:50:05 GMT Grid infrastructure Chile May 2023, Chile: A transformer in Macul, a commune of Santiago, Chile, exploded on or before 25 May 2023. Footage posted on TikTok on that... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2501/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2501/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:49:55 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom 2023, United Kingdom: A fire broke out at an electricity substation in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland, leaving local residents without power,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2500/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2500/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:49:51 GMT Battery storage United States May 2024, United States: A fire broke out on 15 May 2024 at a battery and energy storage facility at 641 Camino De La Fuente in the Otay Mesa area of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2499/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2499/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 05:42:41 GMT Solar PV South Korea October 2026, South Korea: At about 13:24 on 21 October 2026, a fire broke out on the rooftop of a three-storey kindergarten building in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2498/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2498/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 04:42:29 GMT Grid infrastructure France 2026, France: A transformer caught fire at the Cattenom nuclear power plant in France on a Tuesday afternoon, shortly after 5pm, near... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2497/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2497/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:43:10 GMT Solar PV Brazil 2026, Brazil: According to a report published by nativacapinzal.net on 20 October 2026, a short circuit in the solar energy system at the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2496/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2496/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 19:23:14 GMT Grid infrastructure Egypt 2026, Egypt: Civil protection crews in Qalyubia governorate brought under control a limited fire that broke out at a transformer inside... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2495/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2495/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:23:19 GMT Wind (onshore) Chile 2026, Chile: A fire affected a wind farm in Angol, Chile, according to SoyChile, a regional news website. The article, published on 20... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2494/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2494/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:43:30 GMT Grid infrastructure India October 2026, India: Fires in an underground power cable and in the lead of a distribution transformer interrupted electricity supply in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2493/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2493/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:23:56 GMT Solar PV China February 2023, China: In February 2023, a villager in Qinglong County, Guizhou, China, burned weeds in his own field to clear them. The fire... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2492/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2492/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:04:18 GMT Wind (onshore) Turkey 2026, Turkey: A fire broke out at a wind turbine transformer on the Delmece Yaylası plateau in Armutlu, Yalova province. Nearby residents... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2491/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2491/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:44 GMT Grid infrastructure Turkey October 2026, Turkey: At midday, a transformer at the TEİAŞ substation on the Silvan road in Diyarbakır, Turkey, exploded, and smoke from the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2490/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2490/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:00:20 GMT Grid infrastructure United States January 2015, United States: On 4 January 2015, firefighters from Thornwood, assisted by crews from Hawthorne, Valhalla, Pleasantville, Chappaqua and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2489/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2489/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:59:41 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom December 2023, United Kingdom: On Wednesday 13 December 2023, emergency services were called to a reported explosion at an electricity substation in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2488/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2488/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:52:20 GMT Wind (onshore) United Kingdom September 2009, United Kingdom: A technician employed by Siemens died at the Causeymire wind farm in Scotland on 16 September 2009 during a warranty... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2487/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2487/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:51:32 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom March 2016, United Kingdom: A fire broke out at about 5.20pm on 22 March 2016 in the electrical transformer part of a substation in Grantham,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2486/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2486/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:51:30 GMT Grid infrastructure India March 2021, India: A fire broke out at a power sub-station in Latur, India, according to a report by NDTV published on 11 March 2021. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2485/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2485/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:51:29 GMT Grid infrastructure Canada May 2019, Canada: On Thursday 23 May 2019, a transformer fire at De Grassi Street, east of Dundas Street and Broadview Avenue in Toronto's... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2484/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2484/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:51:14 GMT Grid infrastructure United States November 2022, United States: A fire broke out on Friday 4 November 2022 at a gas well substation on Johnston Road, near the Bentworth School District... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2483/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2483/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:51:01 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom 2023, United Kingdom: A fire badly damaged the roof of a house on the edge of Horsell Common, Surrey, on a Saturday afternoon. The incident was... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2482/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2482/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:50:50 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa April 2024, South Africa: On 10 April 2024, a fire broke out at the Raslouw substation in Tshwane, South Africa, at about 11:50. Tshwane Emergency... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2481/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2481/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 09:50:48 GMT Grid infrastructure India 2023, India: At about 8.15am on a Tuesday, an old transformer near a milk booth at the National Games Village complex in Koramangala,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2480/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2480/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 02:43:54 GMT Solar PV South Korea 2025, South Korea: In October 2025, a fire at a solar PV system at a middle school in Incheon, South Korea, reportedly led to the evacuation of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2479/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2479/ Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:04:44 GMT Wind (onshore) Chile October 2026, Chile: Chile's Investigations Police (PDI) and prosecutors are investigating damage at the Cancura wind farm, in the rural area of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2478/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2478/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 21:43:35 GMT Battery storage Germany 2026, Germany: According to a police and fire service press release reprinted by Presse Augsburg, a battery storage unit for a photovoltaic... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2477/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2477/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:43:27 GMT Grid infrastructure Ukraine 2026, Ukraine: A fire broke out at an electrical substation in the suburbs of Lutsk, Ukraine, according to the ANTIKOR national... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2476/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2476/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:41:03 GMT Grid infrastructure United States January 2024, United States: On Saturday 27 January 2024, shortly before 9.45 pm, crews responded to Nimitz View Drive in Anderson Township, Cincinnati,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2475/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2475/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:40:47 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa June 2024, South Africa: On 26 June 2024, multiple resident groups reported a fire at the Eiger Transmission Substation on Camdeboo Street in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2474/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2474/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:32:17 GMT Grid infrastructure Australia March 2017, Australia: On 3 March 2017 a voltage transformer exploded and caught fire in a switching yard at Torrens Island, in Adelaide's... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2473/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2473/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:32:05 GMT Grid infrastructure Australia June 2017, Australia: A fire broke out at about 3pm on a Monday at an electrical substation in Matraville, in Sydney's east, sending large plumes... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2472/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2472/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:31:45 GMT Grid infrastructure Bangladesh 2020, Bangladesh: A fire broke out at the Kewatkhali substation in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, according to a headline and summary published by... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2471/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2471/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:31:43 GMT Grid infrastructure India August 2019, India: A fire broke out at the Egmore power substation in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, at about 9.30am on Wednesday 21 August 2019. Three... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2469/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2469/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:31:07 GMT Grid infrastructure United States June 2023, United States: On Friday, reported as 30 June 2023, a fire broke out inside the Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank, California, during a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2468/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2468/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:31:01 GMT Grid infrastructure Ukraine 2023, Ukraine: According to a Ministry of Energy report relayed by Transformer Magazine on 22 September 2023, a 330 kV substation was... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2467/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2467/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:43:26 GMT Grid infrastructure Philippines October 2026, Philippines: Negros Electric and Power Corp. (Negros Power) reportedly energised a replacement transformer at its Asdes Gonzaga... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2466/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2466/ Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:04:18 GMT Grid infrastructure Turkey 2026, Turkey: A news outlet based in Mardin, Turkey, reported a fire at what its headline describes as the main transformer centre, with a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.