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 Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:51:32 GMT 60 https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2578/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2578/ Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:22:25 GMT Solar PV Belgium 2026, Belgium: A fire broke out at a solar PV inverter at a Kühne+Nagel site in Tessenderlo, Belgium, according to a report by the regional... 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 2026, Sudan: A report by Operativ Mschwa (unstressed central vowel sound)lumat Mschwa (unstressed central vowel sound)rkschwa (unstressed... 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, state that vandals damaged two power substations in the town, according to a KGW 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. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2551/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2551/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:34:50 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa December 2024, South Africa: Over about two months to mid-December 2024, five electricity substations in wards 90 and 97 of the eThekwini Municipality... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2550/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2550/ Sun, 25 Oct 2026 09:34:45 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2024, United States: An explosion and fire occurred at the Velco substation in Pittsford on a Monday evening, according to a post by the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2549/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2549/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:20:14 GMT Grid infrastructure India July 2017, India: A fire broke out in an electrical sub-station at Rabindra Sadan station on the Kolkata metro on the evening of Tuesday 25... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2548/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2548/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:19:59 GMT Grid infrastructure United States December 2019, United States: On Sunday 1 December 2019, around 10:30 pm, the Colusa Fire Department was called to a Pacific Gas and Electric Co.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2547/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2547/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:19:49 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2021, United States: A substation fire in or near Dufur, Oregon, destroyed an abandoned farmhouse that local people regarded as an iconic... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2546/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2546/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:19:38 GMT Grid infrastructure Philippines March 2022, Philippines: A first alarm fire broke out at a Meralco substation on Banawe Street, along Del Monte Avenue, in Quezon City on a Tuesday,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2545/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2545/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:19:28 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom 2022, United Kingdom: Storms in November damaged the Pallion substation in Sunderland, which supplies power to the overhead lines of the Tyne and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2544/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2544/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:19:19 GMT Data centre Nepal June 2023, Nepal: On 20 June 2023 a transformer at the K3 sub-station exploded at about 1.30 pm, according to NITC's statement, cutting mains... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2543/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2543/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:19:11 GMT Grid infrastructure United States July 2024, United States: On the morning of Tuesday 30 July 2024, a wildfire broke out along Highway 14, west of Paterson, Benton County, Washington.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2542/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2542/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:19:01 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa November 2023, South Africa: A substation at Rosebank in Johannesburg, South Africa, caught fire at around 21:00 on 17 November 2023. City Power was... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2541/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2541/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:18:56 GMT Grid infrastructure India February 2024, India: An underground cable puncture and a minor fire in the cable trench at the Mylapore substation in Chennai caused power... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2540/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2540/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:18:43 GMT Grid infrastructure Nigeria March 2024, Nigeria: A fire was reported at the Dan-Agundi Transmission Station in Kano on a Sunday, in a report published on 10 March 2024. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2539/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2539/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:18:33 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom August 2024, United Kingdom: On a Sunday afternoon in August 2024, at about 3.54pm, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service was alerted to a fire at... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2538/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2538/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 06:46:58 GMT Wind (onshore) Japan 2026, Japan: A fire at a wind power generator in Kotoura town, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, was reported by TV Asahi News on 24 October... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2537/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2537/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 05:42:28 GMT Solar PV 2026, Other: A Hindi-language news video published by Amar Ujala on 24 October 2026 reports a massive fire at a solar plant, with flames... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2536/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2536/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:42:54 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2026, United States: A tripped transmission line caused a power outage that left more than half of Mt. Olive, New Jersey, without electricity on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2535/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2535/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 03:42:44 GMT Grid infrastructure Turkey December 2018, Turkey: A transformer exploded at the Çorum Organised Industrial Zone (OSB) in Turkey, after which a fire started in the oil tanks... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2534/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2534/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:42:48 GMT Grid infrastructure Brazil October 2026, Brazil: A fire broke out at a substation operated by CPFL (Companhia Paulista de Força e Luz) in Ipuã, Brazil, on the morning of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2533/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2533/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:02:59 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom October 2026, United Kingdom: At about 11.10pm on Thursday 22 October 2026, an explosion involving equipment on an electricity pylon in Grantham,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2532/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2532/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 23:52:05 GMT Grid infrastructure India 2026, India: A report on urbanacres.in, published on 23 October 2026, has the headline that transformer fires in Hyderabad expose gaps in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2531/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2531/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:57:02 GMT Grid infrastructure Taiwan October 2026, Taiwan: On 23 October 2026, a distribution box (transformer box) exploded on Suao New City South Road in Suao, Yilan County, Taiwan,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2530/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2530/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:56:17 GMT Data centre Portugal October 2026, Portugal: On 19 October 2026, a power outage at a data centre (data center) in northern Portugal operated by SPMS, the agency responsible for the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2529/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2529/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 16:56:07 GMT Solar PV India 2026, India: A fire broke out at the Grave solar plant in Dudu, Rajasthan, India. A Hindi-language report from Dainik Bhaskar, published... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.