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 Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:12:04 GMT 60 https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2421/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2421/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:23:09 GMT Data centre Norway 2026, Norway: Nscale's data centre (data center) project at Glomfjord, Norway, is reportedly running six months behind schedule, according to a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2420/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2420/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 14:14:44 GMT Grid infrastructure United States September 2026, United States: In the early morning of 11 September 2026 a lineman employed by a subcontracting company was seriously injured while... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2419/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2419/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 12:04:09 GMT Grid infrastructure Malaysia October 2026, Malaysia: A fire broke out at a substation in Kangkar Tebrau, Johor Bahru, at about 6.03pm on 16 October 2026, according to a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2418/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2418/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 10:04:06 GMT Grid infrastructure Ukraine October 2026, Ukraine: A fire was reported at the Nyzhnohirska substation (PS 110/35/10 kV) in Nyzhnohirskyi town, Crimea, on the morning of 16... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2417/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2417/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:42:41 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa 2026, South Africa: City Power's Central substation in Marshalltown, in the Johannesburg CBD, has suffered a fourth fire, according to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2416/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2416/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:42:38 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa October 2026, South Africa: A fourth fire broke out at City Power's Central substation in Marshalltown, in the Johannesburg CBD, overnight before... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2415/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2415/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:42:38 GMT Wind (onshore) United States 2020, United States: A letter to the editor in the Jacksonville Journal-Courier reports that a blade from a wind turbine in Adair County, Iowa,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2414/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2414/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:31:02 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2022, United States: According to the headline and summary of a Times Union report published on 18 July 2022, a blast occurred at a National Grid... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2413/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2413/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:30:56 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom August 2022, United Kingdom: Fire crews were called at around midday on 9 August 2022 to reports of a fire affecting an electrical substation within the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2412/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2412/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:30:52 GMT Solar PV United States April 2023, United States: On 8 April 2023, a fire broke out in solar panels on the roof of a house on Ambleside Drive in Falmouth, on Cape Cod. A... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2411/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2411/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:30:44 GMT Grid infrastructure Russia January 2024, Russia: Ukrinform reported that an electrical substation caught fire after an explosion in Stary Oskol, Belgorod region, on 18... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2410/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2410/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:30:30 GMT Grid infrastructure Brazil February 2024, Brazil: In the early hours of Monday 5 February 2024, an explosion and fire occurred at an Energisa power substation in Vila... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2409/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2409/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:30:20 GMT Wind (onshore) Vietnam March 2024, Vietnam: On Friday 1 March 2024, at around 5 pm, turbine blades fell from the Hoa Binh Wind Power No. 5 project in Hoa Binh District,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2408/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2408/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:29:50 GMT Solar PV United States June 2024, United States: On Friday 28 June 2024, at around 1pm local time, Sacramento Fire Department crews were called to a five-storey building on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2407/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2407/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 09:29:49 GMT Wind (onshore) Australia 2024, Australia: A man in his 30s fell about 20 metres to the ground from a piece of equipment at the Proserpine Wind Farm, on Station Road... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2406/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2406/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:43:01 GMT Grid infrastructure United States June 2026, United States: On 29 June 2026, an aspen tree blown down by winds of about 45 mph fell across overhead power lines in a forest about 200... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2405/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2405/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:43:17 GMT Wind (onshore) Germany October 2026, Germany: Overnight, reported by police on 16 October 2026, the trailer of a heavy-load transporter left a gravel forest track near... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2404/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2404/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 12:43:26 GMT Wind (onshore) Japan 2026, Japan: A blade breakage accident at a wind turbine at Niiyahama, Japan, was the subject of a press conference held on 31 August... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2403/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2403/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:23:11 GMT Grid infrastructure Egypt 2026, Egypt: A fire broke out at an electricity transformer station at Naqra 2 in Aswan, Egypt, according to a report published by the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2402/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2402/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:04:25 GMT Grid infrastructure Germany 2026, Germany: Passers-by noticed suspicious devices near a substation in the Gohr district of Dormagen, North Rhine-Westphalia, on a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2401/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2401/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:51:35 GMT Data centre United Kingdom November 2016, United Kingdom: At about 6am on Monday 14 November 2016, internet connectivity was affected for a number of broadband ISPs after a fault... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2400/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2400/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:51:09 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa October 2026, South Africa: A fire broke out at City Power's Central substation in Johannesburg on Tuesday afternoon, 13 October 2026, according to EWN... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2399/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2399/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:39:39 GMT Battery storage United States April 2019, United States: Peoria firefighters were called to a battery fire at a power substation just outside Phoenix, Arizona, on a Friday night,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2398/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2398/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:39:28 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2022, United States: BART officials said an electrical fire at one of the transit agency's substations caused a loss of power on the tracks and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2397/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2397/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:38:50 GMT Grid infrastructure United States March 2023, United States: On Saturday 4 March 2023, a fire was reported at an Entergy substation on La. 70 in St. James Parish, Louisiana, according... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2396/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2396/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:38:48 GMT Grid infrastructure India November 2022, India: A fire broke out on the morning of Saturday 19 November 2022 in one of three power transformers at a substation located... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2395/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2395/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:38:44 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa April 2023, South Africa: On 11 April 2023, residents of Parkrand, Ekurhuleni, were without power for several hours after an equipment failure at a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2394/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2394/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:38:03 GMT Grid infrastructure Bangladesh 2023, Bangladesh: A fire followed an explosion at the Aminbazar grid substation in Bangladesh during rain, according to a Dhaka Tribune report... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2393/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2393/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:04:24 GMT Grid infrastructure Egypt October 2026, Egypt: On the evening of Wednesday 14 October 2026, according to a report in Cairo 24, a fire broke out in an electricity... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2392/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2392/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:04:23 GMT Battery storage South Korea July 2025, South Korea: In July 2025, near the end of a demonstration project, a vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) energy storage system operated... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2391/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2391/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:04:15 GMT Grid infrastructure India October 2026, India: A transformer at a 132 kV substation opposite the Old College in Narwana, Jind, caught fire suddenly on Wednesday 14 October... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2390/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2390/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:43:21 GMT Grid infrastructure Brazil 2026, Brazil: A failure at the Cachoeira Grande substation in Manaus, Brazil, caused a power cut affecting several neighbourhoods of the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2389/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2389/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:23:30 GMT Grid infrastructure Egypt October 2026, Egypt: Two people were injured in a fire that broke out at an electricity transformer on the Toshka road, east of Al-Owainat in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2387/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2387/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:09:03 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa September 2026, South Africa: A fire at the Waltloo substation in Tshwane, South Africa, on 29 September left residents in Murrayfield, parts of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2386/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2386/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:58:06 GMT Grid infrastructure United States June 2017, United States: A Mylar balloon became tangled in a power line in Huntington Beach, California, causing a transformer at 6371 Down Drive to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2385/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2385/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:58:04 GMT Grid infrastructure United States October 2017, United States: On Monday 30 October 2017, at around 2 p.m. local time, a large transformer at a Nashville Electric Service (NES) substation... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2384/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2384/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:57:50 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa September 2017, South Africa: Shortly before 8am on Monday 11 September 2017, residents of Seatides, a settlement south of Ballito on the M4 in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2383/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2383/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:57:40 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom March 2018, United Kingdom: A fire broke out in the roof space of a house in Trewoon, near St Austell in Cornwall, on Sunday afternoon, 25 March 2018.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2382/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2382/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:57:34 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom September 2017, United Kingdom: At about 4.20am on a Thursday in late September 2017, firefighters were called to Nant power station, near Kilchrenan in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2381/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2381/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:57:31 GMT Grid infrastructure Puerto Rico February 2018, Puerto Rico: On Sunday 11 February 2018, an explosion and fire at an electric substation in Puerto Rico caused a widespread blackout. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2380/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2380/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:57:23 GMT Grid infrastructure United States November 2018, United States: On the morning of Saturday 17 November 2018, residents in parts of Signal Hill, Cal Heights and Bixby Knolls, California,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2379/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2379/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:57:17 GMT Solar PV United States 2019, United States: Volusia County Fire responded to a grass fire reported at a Florida Power and Light solar farm on S.R. 44 in Volusia County,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2378/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2378/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:56:56 GMT Grid infrastructure United States November 2019, United States: A fire was reported at the Kettering substation on East Dorothy Lane, just west of Wilmington Pike, at around 7:40 a.m. on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2377/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2377/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:56:38 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2020, United States: A transformer fire caused a power outage in East Ocean View, a neighbourhood that the source URL places in Norfolk,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2376/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2376/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:56:34 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa January 2020, South Africa: On Monday 13 January 2020 an explosion at a municipal substation in Newton Park, Port Elizabeth, knocked out about half of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2375/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2375/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 09:43:15 GMT Battery storage Germany 2026, Germany: According to a regional newspaper report published on 14 October 2026, a battery storage unit in the cellar of a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2374/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2374/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:43:25 GMT Grid infrastructure United States October 2026, United States: At 11:52 pm on Monday 12 October 2026, an outage affected customers of Rochester Public Utilities (RPU) in Rochester. RPU... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2373/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2373/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:23:28 GMT Grid infrastructure Ukraine October 2026, Ukraine: As of 14 October 2026, power outages were reported in the temporarily occupied cities of Donetsk and Makiivka, Ukraine.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2372/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2372/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 05:04:14 GMT Grid infrastructure Ghana 2026, Ghana: A fire reportedly damaged parts of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) substation at Mallam, Accra, Ghana, according to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2371/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2371/ Wed, 14 Oct 2026 04:43:32 GMT Wind (onshore) South Korea February 2026, South Korea: On 10 February 2026 a wind turbine caught fire on a hillside near Eden Valley in Eogok-dong, Yangsan, Gyeongnam Province,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.