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, 07 Nov 2026 16:05:52 GMT 60 https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2820/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2820/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:30:56 GMT Grid infrastructure United States January 2017, United States: On Sunday 15 January 2017, at around 8:30 am, a transformer exploded and burned above the New Haven Line railroad tracks in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2819/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2819/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:30:39 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa July 2021, South Africa: An electrical substation exploded in Mandeni, on the North Coast of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, on Thursday 1 July 2021.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2818/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2818/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:30:29 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2025, United States: A transformer fire on Highway 35 in Belmar, New Jersey, led to a power outage affecting parts of the town, according to the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2817/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2817/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:30:19 GMT Solar PV Brazil 2025, Brazil: A small fire broke out at a home in a condominium in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, after flames reached part of the solar energy... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2816/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2816/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:30:08 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa February 2026, South Africa: On the night of Thursday 12 February 2026, Transformer C at the Heatherley Substation in eastern Pretoria burned, and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2815/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2815/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:29:45 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom 2026, United Kingdom: A fire at Sidegate Lane Primary School in Ipswich, Suffolk, started in a solar panel on the school roof, according to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2814/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2814/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:29:42 GMT Grid infrastructure Netherlands June 2026, Netherlands: A fire broke out on the afternoon of Friday 12 June 2026 in a transformer house near Woerden in the Netherlands. The fire... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2813/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2813/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:29:40 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom April 2026, United Kingdom: Firefighters were called to a single-storey home on Squirrel Lane, High Wycombe, at about 2.24pm on 19 April 2026 after... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2812/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2812/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:29:26 GMT Solar PV United States 2026, United States: A fire broke out at the Mount Signal One Solar Plant, which sits right off Highway 98 west of Calexico in Imperial County,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2811/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2811/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 10:02:41 GMT Grid infrastructure South Korea November 2026, South Korea: At about 10:03 on 7 November 2026, a fire broke out at a roadside transformer near the Terminal Intersection in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2810/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2810/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:22:27 GMT Grid infrastructure Italy November 2026, Italy: On the evening of 6 November 2026, according to RomaToday, a fire destroyed an electrical cabin (cabina elettrica) on Via... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2809/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2809/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:42:35 GMT Battery storage Italy November 2026, Italy: An alarm was raised for a fire in a basement in Alghero, Italy, and a whole building was evacuated. Firefighters arrived and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2808/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2808/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:42:48 GMT Grid infrastructure Mexico 2026, Mexico: A municipal official said irregular electrical connections at the Laguna del Náinari site damaged a substation, and released... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2807/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2807/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:03:04 GMT Grid infrastructure Venezuela 2026, Venezuela: A reported fault on power transformers at the Tigre II substation in El Tigre, Anzoategui state, Venezuela, left several... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2806/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2806/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:03:00 GMT Grid infrastructure Egypt 2026, Egypt: A fire broke out at the main power station in Farafra Centre, New Valley Governorate, Egypt, after a transformer inside the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2805/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2805/ Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:02:53 GMT Grid infrastructure Ukraine November 2026, Ukraine: On 6 November 2026, ANTIKOR reported that a fire broke out at an electrical substation in the Kyiv region of Ukraine after a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2804/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2804/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:16:30 GMT Solar PV United States November 2026, United States: Fire crews were called on a Friday morning to a solar panel farm at the Saint Cloud Nutrient, Energy, and Water (NEW)... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2803/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2803/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:16:25 GMT Grid infrastructure Turkey 2026, Turkey: A fire broke out at an electricity transformer on the Gözpınar road in Kurtalan, a district of Siirt province in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2802/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2802/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:02:56 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa 2026, South Africa: A large power outage affected parts of Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni on a Friday morning. City Power said the outage in the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2801/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2801/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:55:29 GMT Grid infrastructure Canada 2019, Canada: Transformer Magazine reported that a transformer explosion in Toronto, Canada, caused a power surge that sparked fires and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2800/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2800/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:46:23 GMT Grid infrastructure Canada May 2017, Canada: On Monday 1 May 2017, at about 5:15 p.m., a transformer exploded and burned in an underground Toronto Hydro vault beneath... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2799/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2799/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:45:49 GMT Grid infrastructure United States July 2017, United States: A transformer caught fire at about 4:14 p.m. on Saturday 22 July 2017 at 7735 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore. Baltimore Gas and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2798/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2798/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:45:41 GMT Grid infrastructure United States August 2017, United States: On Wednesday 9 August 2017, at around 4 p.m., an underground fire involving a transformer and cables released high levels of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2797/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2797/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:45:38 GMT Grid infrastructure United States March 2018, United States: A transformer located near the helicopter landing pad at Lake Martin Community Hospital in Dadeville, Alabama, caught fire... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2796/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2796/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:45:35 GMT Other United States May 2018, United States: On Tuesday 29 May 2018, during the evening rush hour, building security ordered the evacuation of the PPG Tower at 1 PPG... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2795/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2795/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:45:18 GMT Grid infrastructure United States July 2018, United States: The roof of the historic Ithaca Bakery on North Meadow Street in Ithaca caught fire on a Wednesday morning, around 8:30 a.m.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2794/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2794/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:45:17 GMT Grid infrastructure United States September 2018, United States: A transformer fire on Summit Avenue in Summit, New Jersey, on Thursday 6 September 2018 caused a power outage affecting 778... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2793/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2793/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:45:09 GMT Grid infrastructure New Zealand February 2019, New Zealand: On 17 February 2019, a transformer box at the intersection of Ranui and Pah Streets in the Matua area of Tauranga caught... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2792/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2792/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:58 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa October 2019, South Africa: A transformer fire at the Pyramid substation in Rooiwal, Pretoria, was reported at 17:59 on Friday 18 October 2019.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2791/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2791/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:57 GMT Grid infrastructure Canada October 2020, Canada: A transformer failure and fire at the Churchill Falls switchyard in Newfoundland and Labrador resulted in an oil spill on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2790/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2790/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:54 GMT Grid infrastructure Pakistan 2020, Pakistan: A pole-mounted transformer (PMT) caught fire late on a Monday night in the New Charlie Road area of Karachi, according to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2789/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2789/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:50 GMT Grid infrastructure United States July 2020, United States: On the morning of Friday 31 July 2020, a transformer on a utility pole at the junction of Gillotti Road and Titicus Mountain... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2788/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2788/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:35 GMT Grid infrastructure United States December 2020, United States: Shortly before 3 a.m. on Monday 21 December 2020, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) was called to a transformer fire... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2787/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2787/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:25 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2020, United States: A transformer caught fire at 270 Park Avenue, at East 48th Street in Manhattan, New York City, according to a Firefighter... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2786/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2786/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:12 GMT Grid infrastructure United States May 2021, United States: At around 9:30 p.m. on 2 May 2021, a transformer on a utility pole in Norwich, Chenango County, New York, blew, bringing... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2785/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2785/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:04 GMT Grid infrastructure United States November 2021, United States: On a Tuesday night, reported as about 9:20pm and most likely 30 November 2021, a failed transformer caught fire at the Watts... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2784/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2784/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:44:01 GMT Grid infrastructure United States July 2021, United States: On 22 July 2021, at about 5:20 p.m., a transformer exploded beneath a sidewalk on Farmers Boulevard in St. Albans, Queens,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2783/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2783/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:43:44 GMT Grid infrastructure United States July 2022, United States: Early on Wednesday 6 July 2022, a single-vehicle crash occurred in the 5500 block of Goldsboro Road near Radnor Road in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2782/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2782/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:43:38 GMT Grid infrastructure United States April 2023, United States: On Friday 28 April 2023, at around 8.15am, a manhole exploded at the corner of North Munn Avenue and Summit Street in East... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2781/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2781/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:02:58 GMT Grid infrastructure Czech Republic 2026, Czech Republic: A power outage affected the left bank of the Vltava in Prague, particularly the Prague 5 and Prague 6 districts. Pražská... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2780/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2780/ Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:22:40 GMT Grid infrastructure Turkey 2026, Turkey: An explosion occurred at an electricity transformer on Elazığ Street in the 75. Yıl neighbourhood of Odunpazarı district,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2779/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2779/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 18:22:45 GMT Solar PV United States 2026, United States: A transformer fire at a solar farm in Chesapeake caused a grass fire on the site, according to a report published by... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2778/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2778/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:07:39 GMT Wind (onshore) United States June 2021, United States: A wind turbine caught fire in Lyford, Willacy County, Texas, on Monday 21 June 2021, according to ValleyCentral.com, which... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2777/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2777/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 13:06:41 GMT Battery storage United States 2025, United States: A 12News report published on 1 October 2025 carries the headline 'Multiple agencies respond to battery storage fire' and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2776/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2776/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:58:32 GMT Solar PV United States 2017, United States: In January 2017 the New Hampshire Union Leader reported a fire in Manchester, New Hampshire, in the United States, in which... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2775/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2775/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:58:31 GMT Wind (onshore) Sweden January 2021, Sweden: A lattice boom mobile crane collapsed at the construction site of the 175MW Björkvattnet onshore wind farm in Jamtland... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2774/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2774/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:58:21 GMT Grid infrastructure Singapore January 2019, Singapore: A voltage transformer at a substation in Bright Hill, Singapore, is the likely cause of a power outage on 26 January 2019... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2773/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2773/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:58:13 GMT Grid infrastructure Nigeria May 2018, Nigeria: A fire engulfed a substation of the Benin Electricity Distribution Company (BEDC) at Okoloba junction in Effurun, Uvwie... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2772/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2772/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:58:11 GMT Grid infrastructure Iran July 2020, Iran: An explosion damaged a transformer at the Islamabad thermal power plant in Isfahan, in central Iran, at about 5:00 am on a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2771/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2771/ Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:57:52 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom July 2024, United Kingdom: On 26 July 2024 at about 5.38pm, fire crews were called to a house in Middlegate Court, in the Bierley area of Bradford,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read.