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 Sun, 01 Nov 2026 22:31:24 GMT 60 https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2709/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2709/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:22:15 GMT Grid infrastructure Austria November 2026, Austria: On Sunday afternoon, 1 November 2026, a large-scale power cut affected the south of the city of Salzburg and the northern... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2708/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2708/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 17:42:28 GMT Grid infrastructure Sudan November 2026, Sudan: Drone strikes in the days before and including Sunday, 1 November 2026 (the source gives relative days, so exact dates are... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2707/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2707/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 16:22:05 GMT Grid infrastructure Mexico 2026, Mexico: Tabasco HOY reported on 1 November 2026, in a headline, that a fire at a transformer in Tamulté had been extinguished. The... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2706/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2706/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:34:46 GMT Grid infrastructure United States October 2026, United States: Overnight, downed power lines crossed Highway 26 at Murray Boulevard in Portland, Oregon, and some lines landed on and... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2705/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2705/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:34:11 GMT Wind (onshore) Lithuania 2022, Lithuania: GE Renewable Energy is reported to be investigating the collapse of one of its newest onshore wind turbines, a Cypress... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2704/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2704/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:21:28 GMT Grid infrastructure Canada January 2012, Canada: On Friday 27 January 2012, a fire broke out at about 9:30 a.m. Pacific time at the Atchelitz substation, a BC Hydro facility... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2703/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2703/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:21:17 GMT Solar PV Australia July 2023, Australia: A 41-year-old man died at the Wellington North solar farm, under construction in the Orana region of New South Wales, on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2702/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2702/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:21:04 GMT Grid infrastructure United States November 2018, United States: On the morning of Wednesday 21 November 2018, a Pacific Gas and Electric transformer reportedly blew underground near the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2701/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2701/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:21:01 GMT Grid infrastructure Russia 2024, Russia: An explosion occurred at the Kalininskaya substation in Yekaterinburg, Russia, according to a Metro.co.uk video report... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2700/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2700/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:20:16 GMT Wind (offshore) United Kingdom 2026, United Kingdom: Repeated Vestas wind turbine failures have caused downtime at a pioneering floating offshore wind project in Scotland, with... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2699/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2699/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 09:02:35 GMT Grid infrastructure Turkey September 2018, Turkey: On 6 September 2018, a fire broke out at the Safranbolu Trafo Merkezi substation in Safranbolu district of Karabük province,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2698/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2698/ Sun, 01 Nov 2026 08:42:04 GMT Grid infrastructure Turkey 2026, Turkey: A local news report published by Kocaeli Koz on 30 October 2026 states that a transformer exploded in Kocaeli, Turkey,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2697/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2697/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:14:58 GMT Solar PV France January 2010, France: On 14 January 2010, at about 15:30, a fire broke out on the roof of a 15,000 m² authorised warehouse at Val-de-Reuil,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2696/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2696/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:14:17 GMT Grid infrastructure United States March 2017, United States: An underground transformer fire on Argyle Road in Brooklyn, New York, sent smoke plumes up and down the street on the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2695/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2695/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:14:16 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2017, United States: According to a short 10News report, a transformer caught fire in the 700 block of Kettner Boulevard in downtown San Diego,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2694/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2694/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:14:14 GMT Other Chile November 2019, Chile: On the evening of 12 November 2019, a fire broke out at the top of the central tower of the Cerro Dominador concentrated... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2693/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2693/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:14:12 GMT Grid infrastructure Canada July 2018, Canada: A fire broke out at about 12:15 a.m. on 28 July 2018 at a Hydro One transformer station near Finch Avenue and Signet Drive... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2692/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2692/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:14:03 GMT Solar PV South Korea 2021, South Korea: In July 2021, heavy rain caused about two metres of stone embankments and 20 metres of barbed wire fencing at a solar farm... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2691/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2691/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:13:45 GMT Grid infrastructure United States December 2022, United States: On Christmas Day 2022 a fire broke out late in the evening at a Puget Sound Energy substation in Graham, Washington.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2690/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2690/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:13:34 GMT Solar PV Italy January 2022, Italy: Shortly before 10 am on Saturday 22 January 2022, a fire broke out in a disused warehouse in via Ponara, Bertinoro, in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2689/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2689/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:13:24 GMT Solar PV Italy 2022, Italy: According to a BlogSicilia report published on 1 July 2022, a fire involved the roof and photovoltaic panels of a warehouse... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2688/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2688/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:13:20 GMT Solar PV Spain August 2022, Spain: Firefighters from Álava extinguished a fire that broke out on the morning of 1 August 2022 at the transformer centre of the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2687/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2687/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:13:16 GMT Solar PV Italy December 2022, Italy: On the afternoon of 12 December 2022, at about 14:20, the electrical cabin of a photovoltaic system inside the Cus facility... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2686/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2686/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:12:58 GMT Solar PV Brazil March 2023, Brazil: On Monday 13 March 2023, a fire affected cables of the Sobradinho floating solar plant on the Sobradinho reservoir in... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2685/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2685/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:12:56 GMT Grid infrastructure Bangladesh April 2023, Bangladesh: In an afternoon outage reported by The Daily Star on 15 April 2023, a current transformer exploded at the Madunaghat 132 kV... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2684/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2684/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:12:53 GMT Battery storage China April 2023, China: On 22 April 2023 at about 17:56, the Wuwei Fire and Rescue detachment received an alarm about a fire at a battery energy... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2683/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2683/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:12:47 GMT Grid infrastructure Italy 2023, Italy: A fire broke out in an electrical cabin in the area behind the Palazzo del Comune (town hall) in Solofra, in the province of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2682/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2682/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:12:36 GMT Solar PV Italy 2023, Italy: A fire broke out in a layer poultry shed in Volpago del Montello, in the province of Treviso, Italy, reported on 9 August... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2681/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2681/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:12:13 GMT Grid infrastructure 2023, North America: A broadcast report published on 20 December 2023 states that a fire at a substation in July was traced to mechanical... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2680/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2680/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:12:11 GMT Solar PV Brazil May 2024, Brazil: A small solar plant in the Jardim dos Ypês neighbourhood of Sorriso, Mato Grosso, was largely destroyed by fire on the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2679/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2679/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:11:57 GMT Solar PV Italy June 2024, Italy: A fire broke out on the roof of a SerraMetal factory in Mortegliano, Italy, on the morning of 13 June 2024. According to a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2678/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2678/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:11:56 GMT Solar PV Brazil February 2024, Brazil: A fire damaged a solar power plant in the Derrubada area of São José do Cedro, in western Santa Catarina state, Brazil, on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2677/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2677/ Sat, 31 Oct 2026 17:11:54 GMT Grid infrastructure United States April 2024, United States: On 29 April 2024, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Services (MCFRS) responded to a report of smoke coming from a building... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. 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.