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, 23 Oct 2026 17:44:50 GMT 60 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. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2528/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2528/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:02:02 GMT Other Sri Lanka 2025, Sri Lanka: The third generator at the Lakvijaya coal power plant in Norochcholai, Sri Lanka, was added to the national grid and then... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2527/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2527/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:47:20 GMT Other United Kingdom October 2017, United Kingdom: Firefighters were called to the Lisahally Biomass Power Plant near Derry Port at about 19:30 on a Sunday evening after... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2526/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2526/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:47:14 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom June 2019, United Kingdom: A small fire broke out on the roof of a new building at Bulford St Leonard's Primary School in Bulford at about 1pm on 17... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2525/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2525/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:47:12 GMT Wind (onshore) United States February 2019, United States: A wind turbine collapsed, toppling to the ground, at the Casa Mesa Wind Energy Center in New Mexico, United States, operated... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2524/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2524/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:47:05 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom December 2020, United Kingdom: A fire broke out at an electrical substation off Bury New Road in Broughton, Salford, at about 4.45pm on 29 December 2020.... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2523/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2523/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:46:52 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom August 2020, United Kingdom: A fire believed to have started in a solar panel gutted the roof space and upstairs rooms of a semi-detached house on... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2522/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2522/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:46:46 GMT Solar PV United Kingdom June 2021, United Kingdom: On 29 June 2021, staff and pupils at Ormiston Denes Academy on Yarmouth Road, Lowestoft, were evacuated from the building at... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2521/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2521/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:46:38 GMT Solar PV United States October 2022, United States: A solar panel on the roof of a two-storey residence on Avenida Ronada in Newhall, California, caught fire at about 12:15 pm... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2520/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2520/ Fri, 23 Oct 2026 09:46:03 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom June 2024, United Kingdom: On 1 June 2024, cables at an electrical substation on Boundary Road, Chatham, Kent, caught fire shortly after 3am, according... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2519/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2519/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:59:42 GMT Solar PV India October 2026, India: A fire broke out in a second-floor room of a house in the Khatkhata Baba Colony on Ramlila Road, in the Kotwali area of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2518/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2518/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:03:22 GMT Grid infrastructure India October 2026, India: Around 1 am on Wednesday 21 October 2026, according to a report published on 22 October, an unidentified person set fire to... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2517/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2517/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:03:17 GMT Grid infrastructure United States 2026, United States: The Corporación del Fondo del Seguro del Estado (CFSE), Puerto Rico's state insurance fund, reported that an explosion at an... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. 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: According to the Northern Echo, an electrical box at Saltburn substation on Windsor Road, Saltburn, caught fire and exploded... 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: According to The Citizen, published on 24 August 2020, an isolator between the Njala 132 KW substation (as printed in the... 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 05:00 on Wednesday 21 October 2026, a fault at the Ferryhill substation on Deemount Gardens in 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, according to a report by The Courier published... 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 October 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.