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, 17 Oct 2026 09:17:00 GMT 60 https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2439/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2439/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:12:06 GMT Solar PV Netherlands 2026, Netherlands: Brabants Dagblad reported two fires in solar panels in Rosmalen, the Netherlands, under a headline asking whether the... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2438/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2438/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:12:05 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa 2022, South Africa: A substation exploded in Bloemfontein in the Free State province of South Africa on a Thursday, shortly before the report... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2437/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2437/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:11:40 GMT Battery storage Germany June 2024, Germany: On 7 June 2024 batteries in an overseas container caught fire at the engineering and test centre of Suncycle in Thuringia,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2436/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2436/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:11:21 GMT Grid infrastructure South Africa October 2026, South Africa: On Wednesday evening, 14 October 2026 (the date is inferred from the report, which refers to Wednesday evening and to a... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2435/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2435/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:03:18 GMT Solar PV United States April 2019, United States: On Monday 29 April 2019, firefighters were called to a single-storey family home in Visalia, California, after callers... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2434/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2434/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:03:15 GMT Grid infrastructure United States January 2018, United States: On Friday 19 January 2018, at about 9:40pm, a fire in a substation caused a power outage in the Magnolia and Ballard areas... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2433/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2433/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:02:51 GMT Solar PV United States May 2021, United States: On Wednesday 26 May 2021, 9-1-1 received numerous reports of a fire at the solar farm on Highway 80 East in Twin City,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2432/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2432/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:02:43 GMT Grid infrastructure United Kingdom June 2022, United Kingdom: On 16 June 2022, a fire at a substation caused a major power outage in Penrith, Cumbria. Electricity North West said more... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2431/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2431/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:02:17 GMT Grid infrastructure United States February 2024, United States: A switchgear fire on a ground transformer on Highway 30, east of Carroll, Iowa, began shortly before noon on Monday 5... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2430/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2430/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:02:15 GMT Grid infrastructure United States February 2024, United States: On Monday 12 February 2024, at about 6:24 pm, a fiery crash involving two vehicles and a transformer was reported near... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2429/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2429/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:02:08 GMT Grid infrastructure Kosovo April 2024, Kosovo: On 3 April 2024 a fire affected Pristina Substation 3, a KOSTT substation in Pristina, Kosovo, according to Kosovarja,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2428/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2428/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:02:05 GMT Grid infrastructure Argentina February 2024, Argentina: On a Saturday afternoon, around 3 pm, a fire broke out at a substation operated by Edesur in the Caballito neighbourhood of... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2427/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2427/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 09:02:02 GMT Grid infrastructure India 2024, India: Areas on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, including Bopal, Shela and Sanand, experienced power disruptions over three days,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2426/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2426/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:42:36 GMT Grid infrastructure Sri Lanka October 2026, Sri Lanka: On 17 October 2026 the Daily Mirror reported that Sri Lanka was experiencing an islandwide power outage. The National System... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2425/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2425/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 06:42:37 GMT Battery storage Poland October 2026, Poland: A fire involving an energy storage system at a single-family house in Mchy, Poland, was reported by PortalSremski.pl on 17... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2424/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2424/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 05:22:42 GMT Grid infrastructure China October 2026, China: A fire at the Chencuogang substation was reported by Shihua Daily on 17 October 2026. A statement attributed to Guoneng said... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2423/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2423/ Sat, 17 Oct 2026 03:03:42 GMT Grid infrastructure Vietnam October 2026, Vietnam: At about 07:04 local time on 17 October 2026, a power outage occurred at the Thu Duc 220kV substation in Ho Chi Minh City,... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2422/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2422/ Fri, 16 Oct 2026 17:43:10 GMT Battery storage Poland 2026, Poland: A fire broke out in the basement of a single-family house in Mchy, in the Książ Wielkopolski commune of Poland. The fire... Sources, causes and lessons, free to read. 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: On 16 October 2026 a fire broke out at about 6.03pm at the Kangkar Tebrau main intake substation in Johor Bahru, operated by... 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-2403/ https://energyincidentregister.com/incident/eir-2403/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 10:23:11 GMT Grid infrastructure 2026, Other: A news report published on 14 October 2026 by the Arabic-language news portal Akhbar El Yom carries the headline that a fire... 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: Dhaka Tribune reported in October 2023 that a fire followed an explosion at the Aminbazar grid substation in Dhaka,... 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.