October 2026: what the register recorded
110 incidents dated October 2026 are on the register as of 2026-11-01: 76 at grid infrastructure, 16 at solar PV, 11 at wind (onshore), 4 at data centre, 1 at battery storage, 1 at other, 1 at wind (offshore). 10 classed major, 56 significant. That is 33 more than September 2026 (77).
Read this as a count of what is recorded, not of what happened. Entries for a month keep arriving for weeks as reporting catches up and the recheck confirms them, so this page is regenerated on every build and the figures move. 969 entries were published during the month, most of them about earlier years; that number is not incidents in the month. The methodology says how entries are found and checked.
Classed major
- Transformer explosion injures four near Bengaluru warehouse
- Grid fault cuts power to Lanzarote and disrupts desalination water supply
- Operator killed in electrocution at 33 kV substation in Unnao
- Rooftop solar panel falls in storm, killing two in Firozabad
- Man found dead beside Johor substation, electrocution from cable theft suspected
- Islandwide power outage in Sri Lanka prompts request for rooftop solar systems to be switched off
- Drone attacks damage five Sudanese power substations, causing southeast blackout
- Wind turbine collapses onto fields in Weeze, Germany
- Fire destroys substation in Alacranes, Matanzas, Cuba, cutting power to about 3,700 customers
- Power grid failure hits eastern Dhaka and parts of Chattogram
Classed significant
- Nizhnohirskyi substation damage causes outages
- Fire at underground electrical vaults near California Street and Front Street
- Blade damage at Greater Changhua Northwest offshore wind farm, Changhua, Taiwan
- Explosion and fire at Banco Plaza in El Vigía linked to solar inverter battery overload
- Fire at Baeza substation reported to halt crude oil transport
- High-voltage substation fire causes Nong Chok blackout
- Transformer explodes on Bengaluru footpath, injuring two pedestrians
- Fire at Yandex data centre in Sasovo, company links it to drone attack
- Three transmission towers collapse in Nasarawa storm, cutting regional power supply
- Explosion at Nizhnegorsk substation reported before power outages in Crimea
- Vegetation fire reportedly reaches Cemig substation in Ipatinga, Brazil
- Lightning fire destroys substation cabinet in Quang Ngai, leaving 221 households without power
- Fire destroys equipment at Santa Quitéria solar farm in Brazil
- Arson fire damages mini substation in Fleurhof, Roodepoort
- Substation fire leaves three Salvador neighbourhoods without power
- Wind turbine fire at a wind farm on the Cruz de Hierro pass, Aldeavieja, Ávila, Spain
- Fire damages transformer at El Algar substation supplying water to Marina Baixa
- Wind turbine fire reported near Willacy County, Texas
- Fire at electrical substation cuts power to 61 homes in Bolbec
- Russian shelling damages substations and power lines near Zaporizhzhia
- Drone attack reported to shut down Yandex data centre in Vladimir region, Russia
- Wind turbine fire at La Rumorosa wind farm, Baja California, Mexico
- Reported substation fire coincides with blackout in occupied Donetsk and Makiivka
- Two people injured in transformer fire on Toshka road, Aswan
- Transformer fire at 132 kV substation in Narwana, India
And 31 more, on the register.
Where, and what kind
By country
- India
- United States
- Brazil
- South Africa
- Ukraine
- Germany
- Spain
- Turkey
- South Korea
- United Kingdom
- Egypt
- France
By kind
- Thermal / fire
- Electrical
- Other
- Mechanical
The register as a whole
2,228 published entries from 103 countries as of 2026-11-01. 1,119 grid infrastructure (50%), 145 battery storage (7%). 913 electrical faults against 970 fires or thermal events. 62% in normal operation, 5% at commissioning.
The full picture, with what failed and what the numbers cannot show, is in the quarterly report. Every entry names its sources; a correction is free for anyone, always.
Cite as: Energy Incident Register (2026). October 2026: what the register recorded. https://energyincidentregister.com/reports/2026-10