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Energy incidents in 2019
Incidents from 2019 across battery storage, solar, wind and grid infrastructure.
47 published entries. Newest first. Search and filter these in the register.
- Singapore grid operator fined after two substation fires cause power failures
- Wind turbine destroyed by fire at wind farm near Wynyard, England
- Reported oil leak sparks fire at Kwagga substation in Pretoria West
- Smoke reported at substation in Tigné, Malta, prompts fire brigade response
- South Korean government investigation blames poor protection and installation for 23 ESS fires
- Transformer explosion knocks out power in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn
- Wind turbine fire reported to have sparked wildfire in southern Washington state
- Malta interconnector reported damaged, causing outages with more possible
- Con Edison substation fire at West 64th Street triggers Manhattan blackout
- Klaarwater substation explosion in Pinetown cuts power to four suburbs
- Wind turbine blade shatters and falls at Sumac Ridge wind farm in Ontario
- Mechanical failure causes major substation fire and explosions in Edinburgh
- Suspected arson fire destroys Cambuslang substation, cutting power to 2,500 homes
- Vandalised BC Hydro transformers cause oil spill and days of outages
- Fire at Con Edison substation cuts power to Staten Island customers
- Blade failure triggers turbine collapse at Brazilian wind farm
- Fire breaks out at electricity substation near Plaistow primary school
- Fire damages Cabrillo substation in Irvine, cutting power to thousands
- Fire at AEP substation cuts power to thousands in Corpus Christi
- Wind turbine motor fire blamed for wildfire near Merkel, Texas
- Grass fire threatens under-construction Brigalow solar farm in Queensland
- Lightning strike damages distribution panel at Mabaruma Solar Farm, Guyana
- Substation transformer fire cuts power to about 15,000 people near Brea mall
- Feederboard explosion at Brynorth substation cuts power across Johannesburg suburbs
- Wind turbine fire damages blades and nacelle at Pubnico Point Wind Energy Center
- Fire breaks out on ageing Vestas turbine in Denmark
- Worker injured as GE wind turbine collapses in Maranhao, Brazil
- Underground transformer fire blows manhole covers off in downtown Albany
- Lightning strikes Eskom transformer at substation in Free State, causing fire
- Substation equipment failure sparks fire and evacuation at Singapore hotel
- Transformer fire at Krahës substation cuts power to 1500 customers in Albania
- Wind turbine collapses at Chisholm View II wind farm in Oklahoma
- Bird-triggered electrical fault sparks fire and major outage at California solar farm
- Fire destroys 150MVA transformer at Nigerian grid substation in Benin
- Battery storage thermal runaway linked to overcharging at Pyeongchang wind-integration site
- Fire at solar-linked battery storage system in Jangsu, South Korea
- Battery storage fire at Daesung Industrial Gas plant in Ulsan, South Korea
- Fire during new product testing of Powin batteries in Tualatin, Oregon
- ESS fire at solar facility in Chilgok, South Korea
- Battery storage fire follows charging rate increase in Yesan, South Korea
- Fire and explosion reported at solar-storage BESS in Hadong, South Korea
- Fire breaks out at Gunwi battery storage system in South Korea
- Battery storage fire at Koryo Steel plant in Yangsan, South Korea
- Fire destroys 1,200 battery modules at Wando-gun solar storage site
- Transformer fire at Blount Street substation causes Madison, Wisconsin outage
- Nacelle fire at onshore wind site ignites rangeland wildfire
- Thermal runaway and explosion at McMicken battery storage site, Surprise, Arizona
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