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Energy incidents in 2021
Incidents from 2021 across battery storage, solar, wind and grid infrastructure.
35 published entries. Newest first. Search and filter these in the register.
- Solar farm fire in North Carolina reported as under investigation
- Transformer fire extinguished on university campus with no injuries
- Explosion and turbine fire at Queensland power station cuts power to thousands
- Explosion and fire at Evergy substation in Shawnee, Kansas causes mass outages
- Blade failure reported on GE Vernova Cypress turbine at Björkvattnet wind project, Sweden
- Transformer explosion linked to power outages in Hoboken, New Jersey
- Fire at Mellieħa substation prompts hotel evacuation in Malta
- Substation fire in Miami Beach knocks out power to over 1,000 customers
- Fire reported to have damaged a power substation in Ogden
- Transformer explosion sparks large fire at Norridge substation
- Substation equipment fire cuts power to thousands in Springfield, Oregon
- Substation fire suspected to be caused by cable theft cuts power in Alberton
- Cable failure causes explosion at T&TEC substation in Reform, Trinidad
- Transformer explosion at Shawnee substation cuts power to 22,000 customers
- Fire breaks out at electrical sub-station near Paloncha in Kothagudem district
- Transformer fire at electric substation in Termez City, Uzbekistan
- Worker's hand amputated in machinery accident at Bango Wind Farm near Yass
- Wind turbine fire reported at Ohio Northern University, turbine found down next morning
- Lightning strike destroys wind turbine at rural wind farm
- Fire at Northampton substations cuts power to thousands and prompts evacuations
- Fire spreads to West End Road substation in Southampton
- Substation transformer fire causes island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico
- Floating solar unit severely damaged at Banja floating solar plant, Albania
- Transformer fire causes damage at National Grid substation in Buffalo
- Floating solar unit partly submerged at Banja hydropower reservoir, Albania
- Turbine components fall into sea at Ormonde offshore wind farm, Irish Sea
- Battery fire contained at Invenergy storage facility near Grand Ridge, Illinois
- Wind turbine collapses at Haltern AV9 wind park in Germany
- Battery storage fire destroys solar facility in Hongseong, South Korea
- Fire during commissioning of Tesla Powerpack battery system at Bohle Plains, Australia
- Consumers Energy battery fire triggers shelter-in-place in Standish, Michigan
- Battery overheating forces shutdown of Moss Landing Phase I storage facility
- Fire at an HVDC converter station leads to site evacuation and loss of interconnector capacity
- Beijing rooftop battery storage explosion during firefighting, two firefighter fatalities
- Fire in battery unit during commissioning at Victorian Big Battery, Moorabool
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