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Energy incidents in 2025
Incidents from 2025 across battery storage, solar, wind and grid infrastructure.
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- Five solar farms reported shut down over fire risk, Australia
- Three workers die after carbon monoxide exposure in wind turbine foundation pit
- Turbine tower collapses at Herkentrup wind farm in Germany
- Clamp failure and coolant leak found during Moss Landing battery restart testing
- Fire damages newly commissioned solar noise barrier on Shanghai expressway
- Fatal wind turbine blade failure at Araya Seaside Park, Akita, Japan
- Substation failure triggers major blackout across Prague and northern Czechia
- Sparking transformer fire near Hillsborough substation cuts power to thousands
- Battery storage fire at solar and storage site in Anjwa Township, Shinan-gun, South Korea
- Battery storage fire reported at Jinan-gun facility in South Korea
- Fire guts Palm Ridge Substation control room, cutting power to thousands
- Contractor strikes high-voltage line, sparking transformer fire in Downtown Brooklyn
- Substation breaker fire near Rhodes College knocks out power to 11,000 in Memphis
- PG&E substation fire causes power outage in South Bay
- Wind turbine fire destroys nacelle and blade at Bulgana Green Power Hub, Victoria
- Substation reactor fire in Southern Brazil triggers nationwide blackout
- Single container fire at West Warwick 3 Battery Storage Site in Warwick, New York
- Fire at Welwyn Garden City Substation causes large smoke plume
- Wind turbine fire reported at Anoux wind farm near Briey, France
- Wind turbine blade collapse damages houses at Kalpitiya wind farm, Sri Lanka
- Turbine fire at Coldham Wind Farm near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
- Fire at Victorian solar farm prompts toxic smoke warning
- Battery storage site fire in East Tilbury brought under control after 24 hours
- Two workers die in fall at Plum Creek Wind Farm, Winside, Nebraska
- Turbine hub and blades detach and fall at Erie Shores Wind Farm, Ontario
- Northern Powergrid worker seriously injured in Huddersfield substation fire
- Vestas turbine blade damage forces Aneo wind farm in Norway offline
- Fire at National Grid substation on Albert Road, West Bridgford
- Transformer fire at Grimsby substation cuts power to shops and homes
- Balcony battery storage unit catches fire in family home in Neuenhaus
- Fire and explosion at Brakfontein Substation cuts power to Centurion suburbs
- Transformer failure at Tyler Substation cuts power to 6,300 customers
- Transformer explosion knocks out power to thousands in Boyd County, Kentucky
- Wind turbine collapses at Geumsungsan Wind Farm in Hwasun County, South Korea
- Transformer station fire cuts power to thousands in Red Bluff, California
- Fire destroys storage godown at NTPC solar plant construction site in Dahod
- Transformer fire at London substation triggers major incident and evacuations
- Fishing vessel sinks after colliding with offshore wind turbine near China
- Earthing transformer fire at Achimota substation causes Accra power outages
- Transformer explosion sparks fire, cuts power to homes in Turramurra
- Transformer explosion during maintenance cuts power in Salmiya, Kuwait
- Fire destroys turbine nacelle at EnBW wind farm in Germany
- Second fire at Aberdeen Place substation, Maida Vale, disrupts London Underground and Elizabeth line
- Tornado wrecks Pioneer Solar Farm near Bennett, Colorado
- Fire and transformer explosion at GRIDCo substation cuts power to Obuasi
- Transformer explosion near The Woodlands Mall sparks fires and outages
- Transformer fire at Tangedco substation near Kayathar contained after ten hours
- Transformer fire at Ayyanaroothu substation near Panneerkulam, Thoothukudi
- Vestas turbine fire at Enel Green Power Wind Farm in Chile
- Grass fire breaks out at Wild Azalea Solar Energy Center in Florida
- Fire at Pennsylvania substation triggers multi-day power outage
- Explosive fire at Met-Ed substation in Adams County causes multi-day outage
- Bronx transformer fire cuts power to apartment building in Morris Park
- Explosion at Overgate substation near Dundee shopping centre caused by component failure
- Explosion and fire at power substation cause outages near Sudbury
- Transformer explosion at Rengpang Substation cuts power across Tamenglong District
- Transformer fire reported in Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
- Explosion at 66kV substation cuts power across Kempton Park
- Transformer explosion and fire cuts power to hundreds in Chromepet, Chennai
- Worker dies in incident at wind farm near Rockhampton, Australia
- Mini battery storage system ignites garden shed fire in Wickford, Essex
- Substation explosion near Nikitas causes total blackout across northern Cyprus
- Fire breaks out at battery storage facility in South Los Angeles
- Arc flash injures three workers at OUC substation in downtown Orlando
- Lightning strike triggers transformer explosion in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
- Vegetation fire at Beryl, Utah solar farm doused by fire crews
- Transformer fire at Egat station causes blackout across Phetchaburi city
- Explosion and fire at Alghero electrical substation, cause not yet confirmed
- Transformer fire at Pepco substation prompts evacuation in Washington DC
- Transformer fire cuts power to Riverdale shopping strip for over a week
- Suspected arson fire destroys panels at Viddalba solar plant, Sardinia
- Wind turbine collapses at Aviva's Pitheavlis site in Perth
- Fire at aging Memphis substation cuts power to 12,000 customers
- Solar inverter fire extinguished at solar farm near Robards, Kentucky
- Fire at Cydna substation cuts power to parts of Sandton, Johannesburg
- Fire at Thokoza substation Z7 causes power outage in Ekurhuleni
- Man critically injured after electrical contact at NYSEG's Ansco substation in Binghamton
- Fire reported at ComEd electrical substation in Hoffman Estates, Illinois
- Wind turbine fire prompts fire service response in Fermanagh
- Fire destroys Bosworth substation in Ekurhuleni, causing widespread outages
- Battery room fire at Dumka Airport Solar Plant in Jharkhand
- Cable short circuit sparks fire at Lunwei East District floating solar park, Taiwan
- Brush fire ignites beneath solar panels at Prince George County solar farm
- Transformer failure reduces capacity at Waratah Super Battery in New South Wales
- Substation fire from transformer explosion cuts power across Vaal region
- West Nile Street substation fire prompts evacuation of nearby retail store
- Wind turbine fire in Trawden near Colne prompts fire brigade response
- Major blaze at Glasgow city centre electrical substation prompts evacuation
- Substation fire in Oakington, Cambridgeshire triggers local power outage affecting nearby school
- Wind farm worker suffers severe burns after power cabinet explosion near Aviemore
- Solar farm fire near Dubbo prompts rescue chief to flag training gaps
- Six workers killed as tower collapses at Avada solar plant in Nagpur
- Explosion at Good Hope substation triggers widespread power outages in Guyana
- Cable theft fire damages Olivenhoutbosch substation, South Africa
- Fire at PG&E Saratoga substation cuts power to 21,000 on Christmas Eve
- PG&E transformer fire triggers power outage in San Francisco's Richmond District
- Substation explosion injures three OUC workers during capacitor bank maintenance
- Equipment failure sparks brush fire at East Windsor Solar One, Connecticut
- Battery explosion at Port of Gandia Solar-Storage Site injures firefighter
- Fire in single battery unit at Thurrock BESS under construction
- Battery storage fire at Dongkuk Steel Pohang ESS centre burns over a day
- Indoor battery storage system fails in Gangjin County, South Korea
- Battery room fire at Digital Realty data centre in Hillsboro, Oregon
- Fire destroys battery storage building at solar site in Daesan-eup, Seosan-si
- Ageing battery storage fire destroys building at Angang-eup solar site
- Battery storage container fire in Almelo prompts large fire brigade response
- Battery storage fire prompts evacuation order at California Flats site in Monterey County
- Battery units ignite at Townsite Solar and Storage in Boulder City, Nevada
- Battery fire at Bolster Substation in Peoria, Arizona contained by controlled burn
- Electrical room fire disrupts power supply in Singapore's Chinatown
- Recurrent inverter failures at a utility-scale solar plant, published forensic analysis
- Wildfire de-energisation and fire damage hit Southern California Edison network in Palisades and Eaton fires
- Puerto Rico transmission system failure leaves over a million without power
- Grid collapse across Spain and Portugal on the Iberian Peninsula
- Fire at Mission Street substation causes multi-day outage in San Francisco
- Substation explosion and fire near Seventeen Lakes Boulevard, Fort Worth prompts evacuation
- Blade detaches from turbine at Future Generation Wind, Plymouth, Massachusetts
- Fire in two battery containers at Cirencester Hybrid Solar Farm, Gloucestershire
- Heatwave grass fire at Wellington North Solar Farm cuts output 10 percent
- Inverter fire at Raywood Solar Farm in Victoria spreads into vegetation
- Continental Spain and Portugal transmission collapse from voltage control gaps
- Transformer fire at North Hyde Substation disrupts West London and Heathrow Airport
- Major fire at Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, California, multi-day incident
- Fire at a battery storage project during the construction phase, UK
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