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March 12— Indonesia —A power failure affected 13 million people in South Sumatra and Lampung. [ 75 ] July 13— Azerbaijan — Baku and nearly the entirety of the country experienced a blackout due to unknown causes. [ 76 ] April 30—United States—Nearly all of JEA 's 355,000 customers in Jacksonville, Florida, lost power.
2012 India blackouts. Two severe power outages affected most of northern and eastern India on 30 and 31 July 2012. The 30 July 2012 blackout affected over 400 million people and lasted about 13.5 hrs. During that period, it was the largest power outage in history by number of people affected, beating the January 2001 blackout in Northern India ...
2011 Southwest blackout. The 2011 Southwest blackout, also known as the Great Blackout of 2011, [ 1 ][ 2 ] was a widespread power outage that affected the San Diego–Tijuana area, southern Orange County, Imperial Valley, Mexicali Valley, Coachella Valley, and parts of Arizona. [ 3 ] It occurred on Thursday, September 8, 2011, beginning at ...
Natural gas power. Coal power. In February 2021, the state of Texas suffered a major power crisis, which came about during three severe winter storms sweeping across the United States on February 10–11, [ 6 ] 13–17, [ 7 ] and 15–20. The storms triggered the worst energy infrastructure failure in Texas state history, leading to shortages ...
18 October 2011. Karachi, Pakistan. The KANUPP Karachi nuclear power plant imposed a seven-hour emergency after heavy water leaked from a feeder pipe to the reactor. The leakage took place during a routine maintenance shut down, and the emergency was lifted seven hours later, after the affected area was isolated.
Germany. Destroyed during WWII by RAF Lancaster bombers during Operation Chastise. 16 MWe of generation lost. 1943. Sui-ho, Fusen, Kyosen and Choshin Dams. Korea. Due to enemy bombing, attacked during the Korean War resulting in the loss of approximately 90% of North Korea's generation capacity. 1952.
Deaths. Almost 100. The Northeast blackout of 2003 was a widespread power outage throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and most parts of the Canadian province of Ontario on Thursday, August 14, 2003, beginning just after 4:10 p.m. EDT. [1] Most places restored power by midnight (within 7 hours), some as early as 6 p ...
List of failures. 427.5 MW power generation loss, due to munitions explosions. Widespread continuous power shortages. 2000 MW power generation loss, due to cooling tower collapse. No serious impact on National Grid. 750 MW power generation loss, due to fuel fire February 2012. No serious impact on National Grid.