#blackout

Two self-proclaimed anarchist groups admit to attacks that cut power to over 160,000 homes and disrupted Cannes Film Festival and nearby cities.

Grid blackouts stem from technical instability, poor system resilience, and challenges tied to renewable integration, load shifts, and extreme disturbances.

Red Eléctrica reports 99 % of power back in mainland Spain as Madrid resumes transit services and Portugal reactivates substations after widespread outage.

Millions are affected as European grid failure disrupts daily life leaving airports, hospitals, and metro systems paralysed.

A private power plant failure disrupts the electrical grid.

A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a substation south of Colombo, the nation’s capital.

180000 customers are without power in the Republic of Ireland, as crews continue to repair damage to the electricity network caused by Storm Éowyn.

Nigeria suffered another widespread blackout after its national grid collapsed on Wednesday.

Cuba’s struggling grid collapsed on Wednesday, leaving millions in the dark.

Around 1200 residents experienced a power outage lasting eight hours on Tuesday after thieves stole transformer oil and caused the equipment to break down.

Early on Monday morning, a large area of Sofia experienced a power outage, affecting traffic lights and disrupting electricity supply to approximately 10 neighbourhoods

Consumers in Donetsk, Lviv, Sumy, Kharkiv and Chernihiv oblasts were cut off from the power grid on 20 October.

Cuba is facing a severe power crisis, with millions of people left without electricity for days.

A drone that a local resident used to spray pesticides crashed into a 110 kV power transmission line in Long An Province in southern Vietnam.

Residents and businesses across St. Vincent have experienced power disruptions following a critical equipment failure at one of the island’s main power plants.

Data showed the supply of power fell to around 50 MW early on Monday from 4020 MW the previous day.

The areas affected include Abuja and areas in Kogi State.

A major power outage plunged Belize into darkness last week and left residents without electricity for several hours.

Nigeria’s electricity grid has once again thrown the country into darkness as the government operated system went down Monday afternoon.

The Management of Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc (AEDC) has announced that there will be a 9-hour blackout in some districts on Saturday, October 28.

Enugu Electricity Distribution Plc. (EEDC) has expressed worry over the activities of vandals to its installations across the South East region.

Eskom recently resumed its rotational load shedding schedule, which affected the energy supply of many customers.

Kenya, Nairobi: A single monkey caused a nationwide blackout in Kenya after falling on a power transformer at the Gitaru hydroelectric power station.

Pakistan, Lahore: A massive power breakdown plunged major parts Pakistan into darkness on Thursday, after the Guddu power plant in Sukkur defaulted due to transformer fire.