Iraq Blackout
- country Iraq
- region Basra
- categories Generator Outage
- impacts System blackouts
- start 30 July 2023 at 12:07:00 Asia/Baghdad
- end 01 August 2023 at 12:08:00 Asia/Baghdad
- duration 1 day 23 hours 20 minutes
- primary cause Fire
- secondary causes Insufficient generation
- load lost 26
- number of customers affected No content
- end of disturbance criteria No content
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- Temperatures were 50C/122F, so the grid was heavily loaded.
- A fire broke out at the Al-Bkir substation in Basra and resulted in the separation of transmission lines linking southern and central regions.
- Three electricity towers in the north were also reportedly hit by sabotage attacks on Saturday, according to a local transmission company which said they were hit by improvised explosive devices, temporarily cutting off service.
references:
https://www.dw.com/en/iraq-substation-fire-causes-major-power-outage/a-66386036