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List of thermal power station failures

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This list is concerned with severe and abnormal power outages which caused major power failures due to damage to a single thermal power station itself or its connections which take a significant amount of time - months or years to repair.

Whilst any electric grid is vulnerable to instability after the loss of a large generating source or transmission line, this can generally be dealt with without serious inconvenience to customers. However some power stations can be exceptionally large in respect to connected grid capacity so that any failure for these proportionally large stations can be more problematic than the failure of a typically sized station.

List of failures

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PlantLocationDescriptionYearReference
Vasilikos Power StationCyprus427.5 MW power generation loss, due to munitions explosions. Widespread continuous power shortages2011[1]
Ferrybridge CUnited Kingdom2000 MW power generation loss, due to cooling tower collapse. No serious impact on National Grid1 November 1965[2]
TilburyUnited Kingdom750 MW power generation loss, due to fuel fire February 2012. No serious impact on National Grid1 February 2012[2]
ShorehamUnited Kingdom1000 MW power generation loss, due to fuel fire February 2012. No serious impact on National GridFebruary 2012[3]
Arnot Power Station South Africa Up to 2352 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [4][5]
Camden Power Station South Africa Up To 1561 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [6][7]
Duvha Power Station South Africa Up To 3600 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [8][9]
Grootvlei Power Station South Africa Up To 1180 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [10][11]
Hendrina Power Station South Africa Up To 1893 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [12][13]
Kelvin Power Station South Africa Up To 214 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [14][15]
Kendal Power Station South Africa Up To 4116 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [16][17]
Komati Power Station South Africa Up To 990 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [18][19][20]
Kriel Power Station South Africa Up To 3000 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [21][22]
Kusile Power Station South Africa Up To 4800 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2017–Present [23][24]
Lethabo Power Station South Africa Up To 3708 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [25][26]
Majuba Power Station South Africa Up To 4110 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [27][28]
Matimba Power Station South Africa Up To 3990 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [29][30]
Matla Power Station South Africa Up To 3600 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [31][32]
Medupi Power Station South Africa Up To 4764 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2015–Present [33][34]
Rooiwal Power Station South Africa Up To 300 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [35][34]
Tutuka Power Station South Africa Up To 3654 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding 2007–Present [36][37]
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