Posted on 03/02/2022 7:30:30 PM PST by ifinnegan
Taiwan blackout caused by malfunction at Kaohsiung power plant Equipment malfunction at switchyard in Hsinta Power Plant affected operation of Longci Substation 199 By Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2022/03/03 10:55 Taiwan blackout caused by malfunction at Kaohsiung power plant (CNA photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan Power Company (Taipower, 台電) says that the widespread power outages experienced across Taiwan on Thursday morning (March 3) appear to have been caused by an equipment failure at a power plant in Kaohsiung City.
At approximately 9 a.m. on Thursday, whole districts of Tainan City and Kaohsiung City began suffering power outages, while rolling blackouts also occurring in central and northern parts of the country. Areas known to have been affected include Taipei City, Taichung City, Taoyuan City, Kaohsiung City, Keelung City, New Taipei City, Hualien City, Keelung City, and Tainan City.
Districts in Taipei City reportedly affected by the blackouts include Wenshan District, Neihu District, Da'an District, and Xinyi District. In New Taipei City, Yonghe District, Banqiao District, and New Taipei Industrial Park reported losses of power.
According to Taipower officials, an equipment malfunction at a switchyard in the Hsinta Power Plant in Kaohsiung City's Yong'an District affected the operation of the Longci Substation in Tainan City and caused a power outage. Taipower is currently undertaking emergency repairs, with Economics Minister Wang Mei-hua (王美花) pledging that power will be restored to northern Taiwan before noon and gradually restored in phases in the afternoon in southern Taiwan.
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Sounds like California with Greyout Davis.
World is on edge these days. Most familiar with the risk of cyber warfare so any time they lose power anywhere the worst is thought first.
True enough.
Homer Simpson Counterpart in Taiwan
Yep.
First thing I thought of, was a cyber attack 🤗
I generally think it’s a storm or something with the computer tower.
If we haven’t spent the last two years moving as many of Tiawan’s brightest and best along with their entire chip industry to the U.S., we’re screwed.
on the day of pompeo visit too... i believe the ccp had sabotaged the generator.
We have family and friends in Taiwan. They were out of power for a while bu have no idea what caused it. Lot of food spoiled in the heat.
When will blackouts be considered racist?
Well Trump said the other day something was going to be happening in Taiwan soon.
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