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List of thermal power station failures

Index List of thermal power station failures

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. [1]

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Cyprus

Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.

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Dam failure

A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or slows down the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundments.

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Electrical grid

An electrical grid is an interconnected network for delivering electricity from producers to consumers.

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Ferrybridge power stations

Ferrybridge power station refers to a series of three coal-fired power stations situated on the River Aire near Ferrybridge in West Yorkshire, England, next to the junction of the M62 and A1(M) motorways.

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Hydroelectricity

Hydroelectricity is electricity produced from hydropower.

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List of hydroelectric power station failures

This is a list of major hydroelectric power station failures due to damage to a hydroelectric power station or its connections.

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List of major power outages

This is a list of notable wide-scale power outages.

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Shoreham Power Station

Shoreham Power Station is a 420MWe combined cycle gas-fired power station in Southwick, West Sussex.

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Thermal power station

A thermal power station is a power station in which heat energy is converted to electric power.

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Tilbury power stations

The Tilbury power stations were two fossil fuel power stations on the north bank of the River Thames at Tilbury in Essex.

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Transmission line

In communications and electronic engineering, a transmission line is a specialized cable or other structure designed to conduct alternating current of radio frequency, that is, currents with a frequency high enough that their wave nature must be taken into account.

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Vasilikos Power Station

Vasilikos Power Station is the newest power plant of Electricity Authority of Cyprus.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_thermal_power_station_failures

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