By Rannveig Loken, Norway
Ireland: About 10,000 properties in the Republic of Ireland were without power after thunderstorms. About 400 properties lost power in Northern Ireland. The intense weather also came with warm overnight conditions with temperatures in parts of Northern Ireland falling no lower than 18C.
Canada, Montreal: A huge water burst erupted onto the streets of downtown Montreal after a pipe rupture. The water flooded at least 100 homes and lead to power outages for 12,000 people.
England, Wales: Storm Lilian brought 70mph winds to the northwest of England and Wales. Downed energy lines led to 36,000 people experiencing power cuts.
Japan: At least four people were killed and more than 90 injured after Typhoon Shanshan made landfall in the country’s south-west. Hundreds of thousands of people have been left without power. Many buildings were damaged, and windows shattered by flying debris, trees uprooted and cars overturned. Japan issued its highest-level alert to more than five million people after the country was hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades..
Armenia: Armenia’s sole nuclear power plant, shut down for security reasons after a lightning strike. Several districts of the capital Yerevan and some other regions suffered a blackout following the incident.
Venezuela: Power returned to some parts of Venezuela after capital Caracas and much of the rest of the country were plunged into a blackout that the government blamed on sabotage. It was claimed that the blackout was the result of an attack on the Guri Reservoir, Venezuela’s largest hydroelectric project.
Kenya: Kenya suffered its second major blackout in a week, although electricity was restored to 70% of customers by the same day. The power cut started with a transmission line tripped at a substation, followed by a second trip on the Ethiopia-Kenya high voltage transmission line.
China: Super typhoon Yagi, equivalent to a Category 5 hurricane, slammed into Wenchang city in the north-east of Hainan island with winds of 223 km/h, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens of others. It caused widespread power outages in Hainan saw, with about 830,000 households affected.
Vietnam: Super typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, with winds of up to 203 km/h, killed at least 59 people and injured hundreds in northern Vietnam. Power outages hit parts of Hai Phong, home to multinational factories, while four of north Vietnam’s airports suspended operations for much of the day.
Finland: Finland’s TVO has identified the cause of the Olkiluoto 2 nuclear generator fault and is planned to be in operation by end of September. OL2 has a nominal power capacity of 890 MW, and its electricity accounts for about 8% of the power used in Finland.
Biography:
Rannveig J. S. Loken – Head of Protection department, Statnett, Norway, Chair for CIGRE SC B5
Received her Master of Science in Electric Power engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 1992. She works in Statnett, the TSO of Norway, currently Head of Protection department in Statnett. In September 2018, she became Chair of CIGRE SC B5. Her special field of interest is protection and control for the transmission system. In addition, working in Cigre Working groups is of great interest – she is currently a member of WG B5.69. Rannveig is in the Advisory board of PAC world, Committee member of IET DPSP, and Member of the International Advisory Committee APAP. Rannveig is associate editor of the PAC World magazine.
