A major power outage affected almost the entire island of Gotland during Saturday afternoon. Upwards of 40,000 subscribers were without electricity. The interruption was due to a very rare earth fault states Gotland Energy.
The blackout began at 13:30 pm and had according Geabs grid manager Björn Axelsson power outage a very rare cause; a ground fault. Somewhere management had gone to earth and created the blackout. Exactly where is yet to be located. The two HVDC links that supplies Gotland power was never out of operation, according to the company. Most of the island of Gotland was hit, only a few stations fared. At 17:30 pm, most had gotten back their electricity.
Map: GEAB’s disruption information
In the normal case of electricity customers in Gotland to restore power after 35-40 minutes he says, but this time it became a major disruption. He describes the “rebuilding phase” is still in progress and then must be repaired immediately.
Geab entered at 17:30 to the power outage affected district heating production and that it can take several hours before all clients have the heat back completely.
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