Millions lose power after Taiwan power plant failure
The outage in Kaohsiung trapped at least one person in an elevator and disrupted a daily briefing being given on the island’s pandemic situation.
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Taiwan, Kaohsiung: The outage in Kaohsiung trapped at least one person in an elevator and disrupted a daily briefing being given on the island’s pandemic situation.
Millions lose power after Taiwan power plant failure. An equipment failure caused an outage at a power plant in southern Taiwan on 13 May, triggering rolling blackouts across the island affecting millions of people.
The outage in Kaohsiung trapped at least one person in an elevator and disrupted a daily briefing on the island’s pandemic situation.
Taipower, the electric company, launched the rolling blackouts at 3 p.m. and said emergency repairs were underway.
The outages affected 8.46 million households, Taipower said.
In Hsinchu, 150,000 households lost power. In the southern city of Tainan, 14 districts were affected.
Source: ETEnergyworld