2010 Iceland power outages
The Iceland Power outages 2010 was a massive, widespread power outage that occurred nationwide in Iceland, on Wednesday, September 1 to 21, 2010, at approximately 21:00 UTC. At the time, it was one of the most widespread electrical outages in Icelandic history.[citation needed] The three largest aluminium smelters in Iceland were hit by the outage, leaving Century Aluminum Grundartangi and Rio Tinto Alcan Straumsvík totally off-grid.[1] The third aluminium smelter, Alcoa Fjarðarál, was forced to reduce its operations to a bare minimum. Hot water became immediately scarce in some of the neighborhoods in Reykjavík, the capital, 20 days fully restored.
References[]
- ^ "Iceland hit by Power Outages". RUV, The Icelandic Broadcasting Service. 2010-09-01. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 2010-09-01.
External links[]
- RUV News (evening news)
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- Power outages
- 2010 in Iceland
- Electric power in Iceland
- September 2010 events in Europe
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