PENANG: Tuesday’s blackout that affected Penang island, Seberang Prai and southern Kedah was caused by an electrical flashover (an abnormal electrical discharge) at Tenaga Nasional Bhd’s main intake ...

Flashover of high voltage insulators arises when a surface discharge bridges the gap between conductive elements, often triggered by environmental contamination, moisture and localised electric‐field ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) -- The sprinkling of rain on Sunday night proved too much for some Bay Area power lines. The first rainfall of the autumn season caused multiple PG&E power poles to catch fire, in ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The massive power blackout on Sept 1 affecting five northern states was due to an electrical flashover on the 275KW transmission lines, which resulted in the malfunction of the power ...

Power has been restored to over 80,000 homes in south-east Victoria after a fire in high-voltage power lines near the Hazelwood power station this morning. A spokesman for electricity provider SP ...

High voltage direct current (HVDC) lines transmit power over long distances in Manitoba, Canada. Back in the 1970s, when Manitoba Hydro first energized the Bipole 1 and II HVDC lines, the utility ...

About 1,200 residential customers in southwest Pasadena lost power Sunday when an electrical flashover caused a nearly three-hour-long blackout, a fire official said. The outage occurred about 10:45 a ...

Incident happened at Tom Nan Clach Wind Farm near Inverness. Worker was seriously injured following electrical flashover. HSE guidance is available. A wind farm management services company has been ...