State-run power operator Taipower said there had been an incident with a transformer at the Xingda power plant in the southern city of Kaohsiung and that they were activating backup sources of power. The blackouts began at approximately 9 am.
21 hours agoTaiwan reported a massive blackout on Thursday that is affecting its two biggest cities as well as its most important iPhone processor production hub reported Nikkei Asia.

. Outages were reported well beyond Kaohsiung Taiwans second-largest city across the islands southern region as well as far in the north in the capital of Taipei. 13 hours agoAccording to Nikkei Asia the Taiwan Power Company says that an unspecified malfunction occurred at its Hsinta Power Plant in Kaohsiung. On Thursday and impacted the areas of Taipei New Taipei Hsinchu Taichung Tainan Kaohsiung Changhua Keelung.
Knock-on effects from the outage triggered power outages in some parts of northern and central Taiwan as well. Government officials estimate about 5 million households are affected by the power outages including in Taipei the capital and Kaohsiung the second-biggest city. Major cities across Taiwan including the capital Taipei have seen widespread power failures after a reported accident at a power plant.
23 hours agoTaiwan chip maker TSMC said on Thursday a number of its plants in Taiwan experienced short power dips after large parts of the island were hit by power cuts and it was checking if there was. 5 hours agoA power plant in Kaohsiung Taiwan suffered a major power outage on Thursday that lasted approximately 90 minutes Taiwan News reports. 1 day agoTaiwan Power Co.
The blackouts occurred after 9 am. The facility runs both coal and natural gas generators and is the third largest power plant in Taiwan. 23 hours agoTaiwan Power Co.
1 day agoTaiwan hit by widespread power outages. Taiwan Power Co. 23 hours agoTSMC Says Checking Impact From Taiwan Power Outages More FILE PHOTO.
16 hours agoTaiwan last had a major power outage in 2021 also due to issues at the coal-fired and natural gas-fired Hsinta Power Plant. 14 hours agoTaiwan was hit by widespread power outages this Thursday. Massive power outage in Taiwan affects five million households.
Power failures were reported in many parts of Taiwan on Thursday following what the presidential office said was an incident at a power plant. 15 hours agoThe outage affected some five million households in Taiwan she said. Widespread power outages were reported across Taiwan on Thursday morning leaving millions in the dark after an alleged accident at a power plant in the southern part of the country.
Taiwans most recent large-scale power outage was in 2021 affecting about 4 million households and a grid outage at the Xinta power plant was also to blame. The logo of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co TSMC is pictured at its headquarters in Hsinchu Taiwan January 19 2021. According to Taiwan Power Company Taipower the outages were caused by an equipment failure at the Hsinta Power Plant in Kaohsiung City which provides around a seventh of Taiwans power.
20 hours agoTaiwan Power Co. The nations economic affairs minister Wang Meihua said an accident had occurred at a power plant in southern Taiwan according to. Said in a brief statement that its southern power grid system encountered a malfunction causing the blackout.
Said in a brief statement that its southern power grid system encountered a malfunction causing the blackout. This directly caused blackouts across southern Taiwan but. 8 hours agoTaiwan suffered a widespread electrical blackout on Thursday and the power outage disrupted a meeting between former Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
With that two of its biggest cities TMSCs iPhone processor production hub and over five million households were affected by this issue. 23 hours agoFile Taipei. Knock-on effects from the outage triggered power outages in some parts of northern and central Taiwan as well.
The nations economic affairs minister Wang Meihua said an. Outages were reported well beyond Kaohsiung - Taiwans second-largest city - across the islands southern region as well as far in the north in the capital of Taipei. Widespread power outages were reported across Taiwan on Thursday morning leaving millions in the dark after an alleged accident at a power plant in the southern part of the country.
Traffic police had been dispatched to direct vehicles and fire trucks deployed across cities to deal with emergencies such as rescuing people trapped in lifts the news outlet reported. Traffic lights stop functioning during a blackout in Kaohsiung Taiwan on March 3. That time TSMC was slightly impacted by the outage - but had been worse hit by a localized power outage the month before when a power cable was accidentally cut.
Confirmed that the blackout was caused by equipment failure at the islands second largest coal-fired power plant located in the port city of Kaohsiung. TAIPEI Major cities across Taiwan including the capital Taipei have seen widespread power failures after a reported accident at a power plant. Confirmed that the blackout was caused by equipment failure at the islands second largest coal-fired power plant located in the port city of Kaohsiung.
The outage at state-owned Taipower was caused by a. Photo by Lauly Li TAIPEI -- Taiwan reported a massive blackout on. 18 hours agoTAIPEI Taiwan Taiwan is gradually restoring power supply the state-run power operator said on Thursday after much of the islands south and 5 million households were hit by an outage caused by.
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