2009 Brazil and Paraguay blackout

Power outage Itaipu Dam.jpg A gigantic concrete dam at night lit by powerful floodlights Itaipu Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric plant by energy generation and second-largest by installed capacity yes 2009 11 10 2009 11 20 Most of Brazil and Paraguay Power outage Meteorological events The 2009 Brazil and Paraguay blackout was a power outage that occurred throughout much of Brazil and for a short time the entirety of Paraguay,https://web.archive.org/web/20121104113544/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1938011,00.html?xid=rss-topstories 4 Nov 2012 https://content.time.com/time/world/article/0%2C8599%2C1938011%2C00.html live 27 May 2024 Time Brazil blackout raises more questions for the Olympics Andrew Downie 11 Nov 2009https://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091111/wl_afp/brazilenergyblackout https://web.archive.org/web/20091117101951/http://news.yahoo.com:80/s/afp/20091111/wl_afp/brazilenergyblackout 17 Nov 2009 Brazil vows to find cause of huge blackout AFP Yana Marull 11 Nov 2009https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna33844757 live 27 May 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20091116053010/http://news.yahoo.com:80/s/ap/20091111/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_brazil_blackouts 16 Nov 2009 Lights flicker on after blackout in Brazil / Bad weather blamed in blackout for 60M in Brazil AP Bradley Brooks 10 Nov 2009 Tales Azzoni Marco Sibaja John Rice on Tuesday, November 10, to Friday, 20 November, 2009, at approximately 22:15 BST.https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN11339425 Brazil blackout a glitch, but shows investment need Brian Ellsworth Stuart Grudgings Vicki Allen Reuters 2009-02-09 2009-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20091114104019/https://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN11339425 14 November 2009 live The blackout affected an estimated 60 million people in Brazil. Description Thousands of passengers were stranded as metro trains came to a halt and buses failed to cope with the volume of passengers. There were widespread reports of road accidents as street lighting and traffic lights failed.https://www.ft.com/content/eaef7304-cea9-11de-8812-00144feabdc0 subscription Inquiry ordered after Brazilian blackout The Financial Times 2009-11-12 The blackout began about 22:15 on Tuesday and lasted until about 02:45 on Wednesday in São Paulo, although power was restored gradually in some places from before midnight.http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/12/content_12437443.htm Brazilian President says massive blackout isolated incident Xinhua World 2009-11-12 2009-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20091115155737/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-11/12/content_12437443.htm 15 November 2009 deadhttp://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/11/brazil.blackout/index.html Power restored in Brazil after blackouts CNN Alessandra Castelli Fabiana Frayssinet Lucrecia Franco 2009-11-11 2009-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20091112024820/http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/11/11/brazil.blackout/index.html 12 November 2009 live At the time, the blackout raised fears that the country was unprepared for the 2014 World Cup. In Paraguay, the blackout only lasted for about 20 minutes.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/brazil-blackout-largest-c_n_353217.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165144/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/10/brazil-blackout-largest-c_n_353217.html 3 Mar 2016 The World Post Brazil blackout 25 May 2011 AP Bradley Brooks Huffington Post Marco Sibaja Michael Warren Alan Clendenning Causes The southern Brazilian electric system relies heavily on multiple powerful hydroelectric plants along the Plate River and its tributaries. The power generated by those plants is then transmitted across the country through a network of high-voltage AC and DC transmission lines, but major loads in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo are relatively close to the generators. Because geography constrains transmission line placement in the area, the Brazilian system is designed to handle multiple contingencies without failure,https://www.pacw.org/previous-magazines-2009-flippable 54–59 Jorge Miguel F. Ordacgi Alexandre Garcia Massaud Fernando Aquino Viotti Roberto Campos de Lima Wide area protection systems in Brazil PAC World August 2009 Omicron Electronics which may have prevented a worse blackout. In the case of the blackout, heavy rains and strong winds causedhttps://www.foxnews.com/story/official-brazil-blackout-caused-by-bad-weather Official: Brazil Blackout Caused by Bad Weather Fox News 2009-11-11 2009-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023173231/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,574246,00.html 2012-10-23 live AP all three phases on a key 750 kV transmission line from Itaipu to São Paulo to short circuit. The system protection temporarily isolated the line to allow the electrical arc to deionize, but an additional protective inductor device that attached with a time delay prevented the system from reconnecting the failed transmission line.https://www.pacw.org/previous-magazines-2010-flippable 36–37 Blackout watch Jorge Miguel F. Ordacgi Brazilian blackout 2009 PAC World March 2010 Omicron Electronics Without the transmission line, additional transmission lines disconnected, automatically causing the complete loss of 14 GW of power and the shutdown of the Brazilian (60 Hz) side of the Itaipu Dam. The power swing resulting from the change in generation also cause other generators to remove themselves from service, and then the loads in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo overloaded the remaining (northbound) transmission lines. The power cut, which Brazilian officials said affected 18 of the country's 26 states, brought chaos to cities including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Campo Grande and Vitória. When the HVDC transmission lines into Brazil failed, the power produced on the Paraguayan (50 Hz) side of Itaipu overloaded transmission lines into Paraguay. In such situations the lines are supposed to automatically disconnect, but that protection system failed and the lines remaining in service until they shorted out. The resulting frequency oscillations collapsed the Paraguayan electric system. Itaipu then shut down completely, for the first time in its 25-year history. Restoration of the grid was delayed when multiple black start hydroelectric plants failed. Investigation Media such as Slashdothttp://it.slashdot.org/story/09/11/09/0012226/Massive-Power-Outages-In-Brazil-Caused-By-Hackers Massive Power Outages In Brazil Caused By Hackers – Slashdot It.slashdot.org 8 November 2009 2013-06-04 and 60 Minutes reported that the outage was the work of hackers. Two days before, CBS had aired a special report, in which anonymous sources had claimed that hackers had caused Brazilian blackouts in 2005 and 2007. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arranged an emergency commission to enquire into the cause of the blackout.http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Lula/exige/explicacion/apagon/dejo/luz/millones/personas/Brasil/elpepuint/20091111elpepuint_6/Tes Lula exige una explicación por el apagón que dejó sin luz a millones de personas en Brasil Lula gives an explanation for the blackout that left a million people in Brazil without light El Pais 11 November 2009 2009-11-12 es https://web.archive.org/web/20091112033640/http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Lula/exige/explicacion/apagon/dejo/luz/millones/personas/Brasil/elpepuint/20091111elpepuint_6/Tes 12 November 2009 live The blackout also unleashed a political stir as the Minister of Energy has been summoned to testify before Congress.http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1198424 Brasil: tormenta política por el apagón Brazil: Political torment over a blackout 12 November 2009 La Nacion 2009-11-12 es https://web.archive.org/web/20091114065038/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1198424 14 November 2009 live In December, 2010, a leaked US diplomatic cable confirmed that the blackouts had not been caused by a cyberattack.https://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/brazil-blackout/ WikiLeaked Cable Says 2009 Brazilian Blackout Wasn't Hackers, Either Wired News 16 December 2010 Marcelo Soares 2010-12-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20101209051931/http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/12/brazil-blackout/ 9 December 2010 live Affected regions Paraguay The Itaipu Dam is shared with Paraguay. In the immediate aftermath of its failure, interconnecting lines to Paraguay's other large powerplant, the Yacyreta Dam (in the border with Argentina), also failed. All of the country's territory was affected by the blackout.http://www.abc.com.py/abc/nota/45053-Gigantesco-apag%C3%B3n-en-el-Brasil-deja-a-oscuras-a-todo-Paraguay/ Gigantesco apagón en el Brasil deja a oscuras a todo Paraguay Gigantic blackout in Brazil also obscures Paraguay today abc digital 2009-07-03 2009-11-12 Spanish https://web.archive.org/web/20120314021546/http://www.abc.com.py/nota/45053-Gigantesco-apag%C3%B3n-en-el-Brasil-deja-a-oscuras-a-todo-Paraguay/ 2012-03-14 dead http://www1.voanews.com/spanish/news/latin-america/Paraguay-senala-Brasil-por-apagon-69785472.html Paraguay señala a Brasil por apagón América Latina Voice of America 2009-08-20 2009-11-12 Spanish https://web.archive.org/web/20091114064952/http://www1.voanews.com/spanish/news/latin-america/Paraguay-senala-Brasil-por-apagon-69785472.html 14 November 2009 dead Brazil thumb|right|250px|Map showing the locations in Brazil affected by the blackout #d40000 Entirely affected states #ff5555 Partially affected states Entirely affected states November 2009 São Paulo Rio de Janeiro Mato Grosso do Sul Espírito Santo Partially affected states Rio Grande do Sul Santa Catarina Paraná Minas Gerais Mato Grosso Goiás Rondônia Acre Bahia Sergipe Alagoas Pernambuco Paraíba Rio Grande do Norte See also Brazil Energy List of power outages Electricity sector in Brazil Energy policy of Brazil References External links Relatório Final do Grupo de Trabalho Portaria MME nº 435/2009 e Anexos Category:Power outages in Brazil Category:Disasters in Brazil Category:2009 in Brazil Category:2009 in Paraguay Category:November 2009 in South America Category:Disasters in Paraguay Category:2009 disasters in Brazil Category:2009 disasters in Paraguay