2010 Iceland power outages

2010 widespread power outage in Iceland March 2022 April 2022 The 2010 Iceland power outages 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.September 2010 The three largest aluminium smelters in Iceland were hit by the outage, leaving Century Aluminum Grundartangi and Rio Tinto Alcan Straumsvík totally off-grid. http://www.ruv.is/frett/rafmagn-for-af-alverum Rafmagn fór af álverum Iceland hit by Power Outages 2010-09-01 RUV, The Icelandic Broadcasting Service 2010-09-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100904145538/http://www.ruv.is/frett/rafmagn-for-af-alverum 4 September 2010 live is 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 External links RUV News (evening news) Iceland Iceland Power Outages, 2010 Category:Electric power in Iceland Category:September 2010 in Europe