2010 Iceland power outages
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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.[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
- ^ "Rafmagn fór af álverum" [Iceland hit by Power Outages] (in Icelandic). RUV, The Icelandic Broadcasting Service. 1 September 2010. Archived from the original on 4 September 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
External links
- RUV News (evening news)
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