The 2025 Brazil blackout was a power outage that affected all 26 states of Brazil and the Federal District on 14 October 2025. The outage began at 00:32 Brasília Time (UTC−03:00) and lasted from a few minutes to up to two and a half hours, depending on the region.
Still, Brazil has experienced at least five major blackouts since then. Even minor incidents have had an impact. In August last year, a short circuit at an Eletrobras substation caused by a stray kite left 942,000 households without power in São Paulo and Guarulhos.
An ONS report blamed that outage on voltage control failures in wind and solar farms. Since then, the operator has adopted a more conservative management approach. Still, Brazil has experienced at least five major blackouts since then. Even minor incidents have had an impact.
The incident occurred at a reactor in the Bateias substation operated by Eletrobras, which is part of a 500-kilovolt (kV) high-voltage transmission line. The fire caused the shutdown of about 10 gigawatts (GW) of power. While some regions experienced only brief outages, others were left without electricity for over two hours.
A sudden power outage on October 14 left millions in Brazil without electricity and briefly darkened critical sites from airports to hospitals. Authorities said the trigger was a fire at a high
The 2025 Brazil blackout was a power outage that affected all 26 states of Brazil and the Federal District on 14 October 2025. The outage began at 00:32 Brasília Time (UTC−03:00) and lasted from a few
As per reports, Neoenergia Brasília has scheduled maintenance and modernization works on the electrical grid in two regions of the Federal District on Friday (30 January).
In Amazonas, parts of Manaus, Parintins, and Itacoatiara experienced short outages between 00:09 and 00:25. The government''s message was clear: this was not a shortage of
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Neoenergia began a scheduled interruption in the supply of electricity in regions of Brazlândia and Lago Sul, in the Federal District, on Tuesday morning (23). The measure is part of
In the morning, the National Institute of Meteorology (Inmet) had already issued a storm warning for the Federal District, with strong winds (60 to 100 km/h) and rainfall that could reach 100...
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A fire at a power substation in the southern state of Paraná triggered a nationwide blackout in the early hours of Tuesday (14), highlighting structural vulnerabilities in Brazil''s electricity
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