# List of thermal power station failures

This list is concerned with severe and abnormal power outages which caused major power failures due to damage to a single thermal power station itself or its connections which take a significant amount of time - months or years to repair.
Whilst any electric grid is vulnerable to instability after the loss of a large generating source or transmission line, this can generally be dealt with without serious inconvenience to customers. However some power stations can be exceptionally large in respect to connected grid capacity so that any failure for these proportionally large stations can be more problematic than the failure of a typically sized station.

## List of failures

| Plant | Location | Description | Year |
| Vasilikos Power Station | Cyprus | 427.5 MW power generation loss, due to munitions explosions. Widespread continuous power shortages | 2011 |
| Ferrybridge C | United Kingdom | 2000 MW power generation loss, due to cooling tower collapse. No serious impact on National Grid | 1 November 1965 |
| Tilbury | United Kingdom | 750 MW power generation loss, due to fuel fire February 2012. No serious impact on National Grid | 1 February 2012 |
| Shoreham | United Kingdom | 1000 MW power generation loss, due to fuel fire February 2012. No serious impact on National Grid | February 2012 |
| Arnot Power Station | South Africa | Up to 2352 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Camden Power Station | South Africa | Up To 1561 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Duvha Power Station | South Africa | Up To 3600 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Grootvlei Power Station | South Africa | Up To 1180 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Hendrina Power Station | South Africa | Up To 1893 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Kelvin Power Station | South Africa | Up To 214 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Kendal Power Station | South Africa | Up To 4116 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Komati Power Station | South Africa | Up To 990 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Kriel Power Station | South Africa | Up To 3000 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Kusile Power Station | South Africa | Up To 4800 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2017–Present |
| Lethabo Power Station | South Africa | Up To 3708 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Majuba Power Station | South Africa | Up To 4110 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Matimba Power Station | South Africa | Up To 3990 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Matla Power Station | South Africa | Up To 3600 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Medupi Power Station | South Africa | Up To 4764 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2015–Present |
| Rooiwal Power Station | South Africa | Up To 300 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |
| Tutuka Power Station | South Africa | Up To 3654 MW Caused by unit breakdowns, leading to implementation of Loadshedding | 2007–Present |