Platinum Contributing Member steve from amherst Posted March 3, 2022 Platinum Contributing Member Share Posted March 3, 2022 Major cities across Taiwan including the capital Taipei have seen widespread power failures after a reported accident at a power plant. The nation's economic affairs minister, Wang Meihua, said an accident had occurred at a power plant in southern Taiwan, according to a report by state-linked Central News Agency. The ministry would deal with the matter "urgently", she added. The outage affected some five million households in Taiwan, she said. State-run power operator Taipower said there had been an incident with a transformer at the Xingda power plant in the southern city of Kaohsiung, and that they were activating backup sources of power. The power plant reportedly provides around a seventh of Taiwan's power. Taiwan-based TSMC, the world's largest contract chip maker, said a number of its plants had experienced short "power dips". It added that it was checking if there was any "actual impact", said a Reuters report. At a press conference on Thursday, Ms Wang apologised for the outage, adding that the northern parts of the island would have their power back by noon and that power would start being restored in the southern parts from midday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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