It is the second power cut to leave the whole island of Tenerife in as many weeks, and the third in less than a year. The incident started at 1:19 this morning (1st March 2010) and lasted until 6.30 this morning. The incident was said to have occured on the 66kv line at Las Caletillas [...]
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Tenerife power cut caused by a ‘drip of water’
Posted by Canaries News on February 19th, 2010
The power cut that left the whole of the island of Tenerife without electricity from 12:08 to around 19:06 yesterday (Thursday 18th Jan 2010) was caused by a simple drip of water in the Undelco/Endesa’s building in Las Caletillas. The company say that the roof of one of their buildings suffered damage due to the [...]
Tenerife loses power
Posted by Canaries News on February 18th, 2010
The whole island of Tenerife has lost electricity due to a problem at the Caletillas main station today at 12.05. Allthough some parts have now regained their supply, there are still up to 80% of the population without electricity, the company (Endesa) have said. The airports have not lost power due to having their own [...]
