The 1998 Auckland power crisis was a five-week-long power outage affecting the central city of Auckland, New Zealand from 19 February to 27 March 1998. At the time, almost all of Auckland's central business district was supplied with electricity by Mercury Energy Limited via four 110 kV power cables from the national grid at Transpower's Penrose substation, with two cables each connecting to two central city substations at Liverpool Street and Quay Street. The two cables connecting to Quay Street were 40-year-old gas-insulated cables that were past their replacement date. One of the Quay Street cables failed on 20 January, possibly due to the unusually hot and dry conditions, although this did not warrant a crisis as the three remaining cables could still supply the central city. The secon
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| - Die Auckland-Stromkrise von 1998 war ein fünfwöchiger Stromausfall im Central Business District von Auckland in Neuseeland. Zu Beginn des Jahres 1998 wurde die Innenstadt von Auckland durch über lediglich vier Hochspannungskabel mit elektrischer Energie versorgt. Zwei davon waren 40 Jahre alte Ölkabel. Eine dieser Leitungen fiel am 20. Januar vermutlich aufgrund des ungewöhnlich heißen und trockenen Wetters aus (Hochsommer auf der Südhalbkugel), eine weitere am 9. Februar. Die beiden verbleibenden Leitungen wurden durch die Ausfälle verstärkt belastet und fielen schließlich am 19. und 20. Februar auch aus. Damit hatte praktisch die gesamte Innenstadt keinen Strom mehr. (de)
- The 1998 Auckland power crisis was a five-week-long power outage affecting the central city of Auckland, New Zealand from 19 February to 27 March 1998. At the time, almost all of Auckland's central business district was supplied with electricity by Mercury Energy Limited via four 110 kV power cables from the national grid at Transpower's Penrose substation, with two cables each connecting to two central city substations at Liverpool Street and Quay Street. The two cables connecting to Quay Street were 40-year-old gas-insulated cables that were past their replacement date. One of the Quay Street cables failed on 20 January, possibly due to the unusually hot and dry conditions, although this did not warrant a crisis as the three remaining cables could still supply the central city. The secon (en)
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| - The 1998 Auckland power crisis was a five-week-long power outage affecting the central city of Auckland, New Zealand from 19 February to 27 March 1998. At the time, almost all of Auckland's central business district was supplied with electricity by Mercury Energy Limited via four 110 kV power cables from the national grid at Transpower's Penrose substation, with two cables each connecting to two central city substations at Liverpool Street and Quay Street. The two cables connecting to Quay Street were 40-year-old gas-insulated cables that were past their replacement date. One of the Quay Street cables failed on 20 January, possibly due to the unusually hot and dry conditions, although this did not warrant a crisis as the three remaining cables could still supply the central city. The second Quay street cable failed on 9 February, leaving only the Liverpool Street cables supplying the city. Due to the increased load from the failure of the first cables, these remaining two cables failed on 19 and 20 February, leaving the entire central city supplied by a single 22 kV cable from Kingsland, resulting in about 20 city blocks (except parts of a few streets) losing all power. Queen Street was almost deserted for the first few days, as few businesses could operate. Some brought goods out onto the street to sell, but heavy rain in the first week made that impractical. Generators were brought in from around the country to power essential services and some businesses. These made Queen Street a very noisy place and thus deterred customers. Some businesses estimated that the outage cost them at least NZ$60,000 per week. In the five weeks it took to restore the power supply, about 60,000 of the 74,000 people who worked in the area worked from home or from relocated offices in the suburbs. Some businesses relocated staff to other New Zealand cities, or even to Australia. The majority of the 6,000 apartment dwellers in the area had to find alternative accommodation. Temporary power was supplied to the Port of Auckland by the Union Rotorua, a gas turbine powered cargo ship. The old gas cables were found to be repairable and were put back into service, but were restricted to 30 MVA capacity. The newer oil cables were irreparable, so to restore full supply to the city, a temporary 110 kV overhead line was constructed along the rail corridor between Penrose and Liverpool Street. Energy Minister Max Bradford commissioned an independent report into the Auckland power supply failure. The report of the Ministerial Inquiry was released on 21 July 1998. Following the crisis Mercury Energy Limited disposed of its electricity and gas retail business and, renamed Vector Limited, replaced the cables and reinforced the supply into Auckland. In 2001, a 9 km tunnel from Penrose to Hobson Street via Liverpool Street was completed, containing two new 110 kV cables to replace the damaged Liverpool Street cables and the temporary overhead line. A third 110 kV cable was installed from Mount Roskill to Quay Street via Liverpool Street, largely superseding the old gas cables which were eventually decommissioned. (en)
- Die Auckland-Stromkrise von 1998 war ein fünfwöchiger Stromausfall im Central Business District von Auckland in Neuseeland. Zu Beginn des Jahres 1998 wurde die Innenstadt von Auckland durch über lediglich vier Hochspannungskabel mit elektrischer Energie versorgt. Zwei davon waren 40 Jahre alte Ölkabel. Eine dieser Leitungen fiel am 20. Januar vermutlich aufgrund des ungewöhnlich heißen und trockenen Wetters aus (Hochsommer auf der Südhalbkugel), eine weitere am 9. Februar. Die beiden verbleibenden Leitungen wurden durch die Ausfälle verstärkt belastet und fielen schließlich am 19. und 20. Februar auch aus. Damit hatte praktisch die gesamte Innenstadt keinen Strom mehr. Die war in den ersten Tagen nahezu ausgestorben, da nur wenige Geschäfte geöffnet waren. Einige trugen ihre Waren zum Verkauf auf die Straße, starker Regen in der ersten Woche unterband diesen Ausweg jedoch. Um wichtige Betriebe und Geschäfte mit Strom zu versorgen, wurden Generatoren aus dem ganzen Land geholt. Der Lärm der Generatoren in der Queen Street schreckte die Kunden aber ab. Man schätzt, dass der Stromausfall die Händler der Innenstadt mindestens 60.000 NZD pro Woche kostete. Das Ereignis wurde zu einem internationalen Medienspektakel. Die Tatsachen wurden im Ausland häufig übertrieben dargestellt oder ausgeschmückt, so dass der Eindruck entstand, dass die gesamte Stadt oder selbst die gesamte Insel ohne Strom sei. Es dauerte fünf Wochen, bevor ein oberirdisches Notkabel die Innenstadt wieder mit Strom versorgte. Während des Stromausfalls arbeitete der größte Teil der 74.000 Beschäftigten des betroffenen Stadtteils von zu Hause aus oder in ausgelagerten Büros in den Vororten. Einige Unternehmen versetzten ihre Angestellten in andere Städte Neuseelands oder sogar nach Australien. Die meisten der 6.000 Bewohner mussten andere Unterkünfte suchen. (de)
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