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For some statistics, "U.S. electricity customers averaged seven hours of power interruptions in 2021." [1]. At first I couldn't find equivalent European statis

For some statistics, "U.S. electricity customers averaged seven hours of power interruptions in 2021." [1]. At first I couldn't find equivalent European statistics, until I changed my search to "minutes", which is how Europe measures outages. The EU average in 2010-2014 was just over 2 hours, and as low as 29 minutes in Germany, or 20 here in Denmark. [1] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54639 https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=54639 [2] https://neon.energy/Neon_Data-quality_European-Commission.pdf https://neon.energy/Neon_Data-quality_European-Commission.pd... (22nd page, figure 5)

bluGill 3y ago
That isn't the relevant statist. We are talking about transformer explosions not all causes power outages. Transformers do explode, but not very often. Most power outages are broken wires. According to my utility underground wires break more often than above ground, and when they break are a lot more expensive to fix. (They are trying to make a point so this might need some salt, though i don't care enough to look up what)
- bombcar 3y ago
  Power outages in the USA are almost always weather or heat related. Snow/storm in many areas, heat droop or fire in others. Buried power lines solve most of these.
- Symbiote 3y ago
  It's the nearest statistic I could find — anything more is up to you. You won't find the statistic you want for Europe, as transformers don't explode enough for them to listed separately to any other fault.
  - bluGill 3y ago
    I don't think you will find the relevant stats for the us either, as transformers explode so rarely.
    - Symbiote 3y ago
      https://www.electricrate.com/power-transformer-explosion/ https://www.electricrate.com/power-transformer-explosion/ https://www.tdworld.com/substations/article/20964130/risk-equals-probability-times-consequences https://www.tdworld.com/substations/article/20964130/risk-eq...

bluGill 3y ago

That isn't the relevant statist. We are talking about transformer explosions not all causes power outages. Transformers do explode, but not very often. Most power outages are broken wires. According to my utility underground wires break more often than above ground, and when they break are a lot more expensive to fix. (They are trying to make a point so this might need some salt, though i don't care enough to look up what)

bombcar 3y ago
Power outages in the USA are almost always weather or heat related. Snow/storm in many areas, heat droop or fire in others. Buried power lines solve most of these.
Symbiote 3y ago
It's the nearest statistic I could find — anything more is up to you. You won't find the statistic you want for Europe, as transformers don't explode enough for them to listed separately to any other fault.
- bluGill 3y ago
  I don't think you will find the relevant stats for the us either, as transformers explode so rarely.
  - Symbiote 3y ago
    https://www.electricrate.com/power-transformer-explosion/ https://www.electricrate.com/power-transformer-explosion/ https://www.tdworld.com/substations/article/20964130/risk-equals-probability-times-consequences https://www.tdworld.com/substations/article/20964130/risk-eq...