Overview
- Nukissiorfiit said a fault on the transmission line from the Buksefjord hydro plant cut electricity across Nuuk around 10:30 pm local time Saturday.
- Emergency generators enabled a staged restart overnight, with the utility later confirming the entire city had electricity, water and heating back online.
- Internet connectivity and police phone services were briefly disrupted, and residents were urged to conserve power during the system reboot, according to updates and NetBlocks data.
- By early Sunday the utility reported roughly three-quarters of supply restored, then announced full service as repairs stabilized the grid.
- The outage spurred social media speculation tied to recent U.S. interest in Greenland, while authorities emphasized the cause was weather-related infrastructure damage.