Greenland's capital Nuuk sees city-wide power outage due to accident

A citywide power outage hit Nuuk, Greenland, on Saturday due to an accident, with authorities working to restore electricity amid heightened emergency preparedness measures.

Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/Reuters

25 January 2026 at 08:26:14

Greenland's capital Nuuk sees city-wide power outage due to accident

People sit in a bar during a city-wide power outage that local utility provider Nukissiorfiit said was caused by an accident, in Nuuk, Greenland, January 24, 2026.

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Greenland's capital Nuuk experienced a citywide power outage late on Saturday that local utility provider Nukissiorfiit said was due to an accident, adding that it was working to provide backup power.

The blackout occurred simultaneously across the city, according to eyewitness accounts.

Nukissiorfiit and Greenland's police issued statements on Facebook about the outage, but neither provided details on the accident.

The disruption followed an update to Greenlandic authorities' emergency preparedness guidelines earlier in the week, in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's expressed interest in acquiring the Danish territory.

-Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen/Reuters