Berlin blackout raises questions over power supply stability in Germany Recently, there was a blackout in the Köpenick district of Berlin which was unusually long, lasting over 30 hours. It left over 30,000 households and 2,000 businesses without electricity. The blackout was caused by a Swiss construction firm which cut through a 110 kV cable while working on a bridge…
7.6% of transport energy in the EU comes from renewables The statistics office Eurostat published a report which states that 7.6% of…
Cyber attacks on key infrastructure in Germany According to the Welt am Sonntag newspaper, Germany’s Federal Office for…
Devices would not need AC-DC converters in a hybrid electricity distribution system Researchers from the Canadian University of Waterloo have designed a new…
Renewables became the main electricity source in Germany in 2018 Experts from the Fraunhofer Institute have published a report stating that,…
Poland has signed a 20-year LNG deal with an American gas company Poland’s state gas company PNGiG has signed a deal with the American…
European strategy for a climate neutral Europe by 2050 In March 2018, the European Council asked the European Commission (EC) to…
Lower support for renewables in 2019