The European electricity supply system is undergoing a fundamental transformation due to numerous parallel and sometimes uncoordinated changes. These changes increase the risk of major disruptions and a possible supra-regional blackout, which would not only lead to a nationwide blackout, but could also result in unforeseeable chain reactions in supply logistics for which neither society, the economy nor the state are prepared. Peter Erlhofer and Herbert Saurugg from the Gesellschaft für Krisenvorsorge (GfKV) explain these challenges and the potential consequences of a blackout in their new article.
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