Loops and Cracks: Excess German Power Strains Europe’s Grids
Expert(s): Severin Fischer
Journal Title: Clean Energy Wire
Publication Year: 2015
Europe’s power grids are supposed to become increasingly integrated – but right now the opposite seems to be happening. Germany’s eastern neighbours complain that the country’s renewable power production is putting a strain on their electricity grids. The result might be a split of the German and Austrian power markets.