Shortage in Energy Supply: Austria Helps Germany Out

Business › Commodities ♦ Published: February 9, 2012; 19:06 ♦ (Vindobona)

In Germany, wind power plants record a decrease in energy production. German energy suppliers called for Austrian electricity.

Shortage in Energy Supply: Austria Helps Germany Out / Picture: © Vindobona.org

Due to a threatening shortage in energy supply, four German power grid operators again came back to Austrian energy reserves. Moreover, a reserve power near Mannheim plant has been re-activated. Thus, Austria had to help Germany out already for the second time this winter.

The German federal grid agency reserved about 1,000 MW last summer at Austrian energy suppliers in order to…

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