Bergheim: Mutmaßlicher Anschlag in Bergheim: Fünf RWE-Kraftwerksblöcke vom Netz
In einem Amprion-Umspannwerk in Bergheim kam es in der Nacht zu einer Störung. Die Polizei geht von einer gezielten Tat aus. Mehrere Kraftwerksblöcke bleiben tagelang vom Netz.
In Bergheim, near Cologne, a suspected attack on a substation led to several RWE power plant units being taken offline, according to RWE Power. Police consider the incident a criminal act. Five power plant blocks in the Rhine region suffered from the suspected attack, resulting in a total of 4200 Megawatts (MW) of capacity being taken off the grid.
At the time of the disruption, the affected units were supplying around 3000 MW of power to the grid, a significant portion of Germany's fossil fuel-based electricity production.
The affected blocks included G and F at Neurath power plant, as well as H, G, and K at Niederaußem power plant. RWE did not disclose any information on potential damages caused by the incident. Neurath G and Niederaußem H, with a combined capacity of approximately 1600 MW, are expected to return to the grid during the morning. Neurath F (1000 MW) is also scheduled to resume operations later in the day.
However, blocks G and K at Niederaußem (a combined capacity of around 1600 MW) are not expected to return to service until the weekend.
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