NRW: Polizei ermittelt nach Störung an Umspannwerk in Bergheim
Ein Vorfall an einem Amprion-Umspannwerk im nordrhein-westfälischen Bergheim bei Köln hat laut dem Energiekonzern RWE fünf Kraftwerksblöcke lahmgelegt. Die Polizei geht von einer vorsätzlichen Tat aus.
Bergheim, near Cologne, saw the shutdown of five RWE coal-fired power blocks due to a disruption at a substation. RWE Power spokesperson explained that these blocks, with a total capacity of approximately 4,200 megawatts, were supplying around 3,000 megawatts of power to the grid at the time of the incident. Despite the disturbance, the overall electricity supply remained uninterrupted.
Amprion, the transmission system operator, confirmed that the disturbance was intentionally caused at the substation it operated. The removal of RWE's power supply from the grid would allow Amprion to draw from other areas. According to RWE Power, the Niederaußem power plant in Bergheim, involving blocks H, G, and K, and Neurath power plant in Grevenbroich, where blocks G and F went offline, were affected by the incident.
However, block Niederaußem H had already been restored to the grid, according to spokesman Matthias Beigel of dpa. Two more blocks were set to return online later in the day. The police in Essen are investigating the incident as a criminal act, leaving many aspects unexplored. The area surrounding the facility remains largely cordoned off.
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