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A FAULT in the German power grid plunged millions of people into darkness across Western Europe and provided a reminder of the fragility of the Continent’s energy supply as it heads into winter.
The power cut is believed to have been caused by technical problems with German power lines, which led to a chain reaction of energy shortfalls across Europe.
It happened just after 10pm on Saturday and lasted for up to 90 minutes in some areas, halting trains and affecting households from northern Germany to Morocco. E..On, the Germany utility company, which is one of the biggest in Europe, said that the problem may have arisen when it switched off a power line over the river Ems, in the north of the country, to allow a large ship to pass underneath safely.
A 380,000-volt line was turned off to let the Norwegian Pearl, a newly built cruise ship, pass on its way from the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg to the North Sea. The loss of power may have overstretched other power lines.....
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