German authorities probe suspected sabotage after 2 power substation disruptions
Investigators say five coal-fired units with 4,200 megawatts were knocked offline, and police are examining possible links between the incidents.
- On Tuesday at 1800 GMT, local police began investigating "PREMEDITATED VANDALISM" at a power substation near Bergheim, marking a second sabotage attempt on Germany's electricity grid within 24 hours.
- Separately, rockets carrying conductive material damaged high-voltage power lines in Brandenburg on Tuesday, as Berlin blamed Russia for a separate attempted drone attack last month amid growing hybrid warfare concerns.
- Electricity grid operator Amprion reported that the interference forced five lignite power plant units with 4,200 MW in combined capacity off the grid, though RWE confirmed a 600 MW block has since been reconnected.
- Brandenburg Interior Minister Jan Redmann noted parallels to a 2024 arson attack at Tesla's German plant while calling for better protection, as Alexander Throm called the timing of disruptive incidents before the weekend election "extremely suspicious."
- E.ON CEO Leonhard Birnbaum warned last month that full protection of grid infrastructure is illusory, noting operators can only make attacks as difficult as possible rather than prevent all sabotage attempts.
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Five soft coal units in two German thermal power plants owned by the RWE Power electric giant had to be disconnected from the grid around eight o’clock Tuesday night after a sabotage against an electric substation in Rommerskirchen, near Cologne. Although the electricity supply to consumers was never affected, an equivalent vacuum of 4.2 billion watts was generated for one hour and supplied with reserves and alternative sources, causing the so-c…
Another attack on the infrastructure: After a disturbance at a substation in Bergheim near Cologne, the police discovered six firing devices in an adjacent field on Wednesday, 2 September. Investigators assume that the critical infrastructure is being deliberately attacked. NRW Interior Minister Herbert Reul (CDU) spoke of an "attack to our country".
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