A routine safety operation in Germany has triggered a massive power blackout that affected millions of people across Western Europe on Saturday evening.
The grid failure in Germany led to the biggest pan-European power collapse in at least 30 years through a domino effect that swept through Western and Eastern Europe.
About 10 million households across France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Morocco and Eastern Europe have been affected by Saturday’s power outages.
Today E.ON (NYSE:EON) admitted that it was to blame for the power cut. The grid was overloaded while a power line was temporarily switched off to allow a cruise ship to safely pass through river Ems.
This evening at 20:00 UTC a second attempt will be made…
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