Europe’s Power System Holds Steady as Extreme Weather Tests Its Resilience
Low rivers and unusually warm water are beginning to take electricity generation off the table in parts of Europe, just as summer heat is putting the power system under pressure. Yet for all the strain showing at its edges, the continent’s grid is holding. That is what the Electricity Coordination Group said, which convened an ad hoc meeting as heatwaves and drought continued to affect parts of Europe. Experts from the European Commission, EU countries, Ukraine, Moldova, the Energy Community Secretariat and the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity, or ENTSO-E, found no short-term adequacy risks to electricity supply.
