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Stromnetz
2026
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Smart meters and electricity freedom
TKP reports on EU plans for smart meters, AI and load shifting. What does this mean for households, energy prices and freedom?
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Think first, then build
Solidarwerkstatt.at warns about Google’s data centre in Kronstorf: electricity consumption, water, land and democratic control must be clarified beforehand.
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Why power grids need to think decentrally
Dr. Fette shows: the stability of modern power grids needs decentralised control, storage and local intelligence instead of a central flood of data.
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Emergency measures 2026: when systems tip over
Unexpected emergency measures in 2026 reveal the limits of systems – and why complex energy approaches are often misunderstood.
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Energy sovereignty begins locally
Geopolitical crises reveal the weakness of import-dependent energy systems. The future lies in decentralised structures and local energy.
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Power grid at its limit: a blackout foretold?
Grid frequency, redispatch, dark doldrums: how wind and solar destabilise the power system – and why a blackout is no longer a taboo.
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First lessons from the Berlin power cut in January 2026
GfKV explains in brief: Berlin without power from 3 to 7 January 2026 – causes, consequences and lessons for resilience, crisis management and blackout preparedness.
2025
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Sunspot alert: a risk to our power grid?
A gigantic sunspot complex could trigger strong solar storms. Researchers warn of risks to the power grid, satellites and communications.
2024
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Challenges in the Energy Supply System
As far as energy supply is concerned, the coming months are likely to bring further major challenges for the European electricity supply.
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Neutrinovoltaics: Decentralised Home Supply
With neutrinovoltaics, renewable energy gains planning certainty for the first time, because the energy is permanently available and can therefore be drawn on continuously.
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Dark Doldrums in Europe
Energy transition: dark doldrums in Germany and the EU – electricity prices rise to 2,748 euros per MWh
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Grid Expansion: Transformer Supply Problems
Expansion of central power grids: current delivery times for transformers are 3 to 4 years at the world's largest manufacturer, Hitachi Energy
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Neutrino Energy: Transformation of the Energy Sector
"Neutrinovoltaics uses all kinds of radiation from space, the Earth and the environment to harvest electricity independently" – Prof. Dr. Jochem Unger, TH/University of Darmstadt
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Neutrino Energy Group Innovation Boost: Five Billion Euros
With five billion euros, the Neutrino Energy Group wants to support carmakers in Germany so that they can get back out in front.
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Radio SOL • Autarkie & Me • Episode 5
Radio SOL and GAIA on the subject of energy – the 5th episode of the series "Autarkie & Me" was broadcast on 11.09.2024.
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Criticism & Recommendations on the Energy Transition
Energy transition: power plant strategy, capacity market, grid expansion, affordability of energy and rising grid fees are in focus
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Neutrinovoltaics – Intelligent Energy Supply
The forces of neutrinovoltaics, supercapacitors and artificial intelligence work together in the world of decentralised, independent energy supply.
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Wind power bonanza
Wind power is being expanded in Europe whatever the cost.
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The energy transition leads to blackouts and rising costs
Energy supply from sun and wind is unreliable and extremely expensive.
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Record prices thanks to the "energy transition"
The European power exchange EEX reveals the true impact of the energy transition
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APG: electricity year 2023 shows a challenging overall situation
In 2023, interventions in the power plant schedule were needed on 217 days to prevent possible overloads in the power grid – 51% more than in 2022
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Electricity is not enough for heating in cold winters
Covering the additional electricity demand is hardly possible, the necessary storage is extremely expensive, and distribution grids and transformers would have to be renewed.
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Major court defeat for the wind industry
The wind industry is going through hard times. At the end of 2023 a US judge dealt the wind power industry a heavy defeat.
2023
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Electricity generation solely from wind and solar systems is not feasible
People act as if all you had to do to generate electricity was build enough wind and solar plants to meet demand
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Green Deal
The Green Deal essentially concerns three central distribution channels for energy: the filling-station network, gas pipes and power grids.
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We need 80 million kilometres of new power grids
The IEA calls for over 80 million kilometres of the global power grid to be expanded and renovated by 2040 for a successful energy transition.
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Society for Crisis Preparedness – Newsletter #10
On 15 July 2023 the general assembly decided to change the name "Austrian Society for Crisis Preparedness", to extend our activities to the neighbouring countries Germany and Switzerland and to express this in the name "Society for Crisis Preparedness".
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Problem for renewable energy: expensive grid stabilisation
Stabilising the German power grid was more expensive in 2022 than ever before: the electricity industry had to spend 4.2 billion euros to counteract grid bottlenecks.
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Emergency food supply after a blackout
In many areas, blackout preparedness is still reduced to the duration of the power cut itself, which falls well short. A supra-regional power cut would immediately affect all production and logistics and cause lengthy restart problems – including for the food supply.
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Power cut at Europe's largest hospital
Despite its emergency power supply, the hospital was without electricity for around 3 hours. According to initial findings, a short circuit in a power distributor caused the outage at the Charité in Berlin.
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The energy transition cannot be achieved through self-deception
Austria is investing 600 million euros in expanding PV systems. But is that the right way? What many people are not aware of are simple physical relationships that could thwart the whole plan.
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GfKV Newsletter #09 – Society for Crisis Preparedness
Winter is not quite over yet, but the most critical phase has probably passed. In our last newsletter we encouraged you once again to make personal provisions for coming crises.
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50 Hz – how we avoid a blackout
The topic of blackouts has been on everyone's lips for months. What actually happens technically when Europe's power supply collapses and has to be rebuilt?
2022
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"My stomach turns every day."
"News about prices, and especially electricity prices – I can't bear to hear it any more. Why? Because politics doesn't get to the root of the problem."
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GfKV Newsletter #08 – Society for Crisis Preparedness
In our last GfKV newsletter #07 before Christmas 2021 we encouraged you to make personal provisions for coming crises, as a number of facts pointed to a critical development.
2021
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GfKV newsletter #07 – please prepare now!
We actually did not want to send out another newsletter before Christmas. In view of current, worrying developments, we decided to send one with a core message: prepare now.
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Seven days without electricity – DOK1
Hanno Settele wants to find out: what happens if the whole country suddenly goes dark? For DOK 1 he plays through the emergency – a week of blackout.
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Austrian interior ministry and APG sign cooperation agreement on blackout prevention
On 27 September 2021, the Austrian Ministry of the Interior signed an agreement on blackout preparedness with the grid operator Austrian Power Grid (APG).
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GfKV newsletter #06 – Society for Crisis Preparedness
Blackout preparedness has been in the Austrian media more often in recent months. Preparedness activities are increasing – but so are sobering findings on drinking water, livestock and gas supply.
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GfKV newsletter #05 – Society for Crisis Preparedness
Vulnerable power supply: "Guat is ganga, nix is g'scheh'n!" Further serious incidents on 17 May 2021 and 24 July 2021 – and why crisis preparedness is inadequate in many areas.
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GfKV newsletter #04 – Society for Crisis Preparedness
We reported on the serious incident in the European interconnected grid on 8 January 2021 in GfKV newsletter #03. It has since emerged that the triggering event did not occur in Romania, as reported, but in Croatia.
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GfKV newsletter #03 – Society for Crisis Preparedness
On 8 January 2021, the European power grid split in two. GfKV newsletter #03 puts the incident into perspective.
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Goodbye, pylons? Will electricity soon be distributed wirelessly?
Nikola Tesla already knew that electricity does not have to be carried through a cable. But only now has the start-up Emrod managed to make wireless transmission efficient enough for cable-free grids to pay off – at least in some regions.