Germany takes unprecedented step to support heat-stricken energy sector
In an attempt to prevent a dramatic shortage in electricity production in central Germany, authorities have now authorized the usage of unusually warm river water to cool power plants. In Scandinavia, the prospect of rain provides a little room to breathe in a strained energy sector.
The dramatic heat and dry summer continues to pressure the energy sector in Northern Europe. As EnergyWatch was able to report last week, the long period of drought and little wind has led to record-high prices in the Scandinavian energy market and has put pressure on the nuclear energy sector in Germany, France and Sweden.
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