{"id":13146,"date":"2021-04-20T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T13:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/news\/hydropower-indispensable-for-secure-electricity-supply-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2021-09-13T13:41:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T11:41:20","slug":"hydropower-indispensable-for-secure-electricity-supply-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/en\/news\/hydropower-indispensable-for-secure-electricity-supply-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Hydropower &#8211; Indispensable for secure electricity supply in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"13146\" class=\"elementor elementor-13146 elementor-10852\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-163b758 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"163b758\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;_id&quot;:&quot;7ed21d9&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_tablet&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_image_mobile&quot;:{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_speed&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;%&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:50,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;jet_parallax_layout_type&quot;:&quot;scroll&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_direction&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_fx_direction&quot;:null,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_z_index&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_x_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y&quot;:50,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_y_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_tablet&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_bg_size_mobile&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_animation_prop&quot;:&quot;transform&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_on&quot;:[&quot;desktop&quot;,&quot;tablet&quot;]}]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a8e466d\" data-id=\"a8e466d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ec9407 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8ec9407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MeroweStaudamm1600-1024x320.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-10820\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MeroweStaudamm1600-1024x320.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MeroweStaudamm1600-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MeroweStaudamm1600-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MeroweStaudamm1600-1536x480.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vgbe.energy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/MeroweStaudamm1600.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ddcc05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1ddcc05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Am 8. Januar 2021 stand Europa kurz vor einem Blackout. Einmal mehr zeigte sich dabei, wie Wasserkraft in Krisensituationen ma\u00dfgeblich zur Stabilisierung der europ\u00e4ischen Stromnetze beitr\u00e4gt. Hydropower is an indispensable asset for the stability and security of energy supply in Europe because it provides reserve and control energy in combination with high control dynamics as well as its capability of black start and island operation.<\/p>\n<p>vgbe, the technical association of power plant operators, has written a background report on the event with a special focus on the role of hydropower. The report looks beyond an analysis of power grid disturbances and shows the challenges associated with the ongoing transformation of the European energy system and that hydropower can contribute even further to grid protection and supply security in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The Austrian Power Grid (APG) recently published a video about the incident &#8211; see below.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9a4fc2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"c9a4fc2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=-q7xY-2d6dg&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div 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electricity grids.<br \/>\n Further intelligent combination of electricity generators and consumers in the grid requires hydropower as efficient, reliable, flexible and storable part of the &#8220;renewable 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