Luxembourg can avoid the electricity blackout
As the Grand Duchy is particularly dependent on energy from abroad, the country is preparing for any risk of shortage. Hence this new tool made available to residents and businesses: the StroumMonitor.
Claude Turmes is about to experience a difficult winter. It is indeed not easy to be Minister of Energy when supply voltages are felt as much on the gas supplied in Luxembourg than in electricity.
Corn no need to panicand the person in charge déi Gréng to repeat for the moment: “ Currently, the risk of electrical interruption is not higher than in previous years “. Except that neither the international context nor the shutdown of half of French nuclear reactors leads to optimism for a State whose 80% of electrical energy comes from outside.
Not for nothing, moreover, that the Luxembourg government has just revised its Risk Preparedness Plan for the electricity sector. In other words: the establishment of a organization and tools to face a possible power drop on the national network.
Live “electric weather”
For now, each of 300,000 connected customers can already know the “electric weather” of the Grand Duchy in real time. In other words: whether or not there is a risk of cutting. This is the whole preventive usefulness of the StrumMonitoravailable directly on the site Creos.lu.
It reads the electrical potential available, according to a universal color code: green when everything is fine, orange when the situation changes, red when the worst scenario has been reached.
This red stadium, it is clear that Luxembourg does not want to reach it. A general blackout, a general loss of electricity, being the authorities’ last resort.
To avoid this, different crisis levels have been defined. A plan drawn up not only with Creos (which distributes the kilowatts through its 10,267 km of power lines) but also industrial partners, energy-hungry. Was also included in the reflection the High Commission for National Protection (who had taken charge of the management of the covid crisis for the past two years).
If Claude Turmes has already invited everyone to master their use of electricity, the minister is considering possible power cuts. But, in a low hypothesis, these would only be “ local, temporary and rotating “.
Triple good deed
And there is no question for the government of cutting off electricity to households as a priority. In the event of “shedding”, large consumers (industrial type) will first be concerned. This outside of high-risk sites SEVESO type.
Then, only, low voltage customers (the vast majority of individuals and businesses). The ultimate stage being this famous blackout where even certain critical infrastructures would be impacted. A unprecedented general outage for the country.
As for gas” it is advisable to be aware of our electricity consumption“, insists Minister Turmes. Hence his call for adopt the “good gestures” for not only not jeopardize the network but also reduce your energy bill and… protect the climate.
A triple good action to be put in place as soon as possible, especially as this week the mercury could drop to -10°C in some parts of the country.