The current went in Spain, Portugal and parts of France on Monday. How this could happen is currently unclear. The chance that something similar happens in Norway is, according to Sintef researcher Kristian Solheim Thinn, very small, but:-When it happened in Spain, it can happen in Norway. Such an event, like the Southern European countries, will have enormous consequences. – First it gets dark. The next thing I think people had noticed is that after three hours they had lost mobile coverage. The vast majority of base stations have backup for just a few hours. When you start losing communication with people, it starts to get difficult. Then it will be difficult to get hold of both each other and the emergency services. Thinn also points out that large parts of the heating in this country are electric. – So Norway is very vulnerable to power outages. Kristian Solheim Thinn is a researcher at SINTEF Energi. – How long could we tolerate such a power failure? – That’s the heat it stands on. After a few days you start to notice it. That is precisely why the authority wants us to do it for a week ourselves. Thinn thinks we should therefore learn from the power outage in Spain, and fill up the emergency stocks. – Self -preparedness is the key. NVE is accompanied by the section manager at NVE Christian Markegård says it is difficult to say whether this could have happened in Norway when you do not know what is the cause of the power outage, but that we have a safe system here in the country. – The power system is built up with a number of safety mechanisms to protect our system. A fuse may go. But then we have the procedure in force to re -establish and get the power back into the contact. He still believes that we must keep up with the situation in the south of Europe. – We need to learn the incident that is now in Spain and see how this could develop here to become a bigger power outage. We must think about that and see if there are things we also need to do in the Norwegian power system. Well -equipped Energy Minister Terje Lien Aasland (Ap) says the power out in the south of Europe extensively. – It is too early to say anything for sure what may be the cause of the power outage. Norway has a robust and good power system, and we have good preparedness to cope with unexpected events. Thinn agrees. He believes the way power generation is laid out here in the country can be an advantage for us. – We have many smaller power plants across the country. It often makes one better rusted. If you have a few very big then you are also much more vulnerable if one or more of them exit. Published 28.04.2025, at. 20.29
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