The German police are investigating the deliberate harm to the energy infrastructure in Bergheim, which occurred on September 1 at around 4 p.m. The day before, the services revealed an effort to sabotage the Jaenschwalde power plant, 20 km from Poland. The power does not run out, but a series of events shows how close to our border network safety is being tested.
Intentional harm in Bergheim
The Bergheim police in North Rhine-Westphalia confirmed that the method infrastructure had been intentionally damaged. Officers didn't say which devices were affected. The Amprion network operator estimated that external interference was likely to occur. The failure affected RWE Power equipment, but network stableness and energy supply were maintained.
Near Bergheim there are lignite power plants in Niederauss and Neurath. The location of the incidental gives him a serious dimension. Energy infrastructure is 1 of the first objectives of any saboteur, as even a limited accident can origin much greater social and economical costs. The German services must find the perpetrators before politicians start building comfortable versions of events.
Charges at Jaenschwalde
An improvised pyrotechnic devices were found at the Turnow-Preilack transformer station in Brandenburg the day before. The site lies about 20 km from the Polish border and serves energy from the Jaenschwalde power plant. The perpetrators attempted to introduce material leading to the highest tension line. 1 500 MW block shut down automatically, but there were no longer power outages. Details of the first attack and service activities They show that the threat was not symbolic.
Brandenburg's Minister of Interior Jan Redmann spoke of more than 12 items resembling rockets, 1 of which achieved the goal. According to the “Bild” log, there may have been over 20 devices, but this number of services did not confirm. Police are investigating, among another things, suspicions of creating a terrorist organization, disrupting the work of public enterprises and causing an explosion. The motive remains unknown.
Redmann pointed out that the mode of action was different from erstwhile left-wing extremist attacks. He besides added that there is presently no reason to attribute the attack to a abroad state or intelligence operation. It's an crucial reservation. erstwhile it comes to sabotage, it's easy to get political shortcuts, and a serious state bases charges on evidence.
Russian lead in Leipzig remains a separate case
Both incidents coincided with the accusations of Russia by Berlin of an effort to attack a Ukrainian transport aircraft at Leipzig Airport. In early August, port workers found a drone with explosives on the Antonow machine. That same night, an unidentified object collided with a DHL aircraft close the airport. German allegations against Russia concerning Leipzig However, they are not evidence of Russian acts in Bergheim or Jaenschwalde.
Germany has experience with ideological energy sabotage. The utmost left-wing Volkan Group was admitted to burning high-voltage lines in Berlin in January. Today's series may have a different background, which is why the investigation must take respective directions and cannot be subject to the current political narrative.
Lesson for Poland lies 20 kilometres from the border
For Poland, the stakes are specific. Power plants, transformer stations, pipelines and transmission networks find the functioning of the state during the crisis. Sabotage does not gotta plunge the full country into darkness to force costly repairs, pull distant services and undermine public confidence. Cooperation between PSE, GAZ-SYSTEM and PERN it should besides have a strong protective dimension, not limited to regulation and investment.
The Polish State should treat events in Germany as a applicable test of its own resilience. Physical protection, counterintelligence and fast repair procedures are needed. Energy sovereignty begins with whether Poles have electricity despite another people's provocation, failure or attack.
Source: Bankier.pl, for PAP and Reuters
Source: Bankier.pl
