http://www.epsu.org/a/10927 Trade unionists in Ver.di (Germany) and GPA
(Austria) met in September in Cologne to discuss problems and the future
of the energy sector in Europe. They signaled the problems of a
non-functioning electricity market and its volatility. They discussed
possibilities of closer cooperation as the networks in Austria and
Germany are closely linked. However they face very different
circumstances. Austria has a stable electricity supply from hydropower,
but in Germany, electricity supply is swinging from nuclear (banned) to
coal to renewables causing problems of sudden shortages or sudden
oversupply (sunny and windy weather).Full article at http://www.epsu.org/a/10927
