Schwerin (dpa / mv) - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Minister of the Interior Christian level sees the state government well prepared for a "blackout". A so-called black test, in which a power outage lasting several hours was simulated in the Ministry of the Interior on Friday, was successful, the SPD politician said on Saturday. "The test run was important because the Ministry of the Interior has a central function in such a crisis." The state government should then remain able to act from this "lighthouse location". "Yesterday's test showed that this works," said level.
For the test, the ministry was completely disconnected from the city of Schwerin's power grid for two and a half hours. According to the plan, an emergency generator from the Federal Agency for Technical Relief should take over the supply in such a case. To bridge the gap, the in-house emergency power system initially jumps in, said level. "It is powered by a diesel generator and maintains the power supply for the situation center, emergency lighting and servers for six to eight hours." After about 30 minutes, the THW unit took over the supply of the entire building as planned.
A power failure - as simulated in the test - is extremely unlikely, saidleve. "Nevertheless, we have to be prepared if, for example, a storm or another crisis situation leads to this."
