Scenarios for Crisis in European Critical Energy Infrastructure

Masteroppgave i informasjons- og kommunikasjonsteknologi 2009 – Universitetet i Agder, Grimstad A sudden crisis occurrence, such as a big electricity cut, might not be regarded as an isolated incident: In almost all cases, a power outage crisis might bring about multiple losses with e.g. legal, social and economic aspects: Owing to interdependencies, failures in grid nodes might propagate asynchronously, resulting in a compounded disruption by cascading effects1, potentially leading to a societal catastrophe. So this is why crisis management has key importance in contemporary society. A proper scenario planning and its evaluation result should be regarded as an efficient and valuable approa…