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The "Energy Turnaround" is not a vision anymore — it is reality. With an analysis of blackouts and important disturbances in Europe since 2003 this paper describes the sequence of events and challenges restoring the grid. Since in most of the disturbances described renewables have been involved the paper describes concrete problems and impacts on protection and control. After every blackout...