“Power autobahn to be significantly more expensive”
Süddeutsche Zeitung
Planned power lines to link renewable production in windy north-eastern Germany to demand in the country’s industrial south are likely to cost three times the 4 billion euros originally projected, writes Christian Sebald in Süddeutsche Zeitung. Public protest and resistance from the Bavarian government resulted in a decision by federal government last year to force grid operator TenneT to lay the cables underground. That means they will be considerably more expensive than the overhead lines originally planned. TenneT has presented a variety of updated route suggestions to the Bavarian government and is to publish them on Thursday.
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Find a CLEW dossier on Germany’s power grid here.
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