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NewsWorld news25.05.2015 17:17 Germany Must Build More Underground Power Transmission Lines It is unclear whether the planned two “electricity highways” from the North to the South would be completed by 2022, when Germany’s nuclear stations, mostly in the South, are expected to be taken offline
Germany must lay more power lines underground to take electricity generated by windpower in the north to industry in the south, to overcome opposition along the routes, economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel said on Sunday in an interview for ZDF, as quoted by Reuters. Minister Gabriel also said that state of Bavaria will have to accept power lines running through the southern German state and could not push them off onto to its neighbouring states of Hesse and Baden-Wuerttemberg. "I believe we're going to have to put considerably more of the transmission lines underground because otherwise more people will oppose the lines," Gabriel said. It is unclear whether the planned two “electricity highways” from the North to the South would be completed by 2022, when Germany’s nuclear stations, mostly in the South, are expected to be taken offline. "I believe we need a willingness, in particular the financial willingness, to put more cables underground. The technology for that has improved considerably in recent years." No published comments Login to comment |
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