Power lines needed in North Rhine-Westphalia
Welt am Sonntag
The regional state of North Rhine-Westphalia plays a key role in Germany’s energy transition and needs to heavily expand its power grid infrastructure despite local opposition, writes Guido M. Hartmann for Welt am Sonntag. The industry-heavy state produces around 30 percent of the country’s electricity and consumes 24 percent. Grid investments will be needed to secure the future supply of electricity, because many of state’s coal power stations are likely to go offline soon, according to the article.
Read the article in German here.
For background, read the CLEW dossier The energy transition and Germany’s power grid, as well as the factsheet Set-up and challenges of Germany's power grid.
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