50Hertz Transmission GmbH is currently planning to convert the 220 kV overhead line between Bentwisch and Gnewitz (Mecklenburg) into a more powerful 380 kV overhead line. The measure is part of project 52 “Grid reinforcement in the Rostock region”. In addition to the Bentwisch-Gnewitz section, this also includes the replacement of the Güstrow-Bentwisch overhead line …
Continue reading...Best practice for the approval of power lines at the BNetzA
In the course of the energy transition, the expansion and upgrading of the electricity transmission grid in the north and east of Germany plays a central role. With the publication of the planning approval decisions for the two sections of the Röhrsdorf-Weida-Remptendorf project (No. 14 of the Federal Requirements Plan Act), the approval procedure has …
Continue reading...A next step in power grid expansion
In the course of the energy turnaround, the expansion, upgrading and increase of the electricity carrying capacity of the transmission grid in the north and east of Germany plays a central role. 50Hertz is currently planning and implementing a number of line projects in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. Two of the power grid expansion projects …
Continue reading...380-kV-overhead power line Pulgar-Vieselbach – Power Line Corridor Designation Procedure completed
On 20 December 2019, the official power line corridor designation procedure for the 380-kV-overhead power line Pulgar-Vieselbach was completed as the Federal Grid Agency took its decision regarding the western segment pursuant to §12 of the German Power Grid Expansion Acceleration Act.
Continue reading...Röhrsdorf-Weida-Remptendorf Scoping Conference
Expansions to 380 kV high-voltage overhead lines between Federal States require approval as part of a federal planning procedure in accordance with the Grid Expansion Act [Netzausbaugesetz]. Typically the first stage at which public interest groups and the general public become involved is the scoping conference, at which the approval authority, the Federal Grid Agency …
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