āTransmission highway SuedLink enters next stageā
The preparation procedure for building Germanyās high-voltage transmission highway SuedLink has entered a crucial stage, news agency dpa reports in an article carried by Welt Online. Following submission of the sectoral planning application for SuedLinkās last segment in the southern federal state of Baden-Württemberg, German federal grid agency BNetzA can now start the formal approval procedure for the 800-kilometre-long power line meant to transfer electricity from Germanyās windy north to industrial centres in the south, the article says.
In a separate article on Welt Online, dpa reports that about 3,000 people forming a human chain in the central German state of Thuringia protested against SuedLinkās construction. The transmission highway made the federal state the āpack animalā of German energy policy, protesters lamented according to the article.
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