āTransmission highways above ground after all?ā
Parts of Germanyās electricity transmission highway dubbed Suedostlink, running from the windy north to industrial centres in the south, could be constructed above the ground - contrary to earlier planning, Marko Jeschor writes in Mitteldeutsche Zeitung. Officials in central Germany are worried that ground cables could damage too much of the fertile soil in the Salzlandkreis region in central Germany, he writes. The ground cableās ten-meter wide concrete channel would require āmassiveā construction work, Jeschor explains. Grid operator 50 Hertz had already said that the cable, which is slated for construction by 2022, could also run above the ground, Jeschor adds.
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