The plan, which is still at a very early stage, envisages a massive update of the country’s existing grids and the construction of 4,400km of new lines by 2022, particularly in the north.
Germany needs to “catch up on a backlog [of grid connections]”, Merkel acknowledged at a press conference at the Federal Network Agency’s headquarters in Bonn. She was flanked by her new environment minister Peter Altmaier and the heads of Germany’s four TSOs – TenneT, Amprion, 50Hertz and TransnetBW (known as EnBW Transportnetze until March).
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