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).
Future
meetings
between
the
TSOs
and…
