The high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) SuedLink line proposed by transmission systemoperators (TSOs) TenneT and TransnetBW is one of three major transmission highways aiming to transport energy from coastal andoffshore wind parks in the north to industrial centres in southern Germany, where severalnuclear plants will be switched off in coming years.

“The [southern] federal states ofBavaria, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse in 2023 will have to import some 30% oftheir annual electricity consumption,” says Rainer Joswig, a member of theTransnetBW board.

“But