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Yep. That's the current problem. They have built a ton of wind-farms out in the north sea and have industry in the very south of the country. So they want to bu
by skriticos2 8y ago
Yep. That's the current problem. They have built a ton of wind-farms out in the north sea and have industry in the very south of the country. So they want to build a set of power-lines that connects these places called SuedLink. They started sometime around 2014 and are still only a fraction of the way there.
So charging in the north will be fine, not so much in the middle or south.
Nobody wants a giant power-line around them and they faced stiff protests against the routes. If I recall correctly, they now want to bury the power-lines underground to avoid some of the public opposition.
In the meantime Germany is switching off its nuclear infrastructure (because people hate that too) so that they can buy nuclear power from France (which is perfectly fine?).
Also Germany spent billions on the green energy initiative in the past decade and is still hooked ~35% on lignite, one of the most polluting sorts of coal out there.
Without the power-lines that bring green energy from the sea, the e-car revolution will be difficult (unless we want to burn coal of course).
Established modern society is so dysfunctional when it comes to big projects that aim to change an existing system.