Minister President of Lower Saxony rules out transition to overhead power lines.
Germany's northern federal state seems to serve as the prime transit hub, according to reports. Unlike other nations, it calls for an extensive layout of high-powered electric lines, Weil states. These lines, known as High-Voltage Direct Current Transmission Lines, span an impressive 70 meters in width. The masts for these colossal structures would need to reach heights of 70 meters as well.
Notably, network operators and certain political figures have been advocating for the abandonment of underground high-voltage line construction in new projects. However, Scholz clarified during Weil's speech at the Bund-Länder Conference and subsequent debates that this discussion has concluded within the Federal Government as well.
"It's our obligation to minimize the impact on the people in Lower Saxony," Weil remarked. And that goal has been successfully met.
