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Several German states and the federal government have reached an agreement on key aspects of the country鈥檚 much-needed transmission grid expansion, news agency dpa in an article published 聽on Welt Online. Together with state ministers from Bavaria, Thuringia and Hesse, Germany鈥檚 economy and energy minister Peter Altmaier agreed that grid expansion will be limited to the 鈥渘ecessary level鈥� and be carried out in a 鈥渃itizen-friendly way鈥� by placing long stretches of the power lines in the ground. Altmaier called the agreement a 鈥渄ecisive breakthrough鈥� for the energy transition, whose success hinges on a modernised grid that is capable of distributing electricity generated with intermittent renewable energy sources across the country.

The expansion of the long-distance transmission lines that are needed to transport wind power from the country鈥檚 windy coastal zones in the north to industrial centres in the south is seen as one of the biggest obstacles for successful emissions reduction and energy transition progress in Germany. Construction of the transmission lines, dubbed SuedLink and SuedOstLink, is way behind schedule and has been met with heavy resistance by local residents as well as by regional politicians who demand the lines be constructed underground and not cut through residential areas.