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Energy Transport on a Solid Foundation

The energy transition in Germany requires significant grid expansion to ensure sustainable power supply. In southern Germany, where population density and industrial concentration are high, the demand for electricity is increasing. To guarantee power supply under the changing conditions of the energy transition and to prevent overloads, the transmission system operator TransnetBW is upgrading the transmission network between Karlsruhe-Daxlanden and Eichstetten am Kaiserstuhl from 220 to 380 kilovolts—known as the Badische Rheinschiene grid enhancement project.

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