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04.09.2020 |

Project News

Ostwind 2: Unexploded ordnance recovery in shallow water completed

Rare but not surprising find. Recovery of the Henschel Hs 293 bomb. Photo: 50Hertz

During work on the cable route, a glider bomb was found in July. It was the Henschel Hs 293 - a remote-controlled glider bomb from the Second World War.

14.08.2020 |

Press Release

High-temperature conductors for more renewable energy: 40% more capacity between Leipzig and Erfurt

50Hertz employees during the conductor-pulling work on the Pulgar-Vieselbach powerline near Groitzsch in Saxony. Photo: Jan Pauls/50Hertz

By switching to high-temperature conductors, 50Hertz increases the transmission capacity on the first section of an important 380-kV overhead line between Saxony and Thuringia that crosses southern Saxony-Anhalt.

12.08.2020 |

Press Release

Uckermark Line: 50Hertz obtains building permit

Bird watching along the Uckermark line during the approval procedure

For the construction of the new Uckermark Line in replacement for the old one, a decision has now been reached with regard to the supplementary planning procedure.

20.07.2020 |

Project News

Kontek 400-KV Grid Connection: Important advice received with regard to mapping and harvesting times

50Hertz project team in discussion; source: 50Hertz

08.07.2020 |

Project News

Hansa PowerBridge: Plan Approval Application Submitted for Coastal Waters Section

50Hertz has submitted the application documents for the planning approval proceedings in the coastal waters section to the competent permitting authority, the Ministry of Energy, Infrastructure and Digitalization of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (EM M-V). The plans comprise the construction and operation of the cross-border submarine cable Hansa PowerBridge between Germany and Sweden. The pe...

02.07.2020 |

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100 percent renewables by 2032: 50Hertz sends clear signal to climate and industry policy makers

Presenting the strategy "From 60 to 100 by 2032" in Berlin: 50Hertz CEO Stefan Kapferer (l.) and Elia Group CEO Chris Peeters. Picture: Manfred Vogel

Transmission system operator 50Hertz has launched an economic and climate initiative for the grid area the company is responsible for: the eastern German states as well as the city states of Berlin and Hamburg. With the slogan “From 60 to 100 by 2032: for an economy with prospects”, 50Hertz has set itself the specific goal of getting the electricity demand in its grid area covere...

26.06.2020 |

Press Release

Efficient congestion management: transmission system operators put redispatch settlement server RAS into operation

With the new server for redispatch-processes we can optimize the transmission control.

Today, the four transmission system operators 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW successfully put the first component of their joint redispatch platform into operation: the so-called redispatch settlement server or RAS.

10.06.2020 |

Press Release

‘National hydrogen strategy is good starting point for clima-te-neutral economy’

According to transmission system operator 50Hertz, the national hydrogen strategy that the German Federal Cabinet decided on today is ‘a good starting point for a climate-neutral economy by 2050’. In this strategy, efficient coupling between the industrial hydrogen production and the power grids plays a decisive role.