Germany line

The planned 380-kV line running from the St. Peter node to the German border will make an important contribution to the success of the transition to renewables. The line will combine the renewable energies of wind and water, enabling clean wind power from the north of Europe to be conveyed to the Alpine storage power plants (green batteries). Conversely, the new line will enable optimum use of electricity generated from both existing and new storage power plants, which is primarily drawn upon when there is no or little wind. Without reinforcement from the north-south interconnector between Austria and Bavaria (in Germany), the feasibility of expanding renewable energy in Europe would be called massively into question. Germany’s decision to exit nuclear power also presents new challenges for the Austrian grid. 

The 380-kV line running from St.?Peter to the German border (Ottenhofen/Isar/Pleinting) will have four systems and a length of approximately 3?km on the Austrian side (= APG’s project area) and will connect the St.?Peter node, which still has to be modified, to the substations at Simbach, Ottenhofen, Isar and Pleinting in Bavaria. The new 380-kV line will also enable the existing 220-kV lines between St.?Peter and the German border at Simbach/Altheim and St.?Peter and the German border at Pleinting to be dismantled. German transmission grid operator TenneT is in charge of the line system on the German side.