Germany To Expand Power Grid

It calls for the expansion of the power grid in order to allow
. . . an increasing amount of wind power from offshore and onshore wind
. . . to be fed into the grid and provide renewable electricity,
. . . to industrial centers and households alike.
One important part of the plan is the retrofitting of 4,400 km,
. . . of the existing power lines by 2022.
But at the core of the proposal lies the construction of
. . . 4 massive new direct current power lines stretching from
. . . northern Germany all the way down to the south
. . . with a total length of 3,800 km.
This will be a investment will be in the 10's of billions of euros over the next 10 years,
. . . which is an absolute necessity according to the government.

Source: cleantechnica