380 kV-Powerline between Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk

Only 380 kV Powerline in Europe not directly interconnected to the European 380 kV Grid

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Image of 380 kV-Powerline between Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk located in Herrenwyk, Germany | A strainer of the 380 kV-Powerline between Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk

A strainer of the 380 kV-Powerline between Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk

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After German Reunifaction it was planned to build a 380 kV interconnection between Krümmel Nuclear Power Station, in former West Germany, to Görries substation in
former East Germany via Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk. In Lübeck-Siems, it was planned at those days to replace the old
coal-fired power station by a modern more powerful one and at Lübeck-Herrenwyk on the area of the former power plant, which was operated by a steelmill, a static inverter plant
for a 450 kV DC powerline to Sweden was built. This line is called "Baltic-Cable" and consists of 250 km subsea and underground cable and 12 km overhead line in Sweden. It was when inaugaurated
in 1994 for several years world's longest power cable.
However at those days the plan was cancelled to replace the already demolished power station Lübeck-Siems by a new one and while
the 3 kilometres long 380 kV line between Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk was built in 1993, its extensions toward Krümmel and Görries were not built as
result of missing construction license. However this missing line had strong effects on operating Baltic-Cable, it could only be operated with 372 MW and not with 600 MW, for which it was designed off.
In 2004 this problem was solved by installing a SVC in Lübeck-Siems and by laying a 220 kV underground cable from Lübeck-Siems to Lübeck-Bargerbrück substation.
After 2004 the plan for building a 380 kV line between Lübeck-Siems and Krümmel was given up. This may be also true for the section between Lübeck-Herrenwyk and Görries, which ends just 300 metres east of
Lübeck-Herrenwyk substation, after in 2011 a direct 380 kV interconnection between Krümmel and Görries was built, which does not run via Lübeck.
So the 380 kV powerline between Lübeck-Siems and Lübeck-Herrenwyk got to the only 380 kV powerline in continental Europe, which is not interconnected by other lines of this type with
the remaining European 380 kV grid, which is the backbone of power supply in Europe.

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