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Germany To Construct 2,800 Miles Of Transmission Lines as it Abandons Nuclear Power for Renewable Energy

08/04/2011
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    Germany has decided to turn its back on nuclear energy following Japan's recent disaster, but what will the nation do now? As part of the country's new national energy plan, it will be building more than <b>2,800 miles</b> of new high-voltage transmission lines in order to double its current renewable energy target of 35 percent by 2020. The new transmission lines will carry wind power from existing wind farms all over the nation to the county's industrial areas and population centres....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/germany-to-construct-2800-miles-of-transmission-lines-as-it-abandons-nuclear-power-for-renewable-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Nuclear Power
    Germany has decided to turn its back on nuclear energy following Japan's recent disaster, but what will the nation do now? As part of the country's new national energy plan, it will be building more than <b>2,800 miles</b> of new high-voltage transmission lines in order to double its current renewable energy target of 35 percent by 2020. The new transmission lines will carry wind power from existing wind farms all over the nation to the county's industrial areas and population centres....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/germany-to-construct-2800-miles-of-transmission-lines-as-it-abandons-nuclear-power-for-renewable-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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    Germany has decided to turn its back on nuclear energy following Japan's recent disaster, but what will the nation do now? As part of the country's new national energy plan, it will be building more than <b>2,800 miles</b> of new high-voltage transmission lines in order to double its current renewable energy target of 35 percent by 2020. The new transmission lines will carry wind power from existing wind farms all over the nation to the county's industrial areas and population centres....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/germany-to-construct-2800-miles-of-transmission-lines-as-it-abandons-nuclear-power-for-renewable-energy/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Germany has decided to turn its back on nuclear energy following Japan's recent disaster, but what will the nation do now? As part of the country's new national energy plan, it will be building more than 2,800 miles of new high-voltage transmission lines in order to double its current renewable energy target of 35 percent by 2020. The new transmission lines will carry wind power from existing wind farms all over the nation to the county's industrial areas and population centres....

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