Olaf Lies on the Energiewende: "This Would Be an Excessive Amount of What We Can Expect People to do."

Welt

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Energiewende yes – but with measure: Lower Saxony's new head of government sees Northern Germany as a special responsibility for energy supply. But there are also limits – for example in the design of the power lines.

Frankfurter Allgemeine

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Olaf Lies does not want to overburden the people in the north. Electricity lines with expensive earth cables are important for the acceptance of wind energy expansion.