Grid operators build SuedOstLink power line from Wolmirstedt to Bavaria
- Location
- Saxony-Anhalt to Bavaria (Wolmirstedt via Thuringia/Saxony to Isar near Landshut) · 🇩🇪 Germany
- Project
- SuedOstLink (Project 5): Wolmirstedt – Isar, approx. 540 km
- Investment
- not specified
- Status
- Fully approved, under construction (all sections A1, A2, B have final planning approval)
SuedOstLink (Project 5) is an approximately 540 km HVDC underground cable connecting Wolmirstedt (Saxony-Anhalt) to Isar near Landshut (Bavaria), with 2,000 MW transmission capacity at 525 kV, mostly laid as underground cable. Since March 2025 all sections have received final planning approval (confirmed by Germany's Federal Network Agency on 25 July 2025), construction is already underway in several sections and at the converter station since 2023. Commissioning is planned for 2027; no investment volume has been disclosed by the operators.
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