German objection to Danish wind power stymies EU grid plan
Stockholm
THE Danes generate excess wind power. The Germans, their neighbours, are seeking to ramp up their use of clean-energy sources. A perfect match, right?
Not quite. In a growing spat that is undermining the European Union's 150 billion euro (S$218.5 billion) programme to strengthen the bloc's electricity links, leaders in Bavaria and other German regions are turning down Danish wind power.
Their biggest objection is the aesthetics of it all: New transmissi…
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