Ems powerline crossing

The 380 kV overhead line crossing EMS is moved to 110 meter high masts Danube, double-circuit 380 - kV transmission line crossing the Ems Mitling Mark south of Weener. The span of the overhead line on the Ems is 405 meters. The transmission line connects the switchboard at Conneforde with the hall at (f1 map with all linked pages: OSM, Google and Bing). After a major power outage in Europe in November 2006, in which the elimination of this line was the trigger, the pylons have been increased from 84 meters to 110 meters in the summer of 2007. Thus, the line must not now be taken off the grid on a boat crossing under.

The overhead line crossing presented before summer 2007 is one of the obstacles for cruise ships at Meyer Werft in Papenburg, which are transferred via the Ems near Emden in the North Sea. Even if the ships fitted just below the line through it, this had to be taken for safety reasons due to the small distance to the conductor cables from the power supply.

The line hit the headlines when a shutdown in preparation for the passage of the Norwegian Pearl on the evening of 4 November 2006, according to official information, a major failure caused the trigger for a power failure in many areas of Germany and other countries of Western Europe was. The shutdown of the line in the transfer of another ship on 6 November 2006 was, however, easily.