Berlin

:This article is about the city in Germany. For other uses, see Berlin (disambiguation).

Power Supply

The power supply of Berlin has some peculiarities. In World War II it was planned to supply the grid of Berlin over an HV DC-underground cable from Dessau power station . The construction of this facility was begun in 1943, but was abandoned (see Elbe-Project).

Related Topics:
Power supply - HV DC - Cable - 1943 - Elbe-Project

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During the time of the division, the power grid of former West Berlin was cut off from the power grid of the surrounding countryside. Electricity supply was from thermal power stations in the city (Reuter, Wilmersdorf ,etc.). For buffering the load peaks, accumulators were installed in the 1980s in some of these power stations, which were connected by static invertors to the power grid and were loaded during times of low power consumption and unloaded during times of high consumption. In 1993 the power connections to the surrounding country, which were broken in 1951, were restored again. In the western districts of Berlin nearly all power lines are underground cables - only a 380 kV and a 110 kV-line, which run from Reuter power station to the urban motorway, are overhead lines. In Berlin there is the longest 380 kV three phase cable, the 380kV-crossing Berlin. It may be the most expensive power line in Germany (SEO).

Related Topics:
Electricity - Power station - Buffering - 1980s - Power consumption - 1993 - 1951 - 380kV-crossing Berlin

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