Case Study: Raesfeld RGI Workshop 5 July 2017 Gerald Kaendler Dr. Jan Brüggmann Dialogue in Raesfeld Dialogue with Community and local Stakeholders Public event on the construction site in September 2014 with 2.000+ visitors Visitor Center in Schloss Raesfeld open to the public Follow-up: Monitoring of the - performance of the technical system - impact on the harvest - the impact on the soil 2 Case study Germany: Raesfeld | RGI Workshop July 5th-6th The Pilot Project supports a facts based discussion on Impact, Costs and Challenges Local Population favors cabling Scientific research indicates low Farmers are skeptical about the impact on harvest impact on the soil After construction, the cable is not The transition overhead line-cable is visible a large and visible installation Construction site is large – a surprise for many stakeholders The pilot project provides valuable Cabling is about 6 times more information for future projects expensive than an overhead line Permitting procedures are complex and take time 3 Case study Germany: Raesfeld | RGI Workshop July 5th-6th Dörpen West (TenneT TSO GmbH) Partial Undergrounding 8 Pkt. Meppen A31 Land Niedersachsen 7 6 Neuenkirchen Wettringen Pkt. Wettringen Metelen Steinfurt Kreis A31 Steinfurt 5 Kreis Borken Legden Stadtlohn 4 Gescher Borken Land 3 Nordrhein-Westfalen UA Borken A31 Raesfeld 2 Pkt. Bredenwinkel 1 Kreis Wesel Wesel UA Niederrhein A3 4 Case study Germany: Raesfeld | RGI Workshop July 5th-6th Trench Profile 5 Case study Germany: Raesfeld | RGI Workshop July 5th-6th Construction Site 6 Case study Germany: Raesfeld | RGI Workshop July 5th-6th Transition Overhead Line / Cable System 7 Case study Germany: Raesfeld | RGI Workshop July 5th-6th Previous and Future Agricultural Research Agricultural research program Raesfeld Substation Osterath 8 Case study Germany: Raesfeld | RGI Workshop July 5th-6th Thank Your for Your Attention! 9 Case study Germany: Raesfeld | RGI Workshop July 5th-6th .