50Hertz, one of the four power transmission system operators in Germany, has put into operation the 380 kV Uckermark line between the Pasewalk substation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Neuenhagen in Brandenburg. The Uckermark line, which has been under development since 2005, replaced a 220 kV line that was commissioned in 1958. This is the first project in Germany to have its planning approved by the Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA) in application of the Grid Expansion Acceleration Act (Netzausbaubeschleunigungsgesetz, NABEG).
The northern section of the overall Uckermark Line project covers a distance of around 30 km from the Pasewalk substation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania to the Bertikow substation in Brandenburg. The southern section of the Uckermark Line is around 123 km long and connects the substations of Bertikow near Prenzlau, Vierraden near Schwedt and Neuenhagen, north-east of Berlin. From Vierraden on, there is also a direct connection with the Polish power grid.
50Hertz is an affiliate of Eurogrid, an energy company indirectly owned and managed by the Belgian transmission system operator Elia and the German state-owned development bank KfW.