Germany Expands Its Underground Electricity Grid

RAESFELD, GERMANY - OCTOBER 23: Red tubes which will house underground electricity cables for German firm Amprion lay on the construction site on October 23, 2014 near Raesfeld, Germany. For the first time in Germany, German firm Amprion are laying 380kV power cables underground which will stretch over a distance of 3.4km, as part of a pilot project. Germany is expanding its electricity grid in order to connect new offshore wind parks in the North Sea. The country is pursuing an aggressive renewable energy strategy and is in the process of closing all of its nuclear power plants. (Photo by David Hecker/Getty Images)