Table 2 Characteristics of the conflicted power line routes
| Â | EnLAG 1 | EnLAG 2 | EnLAG 3 | EnLAG 4 | EnLAG 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of (considered) documents (representation) | 21 | 29 | 20 | 26 | 21 |
Period of conflict (continuity) | 2006–2014 | Since 2004 | Since 2008 | Since 2006 | Since 2009 |
Protest Focus (demand number (x)) | (1) | (1) | (1), (7) | (3), (5) | (8) |
Original planned start of operation (year) Source [12] | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2015 |
Federal state | Schleswig-Holstein, Lower Saxony | Lower Saxony | Brandenburg | Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria | Lower Saxony, Hesse |
Number of documents where a demand is articulated for each of the cases | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Use underground cable section in a specific area (1) | 9 | 17 | 10 | - | 4 |
General demand for participation in planning processes (2) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
Reserving grid extension for RET, not for coal plants or power treading (3) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
Use of new technologies to reduce the need for power lines or mitigate their negative effects (4) | - | - | 4 | 3 | 2 |
Fundamental opposition to the construction of a certain planned power line (5) | - | - | 1 | 6 | - |
Improvement of the transparency of the planning procedures (6) | - | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Opposition to power routes crossing nature preservation areas (7) | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 6 |
Use of HVDC underground cable instead of HVAC overhead lines (8) | - | 3 | - | - | 17 |
Opposition to the construction of power lines if health protection cannot be guaranteed (9) | 5 | 3 | 5 | - | 6 |
Cost calculations (the aspects of national economy should be ranked higher than short time profitability) (10) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 |