> Also, the power network is still very "former East - former West" built, which is not helping. We had 3 years ago a blackout of the West while the East (which

> Also, the power network is still very "former East - former West" built, which is not helping. We had 3 years ago a blackout of the West while the East (which includes the part with most of the windmills) was still up. You're right that the former east has its "own" grid operator [1], but there is much more installed wind power in the north west[2]. [1] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromnetzbetreiber#Netzbetreiber http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stromnetzbetreiber#Netzbetreibe... [2] http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windenergie#Deutschland http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windenergie#Deutschland