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When walking through the plant, there is a constant crackling noise above. And the warnings are still ringing in our ears: Always take small steps. Do not raise your arms too high and please do not wave an umbrella around. Theoretically, the busbar is far enough away. Theoretically\u2026<\/p>\n\n

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Crime scene Remptendorf <\/a>in one of the most beautiful corners of Thuringia, far in the south of the federal state. A visit to a transformer station, which in its dimensions and arrangement has more of a stadium character. “This is where power lines of all three voltage levels meet, i.e. 110 kilovolt (kV), 220 and 380 kV. And not only in terms of energy, but also topographically,” Mahsum Kar describes the plant and points to the various terraces where the transformer station is located.<\/p>\n\n

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Mahsum Kar and Thomas Ehrhardt<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n

The 31-year-old electrical engineering graduate gives us another tip. \u201cYou can also see the differences on the masts. One insulator is used for 110\u00a0kV, two for the 220\u00a0kV grid, and three on the 380\u00a0kV line.\u201d Kar is a native Thuringian who has previously worked as a project manager for remote control technology in the field of renewable energies and medium-voltage grids.<\/p>\n\n

Reichssammelschiene of the 30’s<\/h4>\n\n

So he is not only right here in Remptendorf, but also in the team of Energy Automation from Phoenix Contact<\/a>. Because the experts from Gera are active on site here to install a new generation of station control technology. Thomas Ehrhardt, team and project manager, explains: “Remptendorf is a historical plant, which was already one of the hubs of the all-German power supply system at the time of the Reichssammelschiene at the end of the 1930s.<\/p>\n\n