21 March 2023, Saxony-Anhalt, Wolmirstedt: Stefan Kapferer (l-r), CEO of 50Hertz, Robert Habeck, (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen), Federal Minister of Economics and Climate Protection, and Reiner Haseloff (CDU), Minister President of Saxony-Anhalt, sit next to each other in a marquee at the construction site for a converter. A symbolic groundbreaking ceremony was held there for the converter at the starting point of the future 540-kilometer "Suedostlink" electricity route. The future converter at the Wolmirstedt substation is to convert alternating current into direct current and form the starting point for a high-power cable. The end point of the line is the Isar substation near Landshut in Bavaria. Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa