In De Week van Drenthe we look back at the most important Drenthe news stories from last week. This week, bird flu reappeared in Drenthe and Enexis raised the alarm about the overcrowded power grid. But first attention to the Lower Saxony line.
The next step has been taken towards the construction of the Lower Saxony Line, the new rail connection from Twente via Emmen, straight through the Drenthe-Groningen Peat Colonies to the city of Groningen. In this new phase, an exploration will be conducted to determine, among other things, where it is best to construct a new part of the railway line.
A poultry farm in Gasselternijveenschemond has been hit by bird flu. The 71,000 animals on the site have been culled. Surrounding companies are checked to see whether infections also occur there.
The laptop, the telephone, the dishwasher. the washing machine. They are all electronic devices that depend on energy. That is actually a problem, because at busy times in the morning and evening, the power grid is almost full. And an overcrowded grid causes power outages. On very cold days, thousands of households in Drenthe run the risk of temporarily losing power.
According to grid operator Enexis, the electricity grid can become overloaded during peak times because a lot of energy is consumed at the same time. Enexis emphasizes that it is important to spread power consumption as much as possible to prevent disruptions.
From poop to power: it won’t take long and the sewage treatment plant in Echten will turn your toilet visit into green gas, with which you can simply cook your food. First the water is purified and then ends up in special tanks. “In those tanks, the sludge, the residual product of the purification process, is fermented and this mistaken process at high temperatures produces biogas,” says Rutger Dijsselhof of WDODelta. “We capture that and turn it into green gas.”
Assen has been dealing with nuisance from young people in the city center for months. That is why the municipality is going to install security cameras, in the hope that the nuisance will decrease. “We hope that with the camera surveillance we can be present earlier when it becomes annoying. That does cause extra work behind the scenes, we have to make a lot of adjustments,” says Mayor Marco Out van Assen.