in Germany; Carbon Reduction Programme initiated in the UK New green company car procurement policy with fuel-efficiency criteria introduced in early 2008 New power stations with a combined capacity of 11,643 MW either under construction or being commissioned Numerous programmes implemented to provide guidance and information and/or practical support and advice Intergovernmental agreement for the Nabucco gas pipeline signed by transit countries; LNG terminals in planning; exploration activities stepped up and new extraction activities commenced High-voltage interconnection to the Netherlands currently awaiting planning permission; 800 km of new lines under construction or in planning; no outages in our transmission grid in 2008/2009 63 % of the German distribution grid already underground; approx.