RAESFELD, GERMANY - OCTOBER 23:  Workers lay the red tubes which will house underground electricity cables for German firm Amprion on October 23, 2014 near Raesfeld, Germany. For the first time in Germany, Amprion are laying 380kV power cables underground which will stretch over a distance of 3.4km, as part of a pilot project. Germany is expanding its electricity grid in order to connect new offshore wind parks in the North Sea. The country is pursuing an aggressive renewable energy strategy and is in the process of closing all of its nuclear power plants. (Photo by David Hecker/Getty Images)