(IN BRIEF) The Power-to-Heat unit “Karoline” has become the first participant in the newly launched “Nutzen statt Abregeln” program under §13k of the Energy Industry Act. This initiative, designed to minimize renewable energy curtailment and reduce redispatch costs, incentivizes the … Read the full press release
Posted in Berlin, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 50Hertz, activation, CO₂ reduction, energy savings, excess electricity, green heat, grid congestion, GWh, Hamburger Energiewerke GmbH, Karoline, MTU, Nutzen statt Abregeln, on-site demand facilities, Operational Efficiency, partnership, Photovoltaic, Power-to-Heat, redispatch costs, Regulatory framework, renewable energy, sustainability, Tennet, test phase, wind power, §13k EnWG
(IN BRIEF) EnBW has initiated the installation of the first of 64 submarine cables for the He Dreiht offshore wind farm, connecting its 64 turbines with 100 kilometers of cable. Executed by Seaway7 using two installation vessels, the project involves … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 1.1 million households, 100 kilometers, 15 MW, 64 wind turbines, 66-kilovolt cables, 960 megawatts, Borkum, converter platform, EnBW, Hamburg, He Dreiht offshore wind farm, Heligoland, high-voltage DC export cables, inner-array grid cabling, JDR, North Sea, offshore, Seaway7, submarine cables, Tennet, Vestas wind turbines, €2.4 billion
(IN BRIEF) RWE has successfully integrated its Amrumbank West offshore wind farm into the German power grid, where it will provide 60 MW of secondary reserve to help stabilise the grid. This marks the first time RWE has offered grid … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged 50 Hertz, 60 megawatts, Amrumbank West, automatic frequency restoration reserve, balancing energy auctions, balancing power, energy reserves, frequency stability, Generac Energy Services, German power grid, Green Energy, grid stabilisation services, offshore wind farm, partnership, renewable energy, renewable energy assets, RWE, RWE Supply & Trading, secondary reserve, sustainability, system services, Tennet, transmission system operator, wind energy, wind farm control systems
(IN BRIEF) TenneT, the high-voltage grid operator, announced that South Holland’s electricity grid has reached capacity for large consumers due to rising demand from heat pumps, EV charging stations, and industrial transitions to electricity. New applications for connections exceeding 3×80 … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Shell and TenneT have signed an agreement to connect Shell’s Holland Hydrogen 1, Europe’s first large-scale hydrogen plant, to the high-voltage grid. The 200 MW electrolyser on the Maasvlakte will initially have a temporary connection to the 380 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, France, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Boudewijn Siemons, Frans Everts, high-voltage grid, Holland Hydrogen 1, Maarten Abbenhuis, partnership, port of Rotterdam, Shell, sustainability, Tennet
(IN BRIEF) GIGA Storage and TenneT have signed the first-ever time-based grid connection contract, allowing GIGA Storage’s 300 MW battery project, GIGA Leopard, to efficiently connect to the electricity grid in Delfzijl, Netherlands. This innovative contract, part of a national … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) TenneT, the Dutch transmission system operator, is moving forward with plans to extend the national 380 kV grid, with a focus on three key connections: Vierverlaten-Ens, Ens-Diemen, and Geertruidenberg-Krimpen aan den IJssel or Crayestein. The Ministry of Economic … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) In 2023, TenneT, the transmission system operator, transmitted approximately 19.24 terawatt hours (TWh) of wind energy from the German North Sea to land, while in the Netherlands, it was 4.17 TWh. This energy could theoretically fulfill the annual … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Netherlands, News
Tagged North Sea, Tennet, Tim Meyerjürgens, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) TenneT, the Dutch high-voltage grid operator, has conducted a groundbreaking pilot project using drones to install wire markers on a 150 kV high-voltage line. Traditionally, this task was performed using helicopters or cranes and climbers. The innovative approach … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Dutch grid manager TenneT has collected 47 responses from stakeholders regarding its draft investment plans for the period 2024-2033, which were made public on November 1. These investment plans outline the expansion and replacement projects for both onshore … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Netherlands
Tagged ACM, electricity, gas networks, l grid managers, offshore grid, Tennet
(IN BRIEF) On November 16, 2023, transmission system operators TenneT and Statnett signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to investigate the feasibility of a hybrid interconnector linking Germany and Norway in the North Sea. Instead of connecting North Sea wind … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Norway
Tagged Germany, Hybrid Interconnector, North Sea, Norway, partnership, Statnett, sustainability, Tennet, Tim Meyerjürgens, wind energy
(IN BRIEF) TenneT has initiated its ‘Modular Construction for Large Projects’ program to expedite the expansion of the electricity grid. Recognizing the need for acceleration, the program aims to introduce more efficient and intelligent construction methods. It specifically targets the … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) TenneT, a leading offshore transmission system operator in Europe, has achieved a significant milestone in the DolWin5 grid connection project. The 900 MW offshore platform, DolWin epsilon, left Seatrium Limited’s shipyard in Singapore and is en route to … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Transmission system operator TenneT has successfully completed the DolWin6 offshore grid connection, adding over eight gigawatts of connection capacity for wind energy in the German North Sea. This marks the 13th German offshore grid connection managed by TenneT … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) TenneT, a leading European electricity transmission system operator, has welcomed Maarten Camps and Kuldip Singh as new members to its Supervisory Board, effective from September 1, 2023. Camps, Chair of the Executive Board of Dutch social security agency … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) TenneT, a system operator, has signed a multi-year Corporate Framework Agreement with eight contract partners to supply and install onshore high-voltage AC cables (ranging from 110 kV to 380 kV) for high-voltage connections in Germany and the Netherlands. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Netherlands, News
Tagged Europe, High-Voltage Grid Expansion, partnership, Sjouke Bootsma, Tennet
(IN BRIEF) Transmission system operator TenneT, Hitachi Energy/Petrofac, and three consortium partnerships GE/Sembcorp (SMOP), GE/McDermott, and Siemens Energy/Dragados have signed contracts to seal Europe’s largest-ever tender award for energy transition infrastructure. The total volume of the contracts for the components … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Media, Netherlands, News
Tagged energy transition, GE/McDermott, GE/Sembcorp (SMOP), Hitachi Energy/Petrofac, infrastructure, Marco Kuijpers, Niklas Persson, partnerships, Pedro Ascorbe, Philippe Piron, Samuel Wong, Siemens Energy/Dragados, Tareq Kawash, Tennet, Tim Holt, Tim Meyerjürgens, Vaseem Khan
(IN BRIEF) Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT has collaborated with Hitachi Energy, Petrofac, GE/SMOP and GE/McDermott to develop a new global market standard for 2 GW HVDC systems, a crucial component of TenneT’s innovative 2GW Program. This program consists of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, Netherlands, News
Tagged Chris Ong, GE/McDermott, GE/SMOP, Hitachi Energy, Marco Kuijpers, Netherlands, Niklas Persson, North Sea Energy Summit, offshore wind energy, partnership, Petrofac, Philippe Piron, Sami Iskander, target, Tennet, Tim Meyerjürgens, Vaseem Khan
(IN KÜRZE) Die EnBW, ein deutscher Energieversorger, erhält von der Europäischen Investitionsbank (EIB) ein Darlehen in Höhe von 600 Millionen Euro, um den Bau des Windparks He Dreiht in der Nordsee zu unterstützen. Der Windpark wird aus 64 Turbinen mit … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Albatros-Offshore-Windpark, Ambroise Fayolle, Borkum, Darlehen, Die Europäische Investitionsbank, EIB, Emden, EnBW, Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, Energiesicherheit, Heerema, Helgoland, HGÜ, Nordsee, Offshore-Windpark Hohe See, Offshore-Windparks, Seaway, Steelwind Nordenham, Tennet, Thomas Kusterer, Windkraftanlagen, Windpark, Windpark He Dreiht
(IN BRIEF) EnBW, a German utility, will receive a €600 million loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support the construction of the He Dreiht wind farm in the North Sea. The wind farm will consist of 64 turbines … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged Albatros offshore wind farm, Ambroise Fayolle, Borkum, EIB, Emden, EnBW, Energie Baden-Württemberg AG, energy security, He Dreiht wind farm, Heerema, Helgoland, Hohe See offshore wind farm, HVDC, loan, North Sea, offshore wind farms, Seaway, Steelwind Nordenham, Tennet, The European Investment Bank, Thomas Kusterer, wind farm, wind turbines
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