TenneT, in collaboration with contractor Equans/Smulders, has placed several artificial reefs near the offshore transformer platform Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) to gain further knowledge about nature-inclusive construction.
Official signing of the contract between TenneT and four cooperation partners in Berlin to develop the North Sea as a hub for sustainable and independent European energy production / Long-term framework agreements will secure resources needed to build grid connections for North Sea wind farms that will generate as much electricity as 28 large-scale power plants / The high-tech core of the converter components to be manufactured exclusively at European production sites / With three more offshore projects in the German North Sea, TenneT complements the recent award of 11 to 14 converter systems of 2 gigawatts each
With Target Grid, TenneT introduces a new approach designed to cope with the tremendous challenges of the energy transition. The objective is to have an electricity grid in place by 2045 for a flourishing, sustainable economy, always with enough green electricity for everyone, ranging from consumer to industry. The initial version of Target Grid, including the associated grid map for 2045, was presented to the Minister for Climate and Energy Policy, Rob Jetten, today.
Bringing larger green electricity volumes from the North Sea to land, TenneT secures eight Dutch and three German 2 GW grid connection systems to be commissioned until 2031 with three collaborations consisting of Hitachi Energy/Petrofac, GE/SMOP and GE/McDermott / TenneT’s strategy of concluding the largest long term agreement of 2 GW HVDC systems underlines its commitment to accelerate the offshore grid development in Europe and sets the course for the future European energy landscape
TenneT is operating an interconnected grid at the highest level of security of supply, while driving the energy transition forward. Over the recent years, TenneT has developed into the largest investor and operator of offshore wind transmission grids worldwide. The fast acceleration of the grid expansion, onshore and offshore, requires unprecedented capital investments by TenneT.
Contractor combination NRG (Denys, Alsema and Van Vulpen) will realise the link between the offshore cables for the wind farm Hollandse Kust (west Beta) and the transformer station in Wijk aan Zee for TenneT. NRG will install 2.5 km of high voltage underground cables from Velsen beach. This will be done by means of underground directional drilling, as used for the Hollandse Kust (north) and (west Alpha) projects.
Hollandse Kust (zuid) Alpha, TenneT’s high voltage connection for offshore wind farms Hollandse Kust (zuid) I and II is ready for use. TenneT completed the installation and energization of the offshore grid connection. Wind farm developer Vattenfall can now connect the wind turbines to the high voltage grid. On top of that, the Hollandse Kust (zuid) Beta topside was successfully installed this week.
The installation of the second offshore transformer platform for the grid connection of wind farm Hollandse Kust (zuid) can be carried out as planned. TenneT has had investigations carried out on the jacket (substructure) that was damaged in January during storm Corrie by a collision with the adrift vessel Julietta D.
The European Organization of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) gave the green light for supporting the electricity systems in Ukraine and Moldova. Following extensive safety, security and stability analyses, ENTSO-E, of which TenneT is also a member, has decided to provide emergency support to the Ukrainian and Moldovan power systems, connecting it to the so-called 'synchronous' continental European electricity grids.
New offshore standard set by the 2GW Program will accelerate Europe’s energy transition / With a combined six gigawatts, BalWin1, BalWin2 and BalWin3 will meet 20 per cent of the expansion targets for offshore wind by 2030 set out in the coalition agreement of Germany's new federal government / The three projects in the German North Sea will supply around 7.5 million households with green offshore electricity
On Monday 31 January, due to storm Corrie a cargo ship was cast adrift in the area where TenneT is building two transformer platforms (Hollandse Kust Zuid Alpha and Beta) for the offshore grid connection of the wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid, that is being built by Vattenfall.
EIB signs a EUR 250 million loan agreement with TenneT to fina nce the 40km high voltage electricity transmission corridor in the North of the Netherlands between Eemshaven and Vierverlaten, as well as the new high voltage substation in Vierverlaten / The upgraded energy infrastructure will, amongst others, support the connection of North Sea wind farms to the electricity grid and ensure a high security of supply / This financing increases the aggregate total EIB commitment to TenneT projects to EUR 1.8 billion
TSO TenneT and wind farm developer CrossWind, a consortium of Shell and Eneco, have signed agreements for the construction of the offshore grid connection for the Hollandse Kust (noord) wind farm, which is being built some 18.5 kilometres off the Dutch coast at Egmond aan Zee.
TenneT increases transmission capacity to more than 26,000 megawatts in the German and Dutch North Sea by 2030 / 2020 North Sea "wind harvest" exceeds previous year by more than twelve percent
National Grid Ventures, the commercial development arm of National Grid plc, and Dutch Transmission System Operator TenneT have today (22 Sept), announced a cooperation agreement to explore the feasibility of connecting Dutch and British wind farms to the energy systems of both countries via subsea electricity cables called interconnectors. The development would be the first of its kind for the UK and the Netherlands in the North Sea.
Borssele Beta, TenneT’s high voltage connection for offshore wind farms Borssele III, IV and V is ready for use. Blauwwind (Borssele III & IV) and Two Towers (Borssele V) can connect the wind turbines to the high voltage grid one month earlier than planned. TenneT has realised the entire Borssele project within schedule and budget.
Transmission of 11.51 terawatt hours from sea to land accounts for a good 15 percent of total wind power generation in Germany / TenneT is investing more than 10 billion euros in new technical standards using 2 gigawatt connections at 525 kV voltage level
The Electricity Transmission System Operators of Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland are regularly coordinating their efforts to do the utmost to limit the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on people, electricity supply and the economy in Europe.
Forty percent of the Netherlands’ electricity needs will come from offshore wind farms by 2030. TenneT will realise the grid connections for these wind farms.
Green bond investors put in orders of more than EUR 5 billion / Financing re-affirms TenneT’s commitment to social responsibility / Largest corporate green debt issuer in the Netherlands, with over EUR 8 billion issued
North Sea “wind harvest” exceeds 2017 by roughly 5% / Share of total wind power generation reaches now almost 16%
TenneT is accelerating the realization of large-scale sustainable electricity projects in the Dutch sector of the North Sea and on the German mainland / Investments total EUR 904 million in Dutch and German high-voltage grids in the first half of 2018 (first half-year 2017: EUR 750 million)
TenneT sees optimisation potential through the tendering of free capacities for offshore grid connections
Market provides TenneT again with long-dated bonds supported by a sizeable order book of around EUR 2.5 billion / TenneT has for the first time added two Dutch offshore projects (Borssele Alpha and Borssele Beta) to its Green Bond portfolio including so far nine offshore projects in Germany / TenneT is the largest (corporate) issuer in the Netherlands of green debt with a total of EUR 6.25 billion of green issuances
This week, the Dutch government presented its Offshore Wind Energy Roadmap 2030, setting out its plans for the further development of offshore wind energy in the 2024 2030 period.
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