We are primarily tasked with providing power transmission services, system services and facilitating the energy market. Our core tasks follow from our appointment as grid operator under the Dutch 'Elektriciteitswet' (E-wet) and the German 'Energiewirtschaftsgesetz' (EnWG).
Our key tasks
Innovation
TenneT presents Hub and Spoke concept for large scale wind energy on the North Sea.
Read moreOur grid
TenneT manages the high-voltage grid in the Netherlands and large parts of Germany. TenneT transmits electricity at 110,000 volts (110 kV) and higher. With around 23,500 kilometres of high-voltage lines, we cross borders and connect countries.
Offshore Outlook 2050
Already by 2030, the originally planned capacity of 15 gigawatts of offshore wind energy will increase to 20 GW.
To Offshore Outlook 2050Electricity market
The energy sector is developing rapidly. The process of European market integration began some years ago. Its purpose is to create a single European market that enables market parties to trade gas and electricity across national borders easily and efficiently.
Transparency data
We provide transparency data on our operations on our Dutch and German transparency page and on ENTSO-E.
To transparency pagesE-Insights
Our vision is to be one of the most transparent Transmission System Operators (TSO) in Europe and thereby creating value for society. In this Energy Insights section we present selected energy related topics and show data, information and valuable insights.
Company
TenneT is a leading European electricity transmission system operator (TSO), with activities in the Netherlands and in Germany. We strive to ensure a reliable and uninterrupted supply of electricity in our high-voltage grid for some 42 million people.
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TenneT welcomes the decision of the EU Commission on electricity trading at the German-Danish border
The trading capacity for the market is to be increased step by step between Germany and Western Denmark / The decision is a sound interim solution until the new legal framework for European…
XBID – 2nd Wave Go-Live and Changes in Gate Opening Time from January 1st, 2019
Over 6.3 million trades completed in XBID. Expansion of XBID into further countries expected summer 2019. Harmonization of Gate Opening Times from January 1st, 2019 will be communicated locally by…
Gasunie, TenneT and Thyssengas reveal detailed, green ‘sector coupling’ plans using power-to-gas technology
The electricity and gas grid operators are planning to build a 100-MW power-to-gas plant in Lower Saxony / These new facilities are intended to couple the energy, transport and industrial sectors…
Germany and Austria: Congestion management successfully launched
01/10/18 07:44:34
German
Berlin, Bayreuth, Dortmund, Stuttgart, 1 October 2018. Today, congestion manage-ment for electricity trading at the German-Austrian border launched punctually and successfully. At the behest of the…
German transmission system operators to charge national net-work fees for the first time
27/09/18 11:01:13
German
As of 2019, network charges for the four German transmission system operators, 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW, are to include a nation-wide network fee component for the first time. As of…
TenneT begins laying the NordLink subsea cable in the German North Sea
03/09/18 10:00:00
Project
German
Interconnector
First 99 kilometres of the “green link” to be wound out below the North Sea between Büsum dike and southwest of the Island of Sylt / Land cable section between dike and Wilster converter station to…
