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 24,500 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.
We are TenneT
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Transmission system operators submit second draft of Grid Development Plan 2030, Version 2019
Comments from consultation have been taken into consideration for grid development plan / Sensitivity for scenario “B 2035 – coal phase-out” confirms need for grid development / Measures from BBP…
SuedLink: Ready for the final decision on the corridor route
21/02/19 11:00:00
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Projects
Project
German
German project
TenneT and TransnetBW present the results of detailed studies of corridor variants / Underground cable corridor is supposed to run from Schleswig-Holstein through western Lower Saxony, northern…
Pilot project from TenneT and Daimler: Automobile battery storage systems stabilise the power grid
06/02/19 14:00:00
German
Innovation
Transmission system operator TenneT and Daimler AG through its wholly owned subsidiary Mercedes-Benz Energy GmbH have researched and tested the feasibility of innovative system services in the…
Transmission system operators publish first draft of Grid Development Plan 2030, Version 2019
Four-week consultation process for Grid Development Plan (GDP) to start / Plan ensures incorporating 65 per cent of renewables, taking into account stipulations of German Climate Action Plan 2050 /…
TenneT increases offshore capacities to 6,232 megawatts
2018 North Sea “wind harvest” exceeds previous year by roughly five percent / Share of total wind power generation now at almost 16 percent Expansion target of the federal government for 2020 nearly…
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…
