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 successfully closes a EUR 500 million Green US Private Placement
• TenneT first Dutch Green USPP issuer • Market showed keen interest with an order book of almost EUR 1bn • Further diversification of TenneT's investor base and funding sources TenneT first Dutch…
Electricity plant in port of Rotterdam ready to act as the 'starter motor of the south'
04/10/18 13:34:03
Dutch
A recovery facility for the high-voltage grid has been put into operation at the gas-fuelled Enecogen electricity plant in the port of Rotterdam. This facility – equivalent to an enormous emergency…
Study ranks TenneT among frontrunners in digital transformation
A study of the 200 largest Dutch companies conducted by the Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad and Vlerick Business School has named TenneT as one of its top 10 ‘Transformers’, or leaders in the…
TenneT awards consortium VBMS-NKT Cables Borssele Beta export cabling contract
TenneT has awarded Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) subsidiary VBMS in consortium with NKT Cables the Borssele Beta contract for the installation of two 67-kilometer-long export cables. The…
TenneT concludes contract for UXO survey at cable route Borssele offshore grid
TenneT TSO B.V. has concluded a joint contract with Fugro and Boskalis to survey and identify Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in relation to the cable routes for the planned offshore grid connection of…
Monthly figures (rolling annual total in GWh) for June 2016
18/07/16 09:00:00
Dutch
Electricity consumption: 100,335Production: 88,933Import: 22,151Export: 10,748 Consumption levels measured by TenneTConsumption levels as measured by TenneT, compared to last yearProduction,…
