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.
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Subsea cable pull-in of NordLink beneath Büsum dike (Germany) successfully completed
TenneT is now starting on the successive laying of the underground cable section between Büsum Dike and the Wilster converter system (Germany) / The “green cable” serves for the exchange of German…
Blockchain pilot reveals potential of decentralised home storage systems for tomorrow’s energy infrastructure
08/05/19 09:46:25
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Project
Innovation
TenneT and sonnen complete a blockchain project that is unique in the world / The pilot project shows how decentralized home storage systems can be networked using blockchain technology to stabilise…
First cable to connect wind farms at sea Borssele reaches coast
TenneT has laid the first sea cable to connect the Alpha platform to the transformer substation in Borssele. In the morning of Friday 12 April, Boskalis started withdrawing the sea cable on land and…
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…
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…
Steel colossus ready for transport to Borssele wind farm zone
Load-out of first ‘jacket’ for TenneT offshore transformer platform The 55-metre-high substructure or ‘jacket’ for TenneT’s first offshore platform in the Borssele wind farm zone has been completed.…
