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).
TenneT presents Hub and Spoke concept for large scale wind energy on the North Sea.
Read moreTenneT 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 23,000 kilometres of high-voltage lines, we cross borders and connect countries.
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.
We provide transparency data on our operations on our Dutch and German transparency page and on ENTSO-E.
To transparency pagesOur 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.
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 41 million people.
TenneT is the largest investor in the energy transition
The Energy Turnaround is the biggest project for the future that has ever taken place in Germany. In the future, we want to fundamentally change our energy supply: away from nuclear and fossil fuels towards renewable energies. Their share is expected to rise from currently around 41.5 percent to 65 percent in 2030. Offshore wind energy, generated far out at sea, is an essential building block for the energy supply of the future.
In order to achieve this ambitious goal, the German government has set concrete targets: Offshore wind turbines with a capacity of 6.5 gigawatts (GW) are to be connected to the grid by 2020. By the year 2030 it should even be 15 GW. In purely mathematical terms, this corresponds to the output of 15 conventional large-scale power plants.
enneT has already achieved more than 80 percent of the federal government's targets: The nine completed grid connections in the North Sea already transport more than 5 gigawatts of renewable energy from sea to land. By 2019, TenneT will have completed three more offshore grid connections so that more than 7 GW of offshore wind energy will be available from the North Sea. TenneT plans to put another four grid connections into operation by 2025. This will increase the transmission capacity to over 10 GW by then. Enough to supply around 12.5 million households in Germany with renewable energy. By 2024, TenneT will have invested around 14 billion euros in the offshore grid, making it the largest investor in the energy revolution.
TenneT has been legally obliged since December 2006 to connect all offshore wind farms in the German North Sea to the power grid. As an expert within the TenneT Group, this task is performed by TenneT Offshore. In addition to planning and design, TenneT Offshore is also responsible for the construction and subsequent operation of grid connection lines at sea to the point on land where the energy is fed into the German grid.
Project | Capacity | Commissioning |
In operation | ||
62 | 2009 | |
400 | 2010 | |
800 | 2015 | |
| BorWin3 | 900 | 2019 |
800 | 2015 | |
916 | 2016 | |
| DolWin3 | 900 | 2018 |
576 | 2015 | |
690 | 2015 | |
| Nordergründe | 111 | 2017 |
113 | 2014 | |
864 | 2015 | |
In construction | ||
900 | 2023 | |
| DolWin5 | 900 | 2024 |
Ʃ in operation / in construction | 8.932 | |
To be built by 2027 | ||
BorWin5 | 900 | 2025 |
| BorWin6 | 900 | 2027 |
| Ʃ | 10.732 | |
State Juli 2019
