10 March 2015
TenneT starts online stakeholder consultation process for offshore electricity grid
in The Netherlands
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Consultation of offshore grid development resulting in offshore Codes and grid agreements
Stakeholder consultation website www.tennet.eu/nl/offshore-grid-nl.html
This is a once-only mailing to inform members of Gebruikersplatform Elektriciteit- en Gasnetten regarding the offshore grid
consultation process by TenneT. Foreseen results of the consultation are (amongst others) a proposal for offshore Codes and for
connection- and transmission agreements between the offshore wind farm and TenneT. Both will be subject for approval by
ACM and prior to that, Gebruikersplatform Elektriciteit- en Gasnetten will be consulted using the regular procedures. In the
meantime, news updates regarding TenneT's consultation process may be of interest to you as member of GEN. If you would
like to receive news updates on TenneT´s, please register via www.tennet.eu/nl/offshore-grid-nl.html.
Introduction
For some time, TenneT has been consulting stakeholders on technology and planning. The overall goal of this process is to
optimize, together with stakeholders, the offshore grid configuration and realization against minimum societal cost. By
collaborating from the start with energy producers, suppliers, NGO's, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Ministry of
Infrastructure and the Environment and other parties, TenneT ensures transparency and a feasible concept for an offshore
electricity grid that can be used to connect future wind farms to the onshore grid. TenneT recently engaged consultancy firm
Ecofys to provide support during the consultation process.
Website
Stakeholders can register via a dedicated website (www.tennet.eu/nl/offshore-grid-nl.html) in order to keep informed on the
consultation process. The website will be used to post information about the topics currently on the agenda, the choices made,
and the underlying considerations. All feedback and information submitted will be documented anonymously and used in the
decision-making process.
Expert meetings
TenneT organizes monthly meetings on topics relevant to the development of offshore wind farms, such as technology and planning.
A limited number of experts is invited to attend these meetings to facilitate a detailed discussion of key issues related to the
development of the offshore electricity grid. The list of invitees has been coordinated with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the
Netherlands Wind Energy Association (NWEA). All information, reports and position papers will be published on the website after
the expert meetings have been held.
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TenneT is Europe’s first cross-border grid operator for electricity. With about 21,000 kilometres of (extra-) high voltage lines and 41 million end-users
in the Netherlands and Germany, TenneT ranks among Europe’s top 5 grid operators in Europe. TenneT’s focus is to develop a North-west
European energy market and to integrate renewable energy.
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