TenneT has awarded cable specialists NKT and Prysmian to install the world’s largest offshore cable systems to date for Dutch 2 GW projects. NKT and Prysmian will install five 525 kV XLPE HVDC cable connections for Dutch 2 GW projects...
The new Closed Distribution System Groen (Gesloten Distributie Systeem Groen / GDS Groen) near Dronten, in Flevoland, was successfully commissioned recently after a major outage in September last year caused a delay. Three new wind turbines from the onshore wind...
On Monday, Minister Rob Jetten (Climate and Energy Policy), Deputy Edward Stigter (Climate & Energ) for the province of Noord-Holland, and Maarten Abbenhuis, (operational director TenneT), signed off on agreements they had reached on the arrival of a high-voltage power...
Jan de Nul Group and LS Cable & Systems completed the installation of the first sea cable for the Hollandse Kust (west Alpha) connection for TenneT. The second connection will be installed next year. In recent weeks, over sixty kilometres...
The official handover/survey by Rijkswaterstaat, Hoogheemraadschap Hollands Noorderkwartier and the municipality of Heemskerk, formally brought an end to 14 months of work at a specially created site on the beach of Heemskerk for the connection of offshore wind farms by...
TenneT said it could realise additional space on the grid to connect new solar and wind farms in four provinces. That is the conclusion of the national grid operator following studies in those regions, which examined whether the grid could...
Jan de Nul has completed the burial of both the export cables for TenneT’s Hollandse Kust (north), and nearly six kilometres for (west Alpha) connections into the ground on the beach and North Sea. This concludes the job for the...
In the Wieringermeer region, in the province of Noord-Holland, a cable pooling pilot project is being launched in which rooftop solar and wind turbines will share the same connection. The test will show whether cable pooling can offer a suitable...
The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) will start examining the extent to which system operators, when offering transport capacity and with regard to new connections, are able to give priority to projects that contribute positively to the energy...
TenneT has contracted Arcadis, a global design and consultancy organization for the natural and built environment, to develop and implement a standard design for future 2 GW land converter stations. The new standard design will be implemented at three locations...
