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20.06.2019

OKTO Acoustics wins the third edition of the Open Innovation Challenge

Representatives of the winner OKTO with the jury members as well as Chris Peeters, CEO of the Elia Group, and Dr. Frank Golletz, CEO of 50Hertz. Photo: Jan Pauls/50Hertz

The start-up OKTO Acoustics has won the third edition of the Elia Group Open Innovation Challenge of Elia and 50Hertz. At the closing event of the competition today in Berlin, the company from the danish capital Copenhagen prevailed against four other finalists.

06.06.2019

50Hertz Yearbook Published & CSR Website Online

50Hertz employees work on the Arkona offshore substation. Photo: Jan Pauls

"Setting the pace for a successful energy transition" - this is the headline of the newly published 50Hertz Yearbook. It summarizes the most important company activities and key figures for 2018 and provides information for the first time in accordance with the high-quality sustainability reporting standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).

23.05.2019 |

Press Release

"Good Practice of the Year Award" for Combined Grid Solution

Representatives of the award winners, of the jury, of RGI and the European Commission after the award ceremony in Copenhagen. Photo: RGI

Today (23 May), the innovative interconnector concept Combined Grid Solution of electricity transmission system operators 50Hertz (Germany) and Energinet (Denmark) received the "Good Practice of the Year Award" of the Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI).

16.04.2019 |

Press Release

Grid connection Ostwind 1 supplies consumers with offshore wind power

The offshore substation Arkona in the middle of the wind farm. Photo: Siegfried Wagner/50Hertz

The transmission system operator 50Hertz has connected the offshore wind farms Wikinger (operator: Iberdrola) and Arkona (operators: E.ON and Equinor) off the island of Rügen to its transmission grid just in time for their commissioning and below the originally calculated budget, for the benefit of the grid customers. After three years of construction and a total investment volume of appro...

15.04.2019 |

Press Release

TSOs submit second draft of grid development plan 2030 (2019)

Sensitivity for scenario “B 2035 – coal phase-out” confirms need for grid development / Measures from BBP 2015 also robust in GDP 2030 (2019)

14.03.2019

First ever capacity offers and calls

Offering installation capacities for flexible use in case of congestion management: that is the goal of the flexibility platform developed by WindNODE project partners 50Hertz, Stromnetz Berlin, Wemag, ENSO NETZ and e.dis. The platform has been undergoing tests since November 2018. On 14 March 2019, capacities were offered for the first time and called during the afternoon.

26.02.2019 |

Press Release

New record: renewable share in electricity consumption at 56.5 per cent

Dr Frank Golletz, the designated Interim CEO of 50Hertz, speaks at the annual conference 2018. To his right Boris Schucht, CEO 2010-2019, CFO Marco Nix and the Chairman of the supervisory board, Chris Peeters. Left Kerstin Rippel, Head of communication and public affairs 50Hertz. Photo: Jan Pauls

Once more, the north-east of Germany is in the lead when it comes to the integration of renewable energy sources into the electricity supply. At 56.5 per cent, over half of the electricity consumed last year in the 50Hertz grid area was generated from renewable sources. In 2017, the first year the 50 per cent threshold was crossed, this number amounted to 53.4 per cent.

19.02.2019 |

Press Release

Elia and 50Hertz call for start-ups to compete for their third Open Innovation Challenge

A glance into the Transmission Control Centre in Neuenhagen. Photo: Jan Pauls

With the third Open Innovation Challenge, Elia Group calls for ideas from start-ups across the world to improve the day-to-day operations of its two electricity transmission companies: Elia in Belgium and 50Hertz in Germany.