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15.10.2019 |

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EEG levy for 2020 amounts to 6.756 cents per kilowatt hour

The four German transmission system operators 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW today published the EEG levy for 2020. It amounts to 6.756 cents per kilowatt hour (ct/kWh), making it 5.5 percent higher than the previous year (2019: 6.405 ct/kWh).

02.10.2019 |

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Closer Collaboration between 50Hertz and Parkwind on Single Offshore Platform

Employees of Parkwind and 50Hertz on an offshore platform of Parkwind in a wind farm in the North Sea. Photo: Matthias Wilhelm/50Hertz

50Hertz, the responsible Transmission System Operator (TSO) for connecting the offshore wind farms in the German Baltic Sea, and Parkwind, the Arcadis Ost 1 Belgian offshore developer, have successfully reached the next level of collaboration. Already at a very early stage, close coordination between both parties continues as they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that sets the framewo...

01.10.2019 |

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50Hertz: Grid Fees increase, Grid Congestion Management Costs decrease

Average grid fees of 50 Hertz are expected to rise by seven percent. / The increase in transmission grid fees for residential customers of around € 3 per year will hardly be noticeable. / Among other things, the increase is caused by costs arising from the legally required provision of reserve power. / However, the renewed reduction of congestion management costs (redispatch, drop in feed-...

20.09.2019 |

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Stefan Kapferer to start as new CEO of 50Hertz already on 1 December 2019

At its meeting on 19 September, the 50Hertz Supervisory Board made a number of personnel decisions: Stefan Kapferer will become the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of 50Hertz as of 1 December of this year. Originally, Kapferer’s start was scheduled for 1st January 2020. In addition, the Supervisory Board appointed Chief Human Resources Director Sylvia Borcherding to the Executive Board ...

29.08.2019 |

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50Hertz addresses higher grid load

CEO Frank Golletz during his speech at the System Security Conference of 50Hertz. Photo: 50Hertz/Jan Pauls

Transmission system operator 50Hertz tackles the challenges resulting from the higher load on the existing grid. CEO Dr Frank Golletz made this clear during 50Hertz’s 11th System Security Conference, which was held in Berlin on 28 August 2019.

25.07.2019 |

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50Hertz participates in “Regulatory Sandboxes of the Energy Transition”

50Hertz seeks to share its expertise with the Regulatory Sandboxes of the Energy Transition. These Regulatory Sandboxes are the twenty winners of a national idea contest that were announced last week by Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmaier. Among these are two research projects in which 50Hertz is involved as an associated partner.

17.07.2019 |

Press Release

Significantly more wind and solar power generated in eastern Germany

The offshore substation and wind turbines of the offshore wind farm Arkona in the Baltic Sea. Photo: 50Hertz/Jan Pauls

In the first half of 2019, more wind and solar power was generated in the 50Hertz grid area than in the same period last year.

26.06.2019 |

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Stefan Kapferer appointed as new 50Hertz CEO

New 50Hertz CEO Stefan Kapferer (right) and Elia Group CEO Chris Peeters. Picture: Jan Pauls

The 50Hertz supervisory board has appointed Stefan Kapferer as the company’s new CEO at yesterday’s meeting. Kapferer, the current chairperson of the executive board and member of the presidium of the German Energy and Water Association (BDEW), will take up his activities on 1 January 2020 at the latest.