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08.11.2018 |

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Combined Grid Solution: Successful test of Offshore cable in the Baltic Sea

The Kriegers Flak – Combined Grid Solution has reached another important milestone: Yesterday, German 50Hertz and Danish Energinet have successfully accomplished the 24 hours tests of both of the offshore cables connecting the Danish platform of the Kriegers Flak windpark with the German platform Baltic 2.

29.10.2018 |

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Ostwind 1: Offshore Windfarm Wikinger supplies to 50Hertz grid

Transmission system operator 50Hertz is making good progress for the Ostwind 1 offshore grid connection project, which started in 2015. After three years of construction, the submarine cable has been laid between the Wikinger offshore wind farm (Iberdrola) north of Rügen island and the connection point to the 50Hertz grid in Lubmin.

16.10.2018 |

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More renewables - more grid development

The 9th EEG Conference of 50Hertz also dealt with the discontinuation of support for older RES instalations. Image by: Jan Pauls

More than 140 participants gathered today at the ninth EEG Conference held by transmission system operator 50Hertz in Berlin to discuss this year’s energy policy developments regarding the Renewable Energy Act (EEG) as well as long-term subjects.

09.10.2018 |

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50Hertz grid enables first partial feed-in of power from offshore wind farm Arkona

50Hertz has enabled a first partial feed-in of wind power from the future Baltic Sea offshore wind farm Arkona into the 50Hertz extra high voltage grid. Together with the commissioning of the first of 60 wind turbines of the wind farm, the Arkona offshore substation was also activated.

05.10.2018 |

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Few months delay in the construction of converter Station in Bentwisch

Danish Energinet and German 50Hertz establish the world’s first offshore interconnection by using the national grid connections to offshore wind-farms in the Baltic Sea.

01.10.2018 |

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Transmission grid fees in Hamburg, Berlin and eastern Germany lower in 2019

Good news for electricity consumers in Hamburg, Berlin and the eastern German states: 50Hertz, the electricity transmission system operator responsible for the north and east of Germany, is expected to lower its grid fees for 2019 by 23 per cent compared to the current year.

01.10.2018 |

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Germany and Austria: Congestion management successfully launched

Today, congestion management for electricity trading at the German-Austrian border launched punctually and successfully. At the behest of the German regulatory authority the four German transmission system operators, namely 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW, have been working on this project in close cooperation with the market players and authorities in both countries as well as at the r...

27.09.2018 |

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German transmission system operators to charge national network fees for the first time

As of 2019, network charges for the four German transmission system operators, 50Hertz, Amprion, TenneT and TransnetBW, are to include a nation-wide network fee component for the first time. Of this charge, 20 percent is calculated according to the cost base (revenue cap) for each transmission system operator, while the remaining 80 percent consists of the company-specific network fees charg...