Energinet Explained

Energinet
Type:Government-owned corporation
Genre:Transmission system operator
Predecessor:Eltra, Elkraft System, Elkraft Transmission, Gastra
Location City:Erritsø
Location Country:Denmark
Key People:Peder Østermark Andreasen (CEO)
Industry:Energy
Services:Power and natural gas transmission
Revenue:9.17B DKK (2009)
Owner:Government of Denmark (State ownership)
Num Employees:1150
Subsid:Eltransmission.dk A/S
Gastransmission.dk A/S

Energinet is the Danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas. It is an independent public enterprise owned by the Danish state under the Ministry of Climate and Energy.[1] Energinet has some 1150 employees, and its headquarters are located in Erritsø near Fredericia in Jutland. The gas division is located in Ballerup near Copenhagen.

The main tasks are to ensure efficient operation and development of the national electricity and gas infrastructure as well as ensuring equal access for all users of the infrastructure.[2]

History

Energinet was created by a merger of power grid operators Eltra, Elkraft System and Elkraft Transmission, and by natural gas transmission system operator Gastra.[3] The merger took place on 24 August 2005 with retrospective effect from 1 January 2005.

Eltra owned the electricity transmission network west of the Great Belt and was system operator there. It was owned by 44 network companies there. [4] To the east of the Great Belt there were two companies: the system operator Elkraft System and the transmission network company Elkraft Transmission.[5] [6] They formed a joint organization and were owned by, KE Forsyningen,,, Frederiksberg Elnet A/S, Hillerød Elforsyning, Helsingør Elforsyning, Roskilde Netvirksomhed, Nykøbing Sjællands El-Net and SK-Net A/S.[7]

Operations

Energinet operates the 400 kV electricity transmission grid[8] and the gas transmission grid.[9] The company owns and operates also 132 kV[10] and 150 kV power grids ("Regionale Net") and the HVDC Great Belt Power Link, and it is a co-owner of the power interconnections with Sweden (Konti–Skan), Norway (Cross-Skagerrak) and Germany (Kontek).[11] [12] [13] A 700MW submarine power cable called COBRAcable to the Netherlands is planned with TenneT,[14] [15] and a 1,400MW cable (Viking Link in 2022) to Britain is investigated with National Grid, expected to cost DKK 15 billion.[16] [17] Cobra and Viking were put on the EU "Projects of Common Interest" list in November 2015, along with the Krieger offshore wind turbine cable to Germany.[18] Of the high voltage power lines on land, 25% were laid as underground cables in 2014.[19]

Energinet has a 20% stake in Nord Pool Spot AS (the largest electricity market in the world),[20] and, as of December 2012, 100% of the physical gas exchange Nord Pool Gas A/S.[21] It also owns a fiber-optic communication network and a gas storage facility, as well as a 20% stake[12] in European Market Coupling Company, a Central-West European cross-border electrical power trading joint venture due to begin operations on 9 November 2010.[22]

An electrical consumption support scheme dedicated to sustainable electricity producers in Denmark is administered by Energinet.[23]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Experience of the Danish Transmission System Operator. International Energy Agency. 11 February 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045921/http://www.iea.org/work/2007/grids/Abildgaard_Energinet.pdf. 24 September 2015. dead.
  2. Torben Normann Schulze. "Loven om Energinet redegør for virksomhedens formål og opgaver " Danish Energy Agency
  3. Web site: Natural gas in exact quantities . Force Technology . 24 June 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070513064401/http://www.forcetechnology.com/en/Menu/Cases+and+Customers/Energy+and+Process/060518_energinetdk.htm . 2007-05-13 . dead.
  4. Web site: Nyhedsbrev . 2 June 2020.
  5. Web site: Kroes . Neelie . Statsstøtte N 602/2004 - Danmark "Støtte til miljøvenlig elproduktion" . 2 June 2020.
  6. Book: SOU 2001:73 Elnätsföretag - särskild förvaltning och regionnätstariffer . 2001 . 2 June 2020. Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation (Sweden).
  7. Web site: Elkraft 2003 . 2 June 2020.
  8. Web site: Nielsen . Torben Glar . Electricity Division . Energinet . 15 September 2010 . 3 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101102045322/http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Management-and-organisation/Sider/Electricity-Division.aspx . 2 November 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
  9. Web site: Hodal . Peter A. . Gas Division . Energinet . 15 September 2010 . 3 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101102045528/http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Management-and-organisation/Sider/Gas-division.aspx . 2 November 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
  10. News: OilVoice . DONG Energy Sells Transmission Network to Energinet . 2007-12-24 . 2010-10-03.
  11. Energinet SOV. https://web.archive.org/web/20090330210341/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=947547. dead. March 30, 2009. Business Week. 11 February 2010.
  12. Web site: Røge . Anne Cecilie Nesager . The Energinet Group . Energinet . 15 September 2010 . 3 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101030145725/http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Profile/Sider/The-Energinet-dk-Group.aspx . 30 October 2010 . dead . dmy-all .
  13. Gellert, Bjarne Christian. Electricity interconnections Energinet, 22 August 2011. Accessed: 6 December 2011.
  14. Web site: Planned electricity cable between the Netherlands and Denmark . . 24 September 2010.
  15. Torben Glar Nielsen. "Energinet has approved the business case for Cobra cable " Energinet, 13 January 2014. Accessed: 20 January 2014.
  16. Isobel Rowley & Jesper N. Rasmussen. "National Grid and Energinet sign cooperation agreement on a first electricity interconnector between UK and Denmark " Energinet, 10 October 2013. Accessed: 10 October 2013.
  17. Wittrup, Sanne. "740 kilometer elkabel skal sende dansk strøm til England" Ingeniøren, 28 September 2015. Accessed: 28 September 2015. Overview of power connections
  18. " Union list of projects of common interest" 18 November 2015.
  19. Wittrup, Sanne. "Så er alle de mindre luftledninger lagt i jorden" Ingeniøren, 19 December 2014. Accessed: 21 December 2014.
  20. Web site: Nord Pool - Organisation . Nord Pool ASA . 24 June 2008.
  21. Web site: Nord Pool Spot sells its 50% shares of Nord Pool Gas to Energinet . Energinet . 25 September 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130927072622/http://energinet.dk/EN/GAS/Nyheder/Sider/Energinetdk-koeber-alle-aktier-i-nordisk-gasboers.aspx . 27 September 2013 . dead . dmy-all .
  22. http://www.marketcoupling.com/document/1339/100922_Confirmation%20of%20CWE-Nordic%20ITVC%20launch.pdf Confirmation of launch date
  23. Web site: Subject: State aid No N 354/2008 – Denmark Modification of the scheme 'Support to environmentally friendly electricity production' (N 602/2004) . . 11 February 2010.

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