Company:Energinet

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Energinet
TypeGovernment-owned corporation
IndustryEnergy
GenreTransmission system operator
PredecessorEltra, Elkraft System, Elkraft Transmission, Gastra
Founded2005 (2005)
Headquarters
Erritsø
,
Denmark
Key people
Peder Østermark Andreasen (CEO)
ServicesPower and natural gas transmission
Revenue9.17B DKK (2009)
OwnerGovernment of Denmark (State ownership)
Number of employees
1150
SubsidiariesEltransmission.dk A/S
Gastransmission.dk A/S
Websiteen.energinet.dk

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

Operations

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High voltage grid of Denmark

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

  • Electricity sector in Denmark
  • Energy in Denmark

References

  1. ↑ "Experience of the Danish Transmission System Operator". International Energy Agency. http://www.iea.org/work/2007/grids/Abildgaard_Energinet.pdf. 
  2. ↑ Torben Normann Schulze. "Loven om Energinet redegør for virksomhedens formål og opgaver " Danish Energy Agency
  3. ↑ "Natural gas in exact quantities". Force Technology. http://www.forcetechnology.com/en/Menu/Cases+and+Customers/Energy+and+Process/060518_energinetdk.htm. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Kroes, Neelie. "Statsstøtte N 602/2004 - Danmark "Støtte til miljøvenlig elproduktion"". https://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/197466/197466_516919_1_1.pdf. 
  5. ↑ "Nyhedsbrev". https://www.ft.dk/samling/20042/almdel/epu/bilag/4/143075.pdf. 
  6. ↑ SOU 2001:73 Elnätsföretag - särskild förvaltning och regionnätstariffer. Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation (Sweden). 2001. https://lagen.nu/sou/2001:73#PS1. Retrieved 2 June 2020. 
  7. ↑ "Elkraft 2003". http://www.pfbach.dk/firma_pfb/historien/data_files/Elkraft_ann_2003.pdf. 
  8. ↑ Nielsen, Torben Glar (15 September 2010). "Electricity Division". Energinet. http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Management-and-organisation/Sider/Electricity-Division.aspx. 
  9. ↑ Hodal, Peter A. (15 September 2010). "Gas Division". Energinet. http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Management-and-organisation/Sider/Gas-division.aspx. 
  10. ↑ "DONG Energy Sells Transmission Network to Energinet". OilVoice. 2007-12-24. http://www.oilvoice.com/n/DONG_Energy_Sells_Transmission_Network_to_Energinetdk/c256ed4f.aspx. 
  11. ↑ "Energinet SOV". Business Week. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=947547. Retrieved 11 February 2010. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Røge, Anne Cecilie Nesager (15 September 2010). "The Energinet Group". Energinet. http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Profile/Sider/The-Energinet-dk-Group.aspx. 
  13. ↑ Gellert, Bjarne Christian. Electricity interconnections Energinet, 22 August 2011. Accessed: 6 December 2011.
  14. ↑ "Planned electricity cable between the Netherlands and Denmark". TenneT. http://www.tennet.org/english/projects/Cobra/index.aspx. 
  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. ↑ "Nord Pool - Organisation". Nord Pool ASA. http://www.nordpool.com/en/asa/General-information/Organisation/.  [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
  21. ↑ "Nord Pool Spot sells its 50% shares of Nord Pool Gas to Energinet". Energinet. http://energinet.dk/EN/GAS/Nyheder/Sider/Energinetdk-koeber-alle-aktier-i-nordisk-gasboers.aspx. 
  22. ↑ Confirmation of launch date European Market Coupling Company, 24 September 2010. Retrieved: 3 October 2010.
  23. ↑ "Subject: State aid No N 354/2008 – Denmark Modification of the scheme 'Support to environmentally friendly electricity production' (N 602/2004)". European Commission. http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/register/ii/doc/N-354-2008-WLWL-en-18.05.2009.pdf. 

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