50Hertz Transmission GmbH

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• Boris Schucht
• Frank Golletz
• Udo Giegerich
• Dirk Biermann

The 50 Hertz Transmission GmbH, based in Berlin, is a German transmission system operators. The company operates the high-voltage grid in eastern Germany as well as in the Hamburg region (220 kV and 380 kV) with a total length of around 9,750 kilometers of lines, covering about 30 percent ( 109,000 square kilometers) from the area of ​​Germany. The company employs approximately 690 employees.

Corporate activities

The run by the 50 Hertz transmission lines are located in the new federal states, Berlin and Hamburg. The central point of control of the company is located in New Hagen at Berlin. In addition, 50 Hertz Transmission has a number of substations and switchgear, which organized in regional centers in Gustrow, Neuenhagen, Lübbenau, Chemnitz - Röhrsdorf, Delitz on mountains and Wolmirstedt the company. Customers are connected to the distribution network and power plant operators as well as transit and balancing group customers. According to the company, more than 18 million people indirectly supplied with electricity.

As a control area responsible transmission system operator, the company ensures the balance and reliability of the electrical system as a whole, the non-discriminatory network access and thus the conditions for the free electricity trade. A particular challenge is for 50 Hertz Transmission of around 41 % of the installed capacity high proportion of rule- intensive wind energy in eastern Germany.

About the 100 - % subsidiary 50Hertz Offshore, the company is beyond the legal obligations for grid connection of offshore wind farms (OWF ) in the Baltic Sea after.

Investment of 3.3 billion euros for the construction of 1,200 km of new lines between 2011 and 2020 should be made. 1.8 billion euros to be spent on lines ashore, including a line between Thuringia and Bavaria. To be issued 1.5 billion euros for the connection of wind farms in the Baltic Sea.

Integration into the European electricity transmission network

Within Germany only exist transfer points to TenneT TSO (formerly transpower ). Further transfer points exist as part of the European interconnected system to the neighboring transmission system operators in the network of UCTE in Denmark ( Energinet.dk ), Poland ( PSE Operator ) and Czech Republic ( CEPS ). About the network connection to Denmark, the company combines beyond the lines of the UCTE interconnected system with the Scandinavian Nordel.

50 Hertz Transmission is a member of ENTSO -E.

History

The company was founded by Vattenfall Europe in 2002 with the name Vattenfall Europe Transmission and gradually took over the transmission networks of the former HEW, BEWAG and VEAG on. In 2008, plans to exit from its transmission network, Vattenfall Europe announced.

In January 2010, the name was changed to 50 Hertz Transmission took place. In March 2010, the Group then announced that they had reached an agreement with the Belgian network operator Elia and the Australian Infrastructure Fund Industry Funds Management (IFM ) on the sale of 50 Hertz. The sale was completed on 19 May 2010 for a price of 465 million euro. Elia has since the majority of shares (60 %) and operational control. IFM has 40 % to 50 Hertz.

Management

• Member of the Board / Chairman: Boris Schucht
• Member of the Management / Technology: Frank Golletz
• Member of the Management / Commercial: Udo Giegerich
• Member of the Board / markets and system operation: Dirk Biermann