Association of European Transmission System Operators
| European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) |
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| legal form | AISBL |
| Seat | Brussels |
| founding | 1999
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| Members | 43 (company) |
| Website | www.entsoe.eu |
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity ( ENTSO-E ) is a European association in which all transmission system operators (TSOs) are compulsory members. The previous organization was called European Transmission System Operators ( ETSO ).
Emergence
The predecessor of the ENTSO-E was the ETSO. The European Transmission System Operators ( ETSO ) was established in 1999 as a European association in the course of the creation of a common electricity market from the regional associations ATSOI ( Ireland ), UKTSOA ( United Kingdom ), NORDEL ( Scandinavia ) and UCTE (Association for the Coordination of Electrical Energy Transport ). ETSO also has members such as Latvia , who are technically in the Russian control area IPS / UPS. In 2001 the ETSO became an international association with 32 members from 15 EU countries plus Norway and Switzerland . In 2009, 40 transmission system operators were united.
Since July 1, 2009, the ENTSO-E ( European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity ) has taken over the tasks of ETSO. The trigger was the "Regulation (EC) No. 714/2009 of July 13, 2009 on the network access conditions for cross-border electricity trading and the repeal of Regulation (EC) No. 1228/2003" in which the establishment was prescribed - there referred to as " ENTSO (electricity) ". The sister organization "ENTSO (Gas)" was created in a separate ordinance, see ENTSO-G .
structure
The ENTSO-E main organs are the Assembly ( Assembly ) and the Steering Committee ( Board ). The president is Ben Voorhorst ( Tennet , Netherlands) and the chairman of the steering committee is Bente Hagem ( Statnett , Norway). The ENTSO-E also has a general secretariat and numerous working groups for specific topics such as power grid access, electronic data exchange or electricity prices.
Members
In 2018, ENTSO-E represents 43 transmission system operators from 36 European countries; the Turkish transmission system operator has the status of an observer.
Network expansion
In 2009, the ENTSO-E presented plans for a total of 42,100 new line kilometers in Europe. The corresponding routes are to be built by around 2020. Most of them are connections crossing the Pyrenees between Spain and France , north-south connections in Germany, as well as grid reinforcements around the North Sea to connect the offshore wind farms that are being developed . Further network reinforcements are planned in Scandinavia .
Network codes
The ENTSO-E reformulates the rules for the operation of the network (so-called network codes). The grid codes stipulate bindingly how and when a grid operator may regulate feeding power plants in order to keep the voltage and frequency in the power grid stable. This gives network operators the opportunity to adapt the energy mix in the line network, from wind farms to nuclear power plants, to their own needs. In cooperation with their regional partners within the control areas they have direct control over the utilization of the energy producers and thus also over the profitability of conventional and alternative energies.
When they come into force, the European network codes largely replace existing national predecessors, such as the network and system rules of the German transmission system operators .
further activities
- The exchange of electricity quantities between the members is considerable and can be followed via the monthly statistics of the (former) UCTE. Austria consumed z. B. in January 2006 6,407 gigawatt hours of electricity, but only produced 5,250 gigawatt hours (GWh). A net 1,157 GWh had to be imported. But that doesn't mean that only electricity flowed to Austria. It exported a total of 1,260 GWh, namely 754 GWh to Switzerland, 419 GWh to Germany, 75 GWh to Italy, 10 GWh to Slovenia and 2 GWh to Hungary. At the same time, Austria imported 2,757 GWh over certain strings and times during January, namely 1,706 GWh from Germany, 631 GWh from the Czech Republic, 222 GWh from Slovenia, 196 GWh from Hungary and 2 GWh from Italy. In January 2006, a total of 25,713 GWh were exchanged across national borders within the Western European network, including traffic with external partners 30,173 GWh.
- There are two project groups that are examining the inclusion of the network operators in Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova. Since September 2010, Turkey has been synchronized with the network in test operation.
- In addition to the operation of the networks, the ENTSO-E is also constantly concerned with rules and further developments for the safe operation of the networks and power plants, the planning and coordination of extensions and improvements to the networks as well as the documentation and planning of the exchange processes.
Future activities (as of 2012):
- Planned connection of the network systems from Libya to Syria and Russia (long-term) to the European synchronous network, either through synchronized connection or through HVDC systems.
- Solving the problems that arise for network operation due to the strongly fluctuating supplies from wind power plants. In Denmark z. B. in January 2006 from wind power production already 410 GWh of 2,649 GWh total production. In Germany, of 56,824 GWh monthly production, only 3,677 GWh came from wind power plants in January 2006, while more than 1,644 GWh electricity from hydropower plants and 15,225 GWh (27%) from nuclear power plants were produced in the same period.
IT security
In March 2020, unauthorized access to the association's office network was registered. According to the association, access was not suitable for influencing the electricity grids in Europe.
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
- ENTSO-E Transparency Platform (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c ENTSO-E Member Companies. In: entsoe.eu. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ a b European Transmission System Operators (ETSO). In: entsoe.eu. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Regulation (EC) No. 714/2009 (PDF)
- ↑ ENTSO-E Board. In: entsoe.eu. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Power Statistics. Inventory of transmission. Database query for the year 2017. In: entsoe.eu. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
- ^ A b "Controversy over a new power grid for Europe", May 26, 2010, heise.de
- ^ System Extension Projects for the Continental European Synchronous Area. In: entsoe.eu. Retrieved October 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Patrick Beuth, DER SPIEGEL: Hackers penetrate the IT network of the electricity network operator association - DER SPIEGEL - Netzwelt. Retrieved March 12, 2020 .