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Rewiring the European Electricity Grid with Chris Peeters, Elia Group

Switched On

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Interconnectors - The First Hybrid Offshore Grid Solution?

In October 2020, 50 Hertz and the Danish grid operator, EnergyNet, inaugurated the first hybrid offshore interconnector. So it is a place where we have an interconnector between Denmark and Germany. On that route of that interconnect, we basically integrate three wind farms, two at the German side and one at the Danish side. And so we have a system which is keeping that balance means that if you can't produce at them, if you can consume at the moment that you produce, you actually have many benefits.

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