Energinet

{{Infobox company

|name = Energinet

|logo = Energinet logo.svg

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|type = Government-owned corporation

|genre = Transmission system operator

|fate =

|predecessor = Eltra, Elkraft System, Elkraft Transmission, Gastra

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|foundation = {{start date|2005}}

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|location_city = Erritsø

|location_country = Denmark

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|key_people = Peder Østermark Andreasen (CEO)

|industry = Energy

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|services = Power and natural gas transmission

|revenue = 9.17B DKK (2009)

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|owner = Government of Denmark (State ownership)

|num_employees = 1150

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|subsid = Eltransmission.dk A/S
Gastransmission.dk A/S

|homepage = {{URL|https://en.energinet.dk/}}

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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.{{cite web|title=Experience of the Danish Transmission System Operator|publisher=International Energy Agency|url=http://www.iea.org/work/2007/grids/Abildgaard_Energinet.pdf|access-date=11 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924045921/http://www.iea.org/work/2007/grids/Abildgaard_Energinet.pdf|archive-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead}} 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.Torben Normann Schulze. "[http://www.ens.dk/info/lovstof/gaeldende-love/energinet-danmark Loven om Energinet redegør for virksomhedens formål og opgaver] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160130123712/http://www.ens.dk/info/lovstof/gaeldende-love/energinet-danmark |date=2016-01-30 }}" Danish Energy Agency

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.{{cite web

|url = http://www.forcetechnology.com/en/Menu/Cases+and+Customers/Energy+and+Process/060518_energinetdk.htm

|title = Natural gas in exact quantities

|publisher = Force Technology

|access-date = 24 June 2008

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070513064401/http://www.forcetechnology.com/en/Menu/Cases+and+Customers/Energy+and+Process/060518_energinetdk.htm

|archive-date = 2007-05-13

|url-status = dead

}} 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. {{cite web |title=Nyhedsbrev |url=https://www.ft.dk/samling/20042/almdel/epu/bilag/4/143075.pdf |access-date=2 June 2020}} To the east of the Great Belt there were two companies: the system operator Elkraft System and the transmission network company Elkraft Transmission.{{cite web |last1=Kroes |first1=Neelie |title=Statsstøtte N 602/2004 - Danmark "Støtte til miljøvenlig elproduktion" |url=https://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/197466/197466_516919_1_1.pdf |access-date=2 June 2020}}{{cite book |title=SOU 2001:73 Elnätsföretag - särskild förvaltning och regionnätstariffer |date=2001 |url=https://lagen.nu/sou/2001:73#PS1 |access-date=2 June 2020|publisher=Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation (Sweden)}} They formed a joint organization and were owned by {{ILL|NESANET A/S|dk|NESA}}, KE Forsyningen, {{ILL|SEAS Transmission A/S|dk|SEAS-NVE}}, {{ILL|NVE Net A/S|dk|SEAS-NVE}}, Frederiksberg Elnet A/S, Hillerød Elforsyning, Helsingør Elforsyning, Roskilde Netvirksomhed, Nykøbing Sjællands El-Net and SK-Net A/S.{{cite web |title=Elkraft 2003 |url=http://www.pfbach.dk/firma_pfb/historien/data_files/Elkraft_ann_2003.pdf |access-date=2 June 2020}}

Operations

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Energinet operates the 400 kV electricity transmission grid

{{cite web

| last = Nielsen

| first = Torben Glar

| url = http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Management-and-organisation/Sider/Electricity-Division.aspx

| title = Electricity Division

| publisher = Energinet

| date = 15 September 2010

| access-date = 3 October 2010

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101102045322/http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Management-and-organisation/Sider/Electricity-Division.aspx

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and the gas transmission grid.

{{cite web

| last = Hodal

| first = Peter A.

| url = http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Management-and-organisation/Sider/Gas-division.aspx

| title = Gas Division

| publisher = Energinet

| date = 15 September 2010

| access-date = 3 October 2010

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101102045528/http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Management-and-organisation/Sider/Gas-division.aspx

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The company owns and operates also 132 kV

{{Cite news

| publisher= OilVoice

| url= http://www.oilvoice.com/n/DONG_Energy_Sells_Transmission_Network_to_Energinetdk/c256ed4f.aspx

| title = DONG Energy Sells Transmission Network to Energinet

| date = 2007-12-24

| access-date=2010-10-03}}

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).{{cite magazine|title=Energinet SOV|url=http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=947547|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330210341/http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=947547|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 30, 2009|magazine=Business Week|access-date=11 February 2010}}

{{cite web

| last = Røge

| first = Anne Cecilie Nesager

| url = http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Profile/Sider/The-Energinet-dk-Group.aspx

| title = The Energinet Group

| publisher = Energinet

| date = 15 September 2010

| access-date = 3 October 2010

| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101030145725/http://www.energinet.dk/EN/OM-OS/Profile/Sider/The-Energinet-dk-Group.aspx

| archive-date = 30 October 2010

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Gellert, Bjarne Christian. [http://www.energinet.dk/EN/ANLAEG-OG-PROJEKTER/Generelt-om-elanlaeg/Sider/Elforbindelser-til-udlandet.aspx Electricity interconnections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130209200636/http://www.energinet.dk/EN/ANLAEG-OG-PROJEKTER/Generelt-om-elanlaeg/Sider/Elforbindelser-til-udlandet.aspx |date=2013-02-09 }} Energinet, 22 August 2011. Accessed: 6 December 2011. A 700MW submarine power cable called COBRAcable to the Netherlands is planned with TenneT,{{cite web

|url = http://www.tennet.org/english/projects/Cobra/index.aspx

|title = Planned electricity cable between the Netherlands and Denmark

|publisher = TenneT

|access-date = 24 September 2010

}}{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}Torben Glar Nielsen. "[http://energinet.dk/EN/ANLAEG-OG-PROJEKTER/Nyheder/Sider/Energinet-dk-har-godkendt-business-case-for-Cobra-kabel.aspx Energinet has approved the business case for Cobra cable] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204012134/http://energinet.dk/EN/ANLAEG-OG-PROJEKTER/Nyheder/Sider/Energinet-dk-har-godkendt-business-case-for-Cobra-kabel.aspx |date=2014-02-04 }}" Energinet, 13 January 2014. Accessed: 20 January 2014. and a 1,400MW cable (Viking Link in 2022) to Britain is investigated with National Grid, expected to cost DKK 15 billion.Isobel Rowley & Jesper N. Rasmussen. "[http://www.energinet.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Engelske%20dokumenter/El/Danish%20interconnector%20oct%202013%20PDF.pdf National Grid and Energinet sign cooperation agreement on a first electricity interconnector between UK and Denmark] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204012134/http://www.energinet.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Engelske%20dokumenter/El/Danish%20interconnector%20oct%202013%20PDF.pdf |date=2014-02-04 }}" Energinet, 10 October 2013. Accessed: 10 October 2013.Wittrup, Sanne. "[http://ing.dk/artikel/740-kilometer-elkabel-skal-sende-dansk-stroem-til-england-179078 740 kilometer elkabel skal sende dansk strøm til England]" Ingeniøren, 28 September 2015. Accessed: 28 September 2015. [http://ing.dk/sites/ing/files/udlandsforbindelser_vikinglinkktr.jpg Overview of power connections] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004152553/http://ing.dk/sites/ing/files/udlandsforbindelser_vikinglinkktr.jpg |date=2015-10-04 }} 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."[https://ec.europa.eu/energy/sites/ener/files/documents/5_2%20PCI%20annex.pdf Union list of projects of common interest]" 18 November 2015. Of the high voltage power lines on land, 25% were laid as underground cables in 2014.Wittrup, Sanne. "[http://ing.dk/artikel/saa-er-alle-de-mindre-luftledninger-lagt-i-jorden-173102 Så er alle de mindre luftledninger lagt i jorden]" Ingeniøren, 19 December 2014. Accessed: 21 December 2014.

Energinet has a 20% stake in Nord Pool Spot AS (the largest electricity market in the world),

{{cite web

| url = http://www.nordpool.com/en/asa/General-information/Organisation/

| title = Nord Pool - Organisation

| publisher = Nord Pool ASA

| access-date = 24 June 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}

and, as of December 2012, 100% of the physical gas exchange Nord Pool Gas A/S.

{{cite web

| url= http://energinet.dk/EN/GAS/Nyheder/Sider/Energinetdk-koeber-alle-aktier-i-nordisk-gasboers.aspx

| title= Nord Pool Spot sells its 50% shares of Nord Pool Gas to Energinet

| publisher= Energinet

| access-date= 25 September 2013

| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130927072622/http://energinet.dk/EN/GAS/Nyheder/Sider/Energinetdk-koeber-alle-aktier-i-nordisk-gasboers.aspx

| archive-date= 27 September 2013

| url-status= dead

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It also owns a fiber-optic communication network and a gas storage facility, as well as a 20% stake in European Market Coupling Company, a Central-West European cross-border electrical power trading joint venture due to begin operations on 9 November 2010.[http://www.marketcoupling.com/document/1339/100922_Confirmation%20of%20CWE-Nordic%20ITVC%20launch.pdf Confirmation of launch date] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714035210/http://www.marketcoupling.com/document/1339/100922_Confirmation%20of%20CWE-Nordic%20ITVC%20launch.pdf |date=2011-07-14 }} European Market Coupling Company, 24 September 2010. Retrieved: 3 October 2010.

An electrical consumption support scheme dedicated to sustainable electricity producers in Denmark is administered by Energinet.{{cite web|title=Subject: State aid No N 354/2008 – Denmark Modification of the scheme 'Support to environmentally friendly electricity production' (N 602/2004) |publisher=European Commission |url=http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/register/ii/doc/N-354-2008-WLWL-en-18.05.2009.pdf |access-date= 11 February 2010}}