Review of 2008: May

'Your Energy Is TenneT's Strength'

An ambitious recruitment campaign featuring the slogan 'Your Energy Is TenneT's Strength' was launched in May. TenneT was seeking to recruit about 200 new people and created a dedicated website, www.werkenbijTenneT.nl, for this purpose. We also brought in an enthusiastic team for the recruitment and selection. Within a short space of time, a large number of candidates applied. The fact that our own employees played a central role in the campaign proved to be particularly appealing.

NorNed cable 'goes live'

An historic moment for TenneT and the Norwegian TSO Statnett as the world's longest subsea electricity cable went live. The cable is an out-and-out success right from the start and earned approx. 110 million euros in 2008.

TenneT looks ahead to 2030

The expected increase in sustainable energy production, the rapid rise in the number of production plants on the coast and the potential turnaround from a net importer to a net exporter of electricity mean that the Dutch high-voltage grid will have to undergo major changes in the years to come, according to the Quality and Capacity Plan 2008-2014, which was published in May along with the 'Vision2030' document.

Construction of 380 kV underground line

In May the Minister of Economic Affairs took a major decision in the 'Randstad 380 kV' project. More than 20 kilometres of the new line through the Randstad conurbation is to be laid underground. Thus the Netherlands became a world leader in the innovative construction of high-voltage lines, this being the first 380 kV connection to be laid over such a long distance underground anywhere in the world.