Elia awards submarine cable installation contract for the Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) to DEME Group 16.08.2017 Today August 16, official signing of the submarine cable contract for the Modular Offshore Grid in the North Sea has taken place between Dredging International, part of the DEME Group, and Elia Asset. The ca. EUR 130 million contract is one of the largest contracts in the construction of the Modular Offshore Grid. The Modular Offshore Grid is scheduled to be taken into operation at the end of the third quarter of 2019.
EXPLORE TSOs publish addendum to the report published in October 2016 16.08.2017 Since the beginning of 2015, the TSOs of the EXPLORE countries – Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands – have been studying the possibility of integrating their Frequency Restoration Reserve (FRR) energy markets in the scope of the requirements of the draft guidelines on electricity balancing.
Elia begins dismantling the high-voltage line between Ciply and Pâturages 08.08.2017 Elia, the operator of Belgium's high-voltage transmission system, plans to replace the current 70kV overhead line between the Ciply and Pâturages substations with a 150kV underground line passing through Mons, Quévy, Frameries and Colfontaine.