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Elia has been named one of the best employers in Belgium for the third year in a row.

Nemo Link, the first ever power cable between the UK and Belgium, has today reported outstanding performance figures as it celebrates its first full year of operation.

Elia Group, a transmission system operator active in Belgium and northeast Germany, is set to launch its fourth Open Innovation Challenge this month. The competition invites start-ups from around the world to present solutions to any of the many challenges system operators face.

Following the completion by the group Elia of its internal reorganisation on 31st December 2019, Elia Transmission Belgium has been designated as the national and regional/local Transmission System Operator (TSO) for the very high- and high-voltage electricity grid in Belgium. In addition, Elia System Operator will be renamed Elia Group SA/NV.

As it does every year, Elia, Belgium's electricity transmission system operator, has collected the available information concerning the energy mix generated in Belgium based on the units connected to its grid. Discover the highlights in this press release.

Just before midnight today, Elia will have effectively implemented its internal reorganisation, the aim of which is to isolate and ring-fence the regulated activities of Elia in Belgium from the non-regulated activities and regulated activities outside Belgium.

From the perspective of two system operators (Elia in Belgium and 50Hertz in Germany), Elia Group wants to raise awareness about the increasing challenges on both the grid infrastructure (hardware) and the market design (software) of the European interconnected electricity system. The joint study ‘Future-proofing the EU Energy System towards 2030’ proposes two levers to realise the next phase of the energy transition in a timely and efficient way with maximum welfare for society.

Nemo Link today announces that from 18th December 2019, the Maximum Physical Transfer Capacity (MPTC) of the interconnector will increase by 20MW for a period of 5 hours each day between 17:00-22:00 CET and will only be available in the direction Belgium to GB.

On 2 December Elia has published its probabilistic analysis of Belgium’s adequacy situation for the winter 2020-21, an important element for the Federal Minister for Energy to take into account when deciding on the required volume of strategic reserve.

On Friday 29 November, the Elia Group published its interim statement for Q3 2019.