Industry
sources
argue
that
TenneT
should
not
have
bought
Transpower,
the
E.ON-owned
transmission
system
operator
(TSO)
for
the
German
regions
bordering
the
North
Sea,
if
it
were
not
financially
capable
of
building
the
offshore
links.
They
deflect
TenneT’s
assertion
that
two
offshore
“clusters”
due
for
commissioning
in
2013
may
be
delayed
because
of
a
shortage
of
cables,
saying
the
TSO
should
have
initiated
the
procurement
process
sooner.
“TenneT
knew
what
was
in
the
pipeline
in
the
German
market,”
Andreas
Wagner,
managing
director
of
the
German
Offshore
Wind
Energy
Foundation,
tells
Recharge.…
