German regulator brings case against TenneT over grid links

All three of Windreich's offshore projects will use Areva's 5MW turbines

TenneT has come under new fire over its role in Germany's offshore wind programme after the federal grid regulator opened an “abuse” case against the embattled transmission system operator (TSO) at the behest of developer Windreich.

The case comes as Berlin is understood to be agitating for a sale that would see TenneT divest a significant portion of its German business to insurance giants Munich Re and Allianz, which are both already big investors in the renewables space.

A Bundesnetzagentur official tells Recharge that the proceedings will begin on 12 September, and should only take a month or two to reach their conclusion.

Should the regulator conclude that TenneT has breached its legal responsibilities, the TSO would be vulnerable to civil cases brought by offshore wind developers…

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