| Plans and Prospects | |
| Offshore areas | 1 area exclusive for offshore wind, north east of the Belgian EEZ, bordering the Dutch EEZ. |
| Planned offshore windpower | 1.75 GW |
| timing | 2020 |
| Transmission System | |
| TSOs | Elia (> 70 kV) |
| Control zones and operators | Elia (entire country) |
| Synchronous Zone | UCTE |
| Final electricity consumption (2002) [TWh] | 78,4 |
| Generation capacity (2002) [GW] | 15,5 |
| Peak load (2002) | 13,692 |
| Minimum load (2002) | 6 |
| Power Generation Portfolio [GW] | |
| Nuclear | 5,76 |
| Thermal (non-nuclear) | 8,34 |
| Hydro | 1,41 |
| Wind | 0,03 |
| others | 0,00 |
| Offshore Power Injection | |
| Suited Substations | Slijkens, Zeebrugge (Koksijde not considered) |
| Substation Voltage today | each 150 kV |
| Offshore power limit | 350 MW (Slijkens), 300 MW (Zeebrugge) |
| Grid issues | |
| Grid code requirements | Power quality, power control not required but power curtailment, frequency control not required, voltage control (reactive power) voltage and frequency ride through. |
| Balancing | Elia via responsible parties, with penalties |
| Transmission bottlenecks | At injection points and one line inland from Rodenhuize to Heimolen (all 150 kV) |
| Necessary reinforcements | extending two times 400 kV to the coastal substations |
| Timing of reinforcements | to be published in September 2005 |
| External Factors | |
| Import/export/transit | transit Fr -- NL affects congestion inland |
| other factors | NorNed connector may affect Dutch import from Be, future of power plant and industry in Gent |
| Trans Border Capacities | |
| Offshore Cable | |
| Connection, first projects | HVAC 150 kV |
| Landing, first projects | drilling under the dune |
| Best option, long term | not yet considered |
| Connection and energy pricing | |
| Connection charges for DG | shallow |
| Connection charges for offshore wind | |
| Priority access for renewables | |
| Minimum price | In the Belgian RE certificate systems the kWh price is split in green and grey component.107 €/MWh for offshore wind certificates over 20yrs via TSO, no minimum price for grey value. |
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