TenneT: Brabant high-voltage grid expansion projects delayed

A few days ago, Tennet announced that the substation for the Nord-Ost-Link project in Mehlbek would be built. However, the protest was stirred up there. More than 220 citizens have registered on a signature list; a citizens' initiative against the plans already has 60 members.

The expansion projects of the high-voltage network in Brabant are taking much longer than planned. The aggravation and expansion in Waalwijk and Wijchen are delayed by two to four years. As a result, 2,000 companies and large consumers who are on the waiting list for a new or heavier connection can only be connected much later. Some of them even as late as 2033. “It's mainly wind or solar parks, but also large companies that are the brunt of the…

Companies in North Brabant will have to wait a few years longer for a new or heavier connection to the electricity grid. National grid operator TenneT reports that major projects that should provide more space on the power grid in Brabant will take longer. The renewed high-voltage substation in Waalwijk will not be completed until 2028, as the necessary transformers will be delivered later. Projects in Moerdijk, Halsteren and Oirschot are also u…