transmission system operator predecessor eltra elkraft system elkraft transmission gastra founded 2005 2005 headquarters errits denmark key people peder stermark andreasen ceo services power and natural gas transmission revenue 9.17 b dkk 2009 owner government of denmark state ownership number of employees 570 subsidiaries eltransmission.dk a s gastransmission.dk a s website www.energinet.dk energinet.dk is the danish national transmission system operator for electricity and natural gas . it is an independent public enterprise owned by the danish state under the ministry of climate and energy . 1 energinet.dk has some 570 employees and its headquarters are located in errits near fredericia in jutland . the gas division is located in ballerup near copenhagen . the main tasks are to ensure efficient operation and development of the national electricity and gas infrastructure as well as ensuring equal access for all users of the infrastructure . 2 energinet.dk also plays a role in developing a carbon dioxide free energy system in denmark . contents 1 history 2 operations 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit energinet.dk was created by a merger of power grid operators eltra elkraft system and elkraft transmission and by natural gas transmission system operator gastra . 3 the merger took place on 24 august 2005 with retrospective effect from 1 january 2005 . operations edit external image high voltage grid of denmark energinet.dk operates the 400 kv electricity transmission grid 4 and the gas transmission grid . 5 the company owns and operates also 132 kv 6 and 150 kv power grids regionale net and the hvdc great belt power link and it is a co owner of the power interconnections with sweden konti skan norway cross skagerrak and germany kontek . 7 8 9 a 700mw submarine power cable called cobracable to the netherlands is planned with tennet 10 11 and a 1 400mw cable viking link in 2022 to britain is investigated with national grid expected to cost dkk 15 billion . 12 13 cobra and viking were put on the eu projects of common interest list in november 2015 along with the krieger offshore wind turbine cable to germany . 14 of the high voltage power lines on land 25 % were laid as underground cables in 2014 . 15 energinet.dk has a 20 % stake in nord pool spot as the largest electricity market in the world 16 and as of december 2012 100 % of the physical gas exchange nord pool gas a s. 17 it also owns a fiber optic communication network and a gas storage facility as well as a 20 % stake 8 in european market coupling company a central west european cross border electrical power trading joint venture due to begin operations on 9 november 2010 . 18 an electrical consumption support scheme dedicated to sustainable electricity producers in denmark is administered by energinet.dk . 19 see also edit energy portal electricity sector in denmark energy in denmark references edit experience of the danish transmission system operator pdf . international energy agency . retrieved 11 february 2010 . torben normann schulze . loven om energinet.dk redeg r for virksomhedens form l og opgaver danish energy agency natural gas in exact quantities . force technology . retrieved 24 june 2008 . nielsen torben glar 15 september 2010 . electricity division . energinet.dk . retrieved 3 october 2010 . hodal peter a. 15 september 2010 . gas division . energinet.dk . retrieved 3 october 2010 . dong energy sells transmission network to energinet.dk . oilvoice . 2007 12 24 . retrieved 2010 10 03 . energinet.dk sov . business week . retrieved 11 february 2010 . a b r ge anne cecilie nesager 15 september 2010 . the energinet.dk group . energinet.dk . retrieved 3 october 2010 . gellert bjarne christian . electricity interconnections energinet.dk 22 august 2011 . accessed 6 december 2011 . planned electricity cable between the netherlands and denmark . tennet . retrieved 24 september 2010 . torben glar nielsen . energinet.dk has approved the business case for cobra cable energinet.dk 13 january 2014 . accessed 20 january 2014 . isobel rowley & jesper n. rasmussen . national grid and energinet.dk sign cooperation agreement on a first electricity interconnector between uk and denmark energinet.dk 10 october 2013 . accessed 10 october 2013 . wittrup sanne . 740 kilometer elkabel skal sende dansk str m til england ingeni ren 28 september 2015 . accessed 28 september 2015 . overview of power connections union list of projects of common interest 18 november 2015 . wittrup sanne . s er alle de mindre luftledninger lagt i jorden ingeni ren 19 december 2014 . accessed 21 december 2014 . nord pool organisation . nord pool asa . retrieved 24 june 2008 . dead link nord pool spot sells its 50 % shares of nord pool gas to energinet.dk . energinet.dk . retrieved 25 september 2013 . confirmation of launch date european market coupling company 24 september 2010 . retrieved 3 october 2010 . subject state aid no n 354 2008 denmark modification of the scheme support to environmentally friendly electricity production n 602 2004 pdf . european commission . retrieved 11 february 2010 . external links edit company website danish power system right now retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title energinet.dk & oldid 726854060 categories oil and gas companies of denmarkelectric power transmission system operators in denmarknatural gas pipeline companiespublic corporations of the danish governmentcompanies based in fredericia municipalityenergy companies established in 2005non renewable resource companies established in 2005hidden categories all articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from october 2010 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout 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