50Hertz Transmission is an effi cient, secure and environmentallyaware transmission system operator at the heart of Europe which warrants access for all customers to the competitive energy market, adding value for customers and shareholders alike. 50Hertz stands for full integration of energy from renewable sources while guaranteeing system security. 50Hertz Facts and fi gures 2010 50Hertz is part of the Elia group. 50Hertz Transmission GmbH Eichenstrasse 3 A 12435 Berlin Germany P +49-30-5150-0 F +49-30-5150-4673 info@50hertz-transmission.net www.50hertz-transmission.net Eichenstraße SPREE Puschkinallee Puschkinallee Am Treptower Park Straße Zobel- Fanny- BERLIN- TREPTOW S Martin- Hoffmann-Straße Treptower Park S 41, 42, 8, 85, 9 Elsenstraße An den Treptowers Imprint Published by : 50Hertz Transmission GmbH Eichenstrasse 3 A 12435 Berlin Germany Management : Boris Schucht ( CEO ) Hans-Jörg Dorny Dr. Frank Golletz Udo Giegerich Registered : Local Court : Charlottenburg ( Berlin ) Commercial Register No. HRB 84446 VAT ID DE8 1 347355 1 April 2011
The system of 50 Hertz 380 kv overhead lines 6,830 km 220 kv overhead lines 2,862 km 380 /220 kv cables 58 km 400 kv HVDC cables 14 km Number of substations 59 Number of switching stations 380 kv 6 Number of third-party substations and switching stations 4 Denmark Schleswig- Holstein Hamburg Energinet.dk Denmark Rostock Güstrow Schwerin Neubrandenburg Mecklenburg- Western-Pomerania The extra-high voltage system of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH Switching Station Overhead line 220 kv 380 kv planned / under construction 380 kv 380 / 220 kv Other companies 380 kv Total transformer capacity ~ 41,340 MVA The control area of 50Hertz Area ~ 109,360 km² ( ~ 31 %) * Inhabitants ~ 18.2 million ( ~ 22 %) * Consumption ** ~ 96 TWh ( ~ 20 %) * Generation capacity connected to the 50Hertz grid Total capacity ~ 16,300 MW of which thermal ~ 12,860 MW pump storage and hydropower ~ 2,400 MW Renewables in the 50Hertz area Total capacity ** of which wind power other renewables ** ~ 14,300 MW 11,040 MW ~ 3,260 MW Lower Saxony Hesse Eisenach Erfurt Thuringia Saxony- Anhalt Weimar 110 Magdeburg Halle Gera Jena Brandenburg Zwickau Leipzig 380+220 Saxony Potsdam Chemnitz 110 220 Dresden Berlin Cottbus PSE Operator Poland Frankfurt (Oder) Overhead line planned Overhead line 380 kv 220 kv Operating voltage ( kv ) 1 10 Other companies HVDCT cable 380 / 220 kv 400 kv Marine power grid ( under construction ) 150 kv Marine power grid 150 kv System users Our customers include the regional distribution system operators as well as power plants, pump storage plants, wind farms and major clients connected to the transmission system. Conventional power plant (lignite- or coal-fired, nuclear or gas turbine power plant ) Pump storage plant Load Maximum load of control area ~ 17,000 MW *** * Share of Germany in total ** Provisional data *** estimated value Bavaria ČEPS Czech Republic Wind power plant Wind power plant planned / under construction As of December 2010
Renewable energy sources at 50 Hertz Generators using renewable sources of energy with a capacity of around 14,300 MW* were installed in the control area of 50Hertz at the end of 2010. Most are installed at the distribution level. By integrating around 41 % of wind power installed in Germany, 50Hertz makes an important contribution to achieving the European and national climate protection goals. Renewables Capacity 50Hertz share Wind energy * 50Hertz control area 11,040 MW * 100 % Germany 26,670 MW * 41 % Europe 86,280 MW ** 13 % Other renewables * 50Hertz control area ~ 3,260 MW Germany ~ 28,500 MW *** * Provisional data * ISET/ IWET data, as of 01 February 2011 ** EWEA 2010 statistics, 31 January 2011 *** BMU, Development of Renewable Energy Sources in Germany 2010, provisional data, as of 23 March 2011 Installed capacity of renewables in the area of 50Hertz 35,000 MW 30,000 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 0 onshore offshore other renewables Actuals Forecast 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 Source for 2000 and 2005 (Actuals): EEG Anlagenstammdaten, www.50hertz-transmission.net Source for 2010 (Actuals): EEG-Anlagenstammdaten, www.50hertz-transmission.net, provisional data, as of 01 March 2011 Source for 2015 and 2020 (Forecast): EEG-Prognose 50Hertz Transmission, as of 2010 Onshore and offshore system extensions 50Hertz is investing in extensions of the transmission system, in particular to create the preconditions for the ongoing development of renewable sources of energy. These are the most important projects of 50Hertz : Three 380 kv overhead lines from Schwerin to Hamburg ( the so-called wind bus bar ), from Halle to the Schweinfurt area ( the Thuringian electricity bridge ), and from the Prenzlau area to Neuenhagen close to Berlin ( the Uckermark line ), adding up to a total length of 400 km. Connection of the planned German offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea, beginning with Baltic 1 wind farm, commissioned in early 2011. Installed wind power capacity in Germany Distribution Year - end 2010 Lower Saxony Brandenburg Saxony-Anhalt North Rhine Westphalia Schleswig-Holstein Mecklenburg- West Pomerania Rhineland Palatinate Saxony Thuringia Hesse Baden-Wuerttemberg Bavaria Saarland Bremen Hamburg Berlin German Federal State MW 0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000 6,000 576 2,994 2,887 4,403 +224 3,409 +117 1,482 +27 1,428 957 +41 743 +31 108 91 500 466 ISET/ IWET, as of 01 February 2011 2009 2010 Germany: +1,261 MW 50Hertz share: +440 MW 41 0 2 0 6,581
Load flows Third Wednesday in November ( 17.11.2010 ) Data in MW Comparison of key figures Germany 50Hertz control area Day ( 11 h ) HH 16 1,498.0 Energinet.dk 547.5 503.9 PSE Electricity consumption ~ 485,000 GWh * ~ 96,000 GWh ** Area ~ 357,124 km² ~ 109,360 km² Population ~ 81.8 million ~ 18.2 million Installed capacity Renewables 55,702 MW * ~ 14,300 MW ** of which wind 26,670 MW *** ~11,040 MW *** 3,422.3 313.2 CEPS Key figures wind power MW /GWh 55 0.115 MW /km² 75 0.1 MW /inhabitant 003 006 Night ( 3 h) Energinet.dk * BMU, Development of Renewable Energy Sources in Germany 2010, provisional data, as of 23 March 2011 ** Provisional data *** ISET/IWET, as of 01 February 2011 HH 315.0 1,145.0 552.0 59 PSE 2,802.0 482.0 CEPS
50 Hertz connects Key fi gures (2010) The European power grid works at a frequency of 50 Hz. This is the frequency at which the electricity system is stable and reliable. The task of a transmission system operator is to keep the frequency at 50 Hz at all times, power generation and consumption are then in perfect balance. This is essential to ensure a maximum of security of supply for all residential and industrial consumers. 50Hertz secures this necessary balance 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Staff as of 31 December 643 Sales revenues 5,595.3 million Of which FIT * revenues 3,585.8 million Network revenues 621.5 million Others ** 1,388.0 million Fixed assets 1,37 million With approximately 650 employees, 50Hertz Transmission ensures the operation, maintenance, planning and extension of the 220 kv and 380 kv transmission system in the German Federal States of Berlin, Brandenburg, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia. All outputs from renewable sources are integrated and transported to consumers in the control area of 50Hertz. Special focus is placed on creating the requisite infrastructure. 49,9 50,0 Hz 50,1 Depreciation 69.9 million Consumer Producer * Feed-in tariff for renewables ** Revenues from services to a third party, balancing group management and other revenues
Regional centres Legal parameters The company is based in Berlin with the head offi ce in Berlin- Treptow. The System Control function with its centrepiece, the Transmission Control Centre ( TCC ), and the Front Offi ce are situated at the location Berlin Eastside in Neuenhagen near Berlin. It is here that energy fl ow through the networks is monitored and managed to constantly maintain the balance between power generation and consumption. This is how the legal obligation of system operator 50Hertz to guarantee system security is put into practice. Maintenance, repair and development of the transmission system as well as of the 65 substations and switching stations are ensured by 270 employees working in six regional centres. Regionalzentrum Nord Rostocker Chaussee 18 18273 Güstrow Regionalzentrum Mitte Altlandsberger Chaussee 15366 Neuenhagen bei Berlin Regionalzentrum Ost Sigmund-Bergmann-Straße 1 03222 Lübbenau / Spreewald Regionalzentrum Süd Goetheweg 125 09247 Chemnitz-Röhrsdorf Regionalzentrum Südwest Am Umspannwerk 8 06246 Bad Lauchstädt Regionalzentrum West Rogätzer Straße 7J 39326 Wolmirstedt Head offi ce Regional centre Transmission Control Centre SCHLESWIG- HOLSTEIN SAXONY- LOWER SAXONY ANHALT Wolmirstedt HESSE HAMBURG Bad Lauchstädt THURINGIA MECKLENBURG- WESTERN POMERANIA Güstrow BRANDENBURG Berlin- Treptow SAXONY BERLIN Lübbenau/ Spreewald Chemnitz- Röhrsdorf POLAND Neuenhagen near Berlin Responsibility for society Non-discriminating grid connection, grid access and grid operation Secure, reliable and competitive operation of an effective grid Optimisation, enhancement and appropriate development of the grid Balancing of production and consumption Ensuring system stability and emergency procedures, also under diffi cult conditions Integration of renewables, connection of offshore generation capacity to the system Priority take-off, compensation and commercialisation of electricity from renewable sources and CHP generation Europe-wide cooperation ant laws for transmission system operators 3rd Energy Package of the European Union Energy Industry Act ( EnWG ) Electricity Network Development Act ( EnLAG ) Renewable Energy Sources ( EEG ) Act on the Preservation, Modernisation and Development of Combined Heat and Power Production ( KWK-G ) Act against Restraints of Competition ( GWB )
Balancing group management Balancing groups are composed of any number of feeding and delivery points in a given control area, and are managed by so-called balancing group managers. Balancing group management ( BGM ) serves the purpose of organizing energy exchanges between market partners ( balancing group managers ) within the 50Hertz control area and with other control areas, based on the relevant statutory provisions and corresponding contractual agreements ( balancing group agreements ). BGM comprises pricing and publication of prices for compensation energy, determined on the basis of the balancing energy used to balance the energy system across the German control areas. BGM also covers procurement from market partners ( balancing group managers and distribution system operators ) of all data required for the settlement of balancing group agreements, including 50Hertz own balancing group agreements, as well as monthly settlement of balancing group agreements and clearing of the control areas. 50 Hertz into the future The enterprise s aspiration is to keep 50 Hz, the pulse of European power supply, constant, together with our domestic and foreign partners, in order to promote the development of the European electricity market, to integrate renewables into the transmission grid and to upgrade the grid to meet these needs. The 50Hertz experts, in close cooperation with regional partners, guarantee a responsible approach when using assets provided by nature : Nesting aids on overhead line towers, for example for ospreys, falcons and jackdaws Ecologically-minded construction and maintenance of overhead lines Numerous compensatory activities and renaturation schemes Complete acceptance of renewables Network development for climate protection