Belgium: ENTSO-E Opens Public Consultation for Network Code on HVDC Connections

European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E) has today launched a public consultation on the draft Network Code on Connection Rules on HVDC Links and DC-Connected Power Park Modules (NC HVDC).

The consultation is open for 2 months from 7 November 2013 until 7 January 2014. A public stakeholder workshop on the code is also scheduled for 4 December in Brussels.

The NC HVDC will specify requirements for long distance DC connections, links between different synchronous areas and DC-connected Power Park Modules, such as offshore wind farms, which are becoming increasingly prominent in the European electricity system.

Based on the consultation feedback received, and with further input from the HVDC User Group, the NC HVDC will be finalised and subsequently submitted to ACER and published by end-April 2014.

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Press release, November 7, 2013; Image: britnet