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More objections do not prove the right to object is too broad
TenneT reports a doubling in objections and warns of years of delay. Two days later, the Council of State dismissed every appeal against the Rijswijk to Leiden heat pipeline. Read together, these two reports from the same week tell a different story than either does alone.
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Landing offshore wind on land: VAWOZ now puts the choice with the regions
Until 2 July 2026, the draft VAWOZ 2031-2040 programme is open for public review: the routes and locations through which future North Sea wind farms will come ashore. Behind the technical story of cables and converter stations lies a stakeholder challenge that lands in five regions at once, one that can be steered, or left to drift, in the current consultation phase.
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Buyout scheme for 380kV grid expansion: more generous compensation, tighter deadline for residents
Until 2 July 2026, the preliminary preferred decision for the Vierverlaten-Ens 380 kV connection is open for public review: the first major project to fall under the new buyout scheme for residents within 100 metres of a new overhead high-voltage line. Generous on paper, in practice tighter than many administrators expected: six months to choose between staying or selling.
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Deutschlandtempo versus the polder model: what Dutch network operators can learn from Germany's acceleration
Germany is building out its high-voltage grid at a pace the Netherlands cannot match. But does faster mean better? A comparison between German emergency legislation and the Dutch polder model, and what stakeholder and environmental management delivers on both sides of the border.
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Six lessons from the ACM review: why transparency is essential for grid expansion
The ACM concluded that the investment plans of Enexis, Liander, Stedin and TenneT were insufficiently substantiated. The network operators are launching an improvement programme. Six lessons on transparency and stakeholder communication that go beyond the investment plan itself.
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Grid reinforcement delayed: why stakeholder and environmental management makes the difference
Sixty percent of TenneT's grid expansion projects face an average delay of two and a half years. Better stakeholder and environmental management is the key to acceleration.
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A cable tunnel beneath the Western Scheldt: technical feasibility, cross-sections and landing options
The energy transition in Zeeland requires a new 380 kV connection beneath the Western Scheldt. This article explores the technical feasibility of a cable tunnel, cross-section options and landing possibilities.
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