Private company

50Hertz Transmission

Logo: Unknown author Unknown author (50Hertz Transmission GmbH), CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons4

German transmission system operator

50Hertz Transmission GmbH, formerly named Vattenfall Europe Transmission, is one of four transmission system operators for electricity in Germany, and is wholly owned by Eurogrid GmbH, indirectly owned and managed by the Belgian transmission system operator Elia System Operator and Australian-based IFM Investors. The company is a member of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E). The company has headquarters in Berlin and owns the high power network in eastern Germany as well as the area around Hamburg.2 It employed 893 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2002Founded1
  • Industryelectric power industry1
  • HeadquartersBerlin1
  • Websitewww.50hertz.com
  • Legal formGesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung1
  • LEI529900N6V96MBOIRXV553
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressHeidestraße 2, 10557 Berlin, Germany3
  • Registered withLocal Court Berlin-Charlottenburg, HRB 844463

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50Hertz Transmission headquarters Berlin 2016
Photo: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

50Hertz Transmission GmbH, formerly named Vattenfall Europe Transmission, is one of four transmission system operators for electricity in Germany, and is wholly owned by Eurogrid GmbH, indirectly owned and managed by the Belgian transmission system operator Elia System Operator and Australian-based IFM Investors. The company is a member of the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E).2

Corporate structure

50Hertz Transmission is part of a group headed by Elia. 10 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Elia Brussels, Belgium
    • 50Hertz Transmission 80% · Berlin, Germany
    • EUROGRID INTERNATIONAL Brussel, Belgium
    • ELIA GRID INTERNATIONAL Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
    • ELIA TRANSMISSION BELGIUM Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
      • ELIA ASSET Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
        • ELIA ENGINEERING Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium
    • WINDGRID Subsidiary · Brussels, Belgium

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Elia 80% since Apr 26, 2018
  • KfW 20% since Aug 2018

Subsidiaries

Former owners and parents

From Wikidata.1

Former names

  • Vattenfall Europe Transmissionuntil Jan 5, 20101

Timeline

  1. Oct 21, 2024Parent Directly consolidated by Elia3
  2. 2002Founded Founded1

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