Project profile
- Underground cable project in a densely populated area near Brussels
- TSO: Elia
- NGO involved via BESTGRID: IEW
- Length: 5km
- Project put on hold in 2014 because of change on demand side
BESTGRID activities
- Elia and IEW jointly developed a stakeholder mapping based on interviews conducted in the region
- Elia and IEW organised and moderated workshops targeting authorities and local stakeholders with the aim to initiate dialogue
- All information obtained and the lessons learned have been summarised in a report
Lessons learned
- The stakeholder mapping should be based on direct interaction with people as it was done via the interviews in this project.
- Jointly organized NGO-TSO workshops gave the process credibility.
- Ensuring respect, trust and transparency between partners is one of the key elements to success for this type of initiative.
More information
- All measures planned can be read in the action plan Elia has published in the first months of the project
- The lessons learned from the collaboration are available in a summarising document. It is also available in French and Dutch.
Contact
Renewables Grid Initiative
Neue Promenade 6
10178 Berlin
+49 30 767719455
info (at) bestgrid.eu
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