Press Release: Commissioner Piebalgs endorses the work programmes of TEN-E coordinators Adamowitsch and Mielczarski

Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs endorsed the work programmes of Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch, the coordinator for the connections to off-shore wind power in Northern Europe and of Wladydlaw Mielczarski, the coordinator for power connection between Germany, Poland and Lithuania. Mr Adamowitsch's main task will be to facilitate the integration of the offshore wind energy produced in the Baltic Sea and North Sea into the continental grid. Mr Mielczarski's main challenge will be to help accelerate the implementation of the power connection between Germany, Poland and Lithuania in order to increase the overall capacity and strengthen the reliability of the connections.