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July 10, 2026

New Contract Paves the Way for Faster Electricity Connections for Businesses 

With the revised Capacity Management Contract (CSC), grid operators and business organizations are taking an important step toward making better use of the electricity grid. Together, they have addressed the main barriers that businesses faced in this congestion management contract […]
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July 2, 2026

European Market Research: Strong Growth in Battery Capacity; the Netherlands Leads the Way in Behind-the-Meter Storage

European battery capacity is projected to reach nearly 500 GWh by 2030. LCPDelta reports these figures in its annual *European Market Monitor on Energy Storage*, commissioned by […]
Member News
June 29, 2026

Ore Energy and Budget Thuis are building a 1 GWh multi-day iron-air energy storage facility, a first for European energy suppliers

Dutch energy supplier commits to 1 GWh of iron-air energy storage to lower energy costs for consumers; the first 400 MWh will be delivered in 2028. Ore […]
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June 17, 2026

Network Operators' Investment Plans: Energy Storage Still Not Sufficiently Recognized as a Structural Component of the Energy System

Every two years, the grid operators publish their investment plans (IPs). In these plans, they share forecasts regarding the growth in electricity demand and the development of supply […]
Interview
May 20, 2026

Security as accelerator of energy transition: DEKRA on secure and scalable energy storage

Every month Energy Storage NL introduces a new member to its supporters. This month we meet DEKRA Certification B.V., active worldwide in [...].
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May 7, 2026

ESNL call: careful design choices important for energy storage in capacity mechanism

The security of supply of the Dutch energy system is coming under increasing pressure. In the Monitor Supply Security 2025, TenneT concludes that the Netherlands will be too [...] from 2033 onwards.
News
29 Apr 2026

Energy Storage NL responds to draft amendment decree on energy storage systems

ESNL welcomes the government's initiative to create more uniformity and clarity for energy storage systems through national regulations. Clear and workable regulations are essential [...]
News
22 Apr 2026

Connection stop in Utrecht: exploit potential energy storage in case of grid congestion

The news yesterday about the full capacity depletion of the electricity grid in the province of Utrecht underscores the urgency of additional measures to cope with grid congestion [...]
Member News
20 Apr 2026

Battery storage system BESS Apeldoorn reaches COD and enters Dutch energy markets

Beemte Broekland (Apeldoorn), April 15, 2026 - The battery storage system BESS Apeldoorn, located in Beemte Broekland near Apeldoorn, has successfully entered the commercial operational phase (Commercial Operation [...]
News
1 Apr 2026

Draft Multi-Year Climate and Energy Fund 2027 published

The Cabinet has published the draft Multi-Year Program (MYP) 2027 of the Climate and Energy Fund. This is the fourth multi-year program of the fund, which aims to [...]
News
25 Mar 2026

Retrospective Energy Storage Conference

The Energy Storage Conference was held on Thursday, March 19, with a broad and engaged audience that included fire departments, environmental agencies, policy makers and market participants. The day [...]
News
23 Mar 2026

Energy Storage NL, Energie Samen, Holland Solar and FME: local energy storage crucial for making the built environment more sustainable

Ahead of the Parliamentary debate on the Climate Agreement Built Environment on March 25, Energy Storage NL, Energie Samen, Holland Solar and FME have jointly issued a [...]
News
19 Mar 2026

Time-dependent grid tariffs at regional grid operators: next step toward a more flexible electricity grid

Energy Storage NL has long been pushing for the introduction of time-dependent grid tariffs as a tool to use the electricity grid more efficiently through energy storage. [...]
Energieopslagsystemen
16 Mar 2026

Municipalities of the Netherlands: tackling grid congestion? Start where it hurts.

Holland Solar, NedZero and Energy Storage NL: “Design new residential neighborhoods and business parks directly with solar, wind and storage so that electricity is generated, stored [...] on site.
News
Feb 19, 2026

ACM Annual Plan 2026 underscores key role of flexibility in future energy system

The Consumer & Market Authority's annual plan for 2026 makes it clear that flexibility and energy storage are no longer preconditions but central building blocks of the [...]