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June 30, 2026

European Commission Reaches Ambitious Agreement to Accelerate Growth to 45 GW of Storage Capacity

On March 19, the European Commission decided to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy and energy storage to reduce dependence on the volatile fossil fuel market […]
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June 29, 2026

Smart control of home batteries and other systems is intended to reduce the load on the power grid

Regional grid operators Enexis, Liander, and Stedin, along with energy suppliers Eneco, Essent, Vattenfall, Frank Energie, and Zonneplan, have announced that they will expand their collaboration to fully […]
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June 22, 2026

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Decision: Introduction of a Central Capacity Mechanism with a Focus on CO2 Requirements

The government has opted for a centralized capacity mechanism to ensure security of supply starting in 2028. This is evident from the letter to Parliament dated June 19. TenneT recommended […]
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Jun 3, 2026

Gas Market and Security of Supply Commission debate: ESNL calls for appropriate design choices capacity mechanism

Thursday, June 4, members of Parliament's Climate and Green Growth Committee will debate security of supply. An important topic; TenneT's Security of Supply Monitor (2025) shows [...]
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May 27, 2026

House of Representatives calls for tighter monitoring on energy storage

The House of Representatives today tabled a series of motions during the two-minute debate on grid congestion and energy infrastructure to contribute to a faster, smarter and future-proof [...]
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May 18, 2026

The energy transition does not start at the socket, but in our heads

The energy transition is often seen as a technical issue. More cables, heavier transformers, smarter software. And that is partly true, because that technology [...]
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May 7, 2026

Energy Storage NL presents five-point plan to cabinet

Energy Storage NL met yesterday with Minister Stientje van Veldhoven and State Secretary Jo-Annes de Bat of Economic Affairs and Climate. During the meeting, the focus was [...]
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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.
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May 4, 2026

New net retail tariff system: what does it mean local energy storage?

Network operators today submitted a proposal for a new time-varying network tariff system expected to apply to households and small businesses with a [...]
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May 1, 2026

Energy Storage NL warns: ACM feed-in tariff should not undermine value of energy storage

The ACM announced this week that it will further elaborate on the gradual introduction of the feed-in tariff. With this, the ACM is responding to the consultation on the [...]
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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 [...]
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28 Apr 2026

Cabinet commits to strengthening decentralized energy systems: opportunities and concerns for energy storage

The cabinet recently published a new parliamentary letter on strengthening decentralized developments in the energy system. In this letter, the cabinet outlines how local [...]
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28 Apr 2026

Secretary of State De Bat: “Organizing lots of battery capacity to solve grid congestion”

Last week during the Grid Congestion debate in the House of Representatives, it was reaffirmed that grid boundaries are increasingly a bottleneck [...]
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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 [...]
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17 Apr 2026

Bill establishes choice for funding procedures energy projects

A new bill has been put into Internet consultation that deals with the funding of procedures for energy projects. The proposed amendment may be relevant to [...]