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Jun 5, 2024

House approves new energy law

On Tuesday, June 4, 2024, the new Energy Act was passed, an important step in the transition to a future-proof energy system. This law, supported by a [...]
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Jun 3, 2024

Thermal storage for industry in SDE++

In March, outgoing Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten informed the House of Representatives about the opening round of the SDE++ later this year. [...]
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May 16, 2024

European elections: develop EU energy storage strategy

From June 6 to 9, the European elections will take place. Energy Storage NL (ESNL) and EASE, the umbrella organization for the Energy Storage Sector in which ESNL [...]
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May 16, 2024

Outline agreement: energy storage enables energy independence

On the night of Wednesday, May 15, the PVV, VVD, NSC and BBB reached an agreement for the reign through 2028. [...]
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25 Apr 2024

Power grid overload: unorthodox measures needed

The outgoing cabinet and grid operators today came out with measures for the growing grid congestion problems in the provinces of Utrecht, Gelderland and Flevoland. Unorthodox [...]
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23 Apr 2024

Energy storage gets priority in queue

Last week, the ACM presented a broad package of measures to reduce grid congestion problems. The measures mainly focus on flexible use of the [...]
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19 Apr 2024

Spring note 2024: Cabinet plans energy storage concretized

Earlier this week, the Cabinet published the Spring Memorandum 2024. Among other things, the Spring Memorandum discusses additional Cabinet investments to accelerate [...]
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18 Apr 2024

Energy bill debate: legal basis for new energy system

In recent weeks, the House of Representatives has been discussing the proposal for the new Energy Act. This bill replaces the current Electricity Act 1998 and the Gas Act, [....]
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22 Mar 2024

EZK advocates more European harmonization net rate methodology

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate is advocating further harmonization of network tariff methodology within the European Union. This emerges from two non-papers from the [...]
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17 Mar 2024

"Forming parties, move from consultation to resolution"

As the Netherlands eagerly awaits a new administration, the political landscape remains littered with unanswered questions and unavoidable problems. Future leaders are being asked [...]
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12 Mar 2024

Cabinet sees no short-term need for capacity mechanism to ensure security of supply

Recent discussions with experts have shown that there is currently no immediate need for the introduction of a capacity mechanism to ensure the security of electricity supply in [...].
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11 Mar 2024

EZK publishes Energy Main Structure Program: government will direct locations for large batteries

Minister Jetten for Climate & Energy recently published the final Energy Main Structure (PEH) Program and its implementation agenda. This program focuses on spatial policy for energy infrastructure [...]
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6 Mar 2024

EZK work visit: potential of energy storage for grid congestion

Energy Storage NL today organized a working visit for Annemiek Hautvast, Director of Grid Congestion at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate. The role of energy storage at [...]
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Feb 29, 2024

MPs call attention to energy storage in grid congestion debate

On Wednesday, Feb. 28, the Lower House Committee on Economic Affairs and Climate debated new measures against grid congestion. The debate continues an earlier discussion in January. [...]
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Feb 27, 2024

Grid operators work to improve understanding of grid capacity

Grid operators are working to improve insight into available grid capacity and queues per station in the Netherlands. So writes outgoing minister Rob Jetten for [...].