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Feb 1, 2024

VAT refund for home batteries possible, but subject to conditions

In late 2023, Energy Storage NL (ESNL) and Holland Solar met with the tax authorities to discuss an investigation into the VAT refund on home batteries. The results [...]
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Feb 1, 2024

ACM opens door for Non-Firm ATOs (NFA 1.0)

The Authority Consumer & Market (ACM) is giving grid operators the green light to offer contracts without firm transmission capacity, better known as Non-Firm ATOs (NFAs). With [...]
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Jan 23, 2024

Low-voltage grids action agenda: opportunities for home and neighborhood batteries, bi-directional charging and mobile storage

Outgoing Minister Jetten today published the Low Voltage Networks Action Agenda. This Action Agenda addresses grid congestion issues for households, small businesses and civil society organizations on [...].
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Dec 19, 2023

Energy Storage NL privatizes within FME

The demand for innovative solutions to store energy is increasing. This increases the need to bring together parties who, on the one hand, [...]
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Dec 19, 2023

Facilitating policies needed for home and neighborhood batteries

Research firms CE Delft and Witteveen+Bos today presented the study "Home and community batteries: opportunities, bottlenecks and policy recommendations. The report reveals that home [...]
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Dec 18, 2023

More opportunities for energy storage in DEI+ scheme

The outgoing cabinet has doubled the amount for the Demonstration Energy Innovations (DEI+) subsidy scheme. A total of €131 million is available next year for pilot [...]
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Nov 23, 2023

Obligation recycling & safety requirements

The European Commission uses a regulation to legislate on batteries. When it comes into force on Aug. 17, 2023, it replaced [...]
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23 Oct 2023

Strong focus on energy storage in election manifestos parties

In a month there will be elections to the House of Representatives. In these, the transition to a sustainable energy system has never received so much attention as it does now. Energy Storage NL read [...]
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18 Oct 2023

Grid congestion continues: almost all of the Netherlands on red

Netbeheer Nederland reported today that grid congestion in the Netherlands continues to worsen. This follows the completion of congestion surveys by TenneT in Utrecht, Gelderland, the Flevopolder, [...]
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26 Sep 2023

No breakthrough for energy storage in Administrative Consultation

Energy Storage NL (ESNL) participated yesterday in an Administrative Consultation on Energy Storage led by outgoing Minister Jetten for Climate & Energy. This special consultation [...]
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6 Sep 2023

Big batteries could save Dutch society €2 billion a year

In a recent release, TenneT indicates that to ensure security of supply, it sees a need for 9 gigawatts of energy storage by 2030. According to a recent study [...]
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Aug 25, 2023

Enforceability hinders double energy tax for home batteries

In 2022, the double energy tax for (stationary) energy storage that takes place behind a wholesale connection is abolished. However, the double energy tax still exists for energy storage with [...]
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Aug 3, 2023

Energy Storage NL election stakes: storage crucial for sustainable, affordable and stable energy system!

Energy Storage NL sent its election stake earlier this week to various party committees for input into the Lower House election programs later this year. In this election insert [...]
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Jul 25, 2023

Priority projects that contribute to congestion mitigation

Regulator ACM wants to allow grid operators to prioritize applications that serve a "major public interest" over the queue. When there is a great general [...]
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Jul 24, 2023

New EU rules on recycling batteries

New rules around battery design, production and recycling On Wednesday, June 14, 2023, the European Parliament approved new rules regarding the [...]