Netherlands
Renewable Energy
Floating solar powers seaweed farming
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The EU-funded UNITED project is demonstrating the potential of integrating marine activities such as aquaculture with offshore renewable resources.
Storage
ENGIE and Kiwi Power partner on grid reliability in the Netherlands
Kiwi Power has entered its tenth European market with the completion of an aggregation project in the Netherlands.
Energy & Grid Management
Liander launches major grid expansions across the Netherlands
Netherlands utility Liander plans major electricity grid expansions across five regions in the country over the next ten years.
New technology
AI, blockchain powered microgrid pilots renewables trading in Port of Rotterdam
The first high frequency decentralised energy market has been demonstrated on the Port of Rotterdam’s microgrid.
IOT
Dutch city of Arnhem goes smart with energy management IoT solution
The City of Arnhem has selected OpenRemote’s open-source IoT solution to develop an intelligent energy management system.
Business
EIT InnoEnergy takes energy innovation support to US
Energy innovation accelerator EIT InnoEnergy has opened a US office in Boston, MA to expand support for entrepreneurs in the sector.
Storage
New Dutch energy systems research institute launched
The new Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES) is developing smart solutions for energy storage and conversion.
Distributed generation
Dutch tech innovators to pilot floating solar at North Sea wind...
Dutch innovation firm TNO will pilot a minimum 0.5 megawatt-peak (MWp) floating solar plant at the planned Hollandse Kust (North) offshore wind farm to be built by the CrossWind consortium.
Renewable Energy
Vattenfall green-lights construction of world’s largest offshore wind farm
Swedish mega-utility Vattenfall has taken the final investment decision for the construction of the 1500MW Hollandse Kust Zuid 1-4 offshore wind farm, set to be the largest wind farm in the world on completion in 2023.
Renewable Energy
Shell New Energies awards contracts for two Dutch solar plants
Shell New Energies has awarded UK renewable energy and storage developer Anesco the contracts to design and construct two solar farms in the Netherlands, with a combined generation capacity of 26MWp.