Independent European private equity firm InfraVia Capital Partners (InfraVia) has acquired a majority shareholding in GIGA Storage, a Dutch player in Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) development, construction, and operations in the Netherlands and Belgium. Through this partnership, the companies...
Despite the decline in availability of suitable development sites for wind and solar farms in the Netherlands, the number of projects realised by energy cooperatives increased in 2023. This is one of the conclusions from the ninth Lokale Energie Monitor...
Construction and development company Ballast Nedam is, like its parent company Rönesans Holding, putting more effort into green energy. The company has the ambition to be carbon-neutral by 2030 and energy-neutral by 2040 and is actively working on collaborations and...
Dutch national grid operator TenneT announced new congestion areas yesterday. This time it affects the areas of Zeeland and Noordoostpolder. TenneT is launching congestion surveys in both regions. In Zeeland, there will be a temporary stop on new applications for...
All European countries are facing an all-encompassing energy transition, pushed forward by the war in Ukraine. While Western European countries are already in the middle of it, Eastern European countries are yet to speed up. Knowledge sharing can help both...
Eneco is investing in a major battery energy storage project in Ville-sur-Haine in Wallonia, Belgium. With the installation of a 50 MW/200 MWh of battery energy storage, sustainably generated electricity can be used more efficiently to balance Belgium’s electricity grid....
In 2022, renewable energy accounted for 15 percent of gross national energy consumption. This was still 13 percent in the previous year. Consumption of solar and wind energy in particular increased last year. Energy consumption from biomass decreased slightly. This...
Recently, a special project was completed by Iver – Experts in wind for a client in Oupia, France, involving the dismantling and transportation of nine wind turbines to the Caribbean island of Barbados, where they are expected to be rebuilt...
Yesterday, Energy Storage NL (ESNL), the advocacy group, networker and knowledge center for the Dutch energy storage industry, presented the National Energy Storage Action Plan 2023 to Dutch Climate and Energy Minister Rob Jetten. With the action plan, ESNL addresses...
From 1 January 2023, CertiQ and Vertogas (subsidiaries of TenneT and Gasunie) will merge under the name VertiCer B.V. This merger will make VertiCer the office in the Netherlands for issuing Guarantees of Origin for all sustainable energy carriers: electricity,...
