The Netherlands needs more large battery facilities to store sustainably generated energy in order to guarantee power supply in the future, grid operator TenneT said in a report. TenneT expects to need 9 GW of battery capacity connected to the grid, effectively distributed across the country, by 2030. The energy system is changing, consisting increasingly of renewable electricity and less …
Minister Rob Jetten for Climate and Energy is changing the electricity law to give state-owned grid operator TenneT more options to exclude risky companies from tenders. The change is aimed at barring Chinese parties from vital parts of the Netherlands' electricity network, Financieele Dagblad reports based on Jetten's answers to parliamentary questions. The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate halted …