Salderen van zonnestroom gaat verdwijnen. Vrijwel alle partijen hadden de beëindiging van saldering opgenomen in hun verkiezingsprogramma. Daarmee komt de business case voor thuisaccu’s van zo’n 10 kWh in zicht, stelt Martien Visser.
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Far from being negligible in quantity, decentralized energy production delivers a considerable part of the renewable energy production in the Netherlands. Decentralized production takes place by individual households, companies as well as citizen groups. Grassroots initiatives have sprung up in the Netherlands in the last 5 years, in a recent inventory 313 formally instituted local energy cooperatives were found. Cooperatives’ aims are sustainability, strengthening local economy and promoting a democratic governance structure for energy production.The energy industry in the Netherlands has traditionally been dominated by large energy companies, and the Groningen gas field has resulted in a very high dependency on natural gas for both consumer and business households. The climate for grassroots initiatives has improved since the so-called Energy Covenant in 2013. This covenant pertains to an agreement between government, industry representatives, labor unions and non-governmental organizations to arrive at a substantial reduction of energy use, ambitious increase in the production of renewable energy, and new jobs in the renewable energy sector.The covenant also announced new policies to stimulate community energy activities, such as the Zip-code-rose policy . The governmental interest in new forms of energy transition, is also demonstrated by the ‘Experiments Electricity Law’ facility, which gives local business and community initiatives an opportunity to experiment with a local energy system. This policy is meant as a ‘learning facility’; experiences are expected to lead to adaptations in Dutch electricity law and regulation.
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Dankzij de enorme groei van zon en wind is steeds minder gas en kolen nodig voor de Nederlandse elektriciteitsproductie. De groei brengt ook uitdagingen. “Zo blijkt het stroomnet een beperkende factor bij de verdere uitbouw van zon en wind. Dat geldt nog meer voor de elektriciteitsvraag. Op steeds meer uren en dagen produceren windturbines en zonnepanelen meer elektriciteit dan we nodig hebben. Als gevolg daarvan is die elektriciteit op de markt niets waard en ontstaan zelfs negatieve prijzen. Beheerders van zon- en windparken schakelen dan af.”
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