The Netherlands 2024

In a letter to parliament in May 2024, the government proposes to remove solar and onshore wind from the SDE++ technologies and instead introduce a two-way contract for difference (CfD)

2025 Oct 16

TenneT Inks Grid Connection Agreement for 2 GW

Transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has signed a realisation agreement with the consortium of pension fund ABP, pension

2025 Jul 31

Wind power in the Netherlands

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As of January 2025, wind power in the Netherlands has an installed capacity of 11,714 MW, 40.5% of which is offshore. In 2022, the wind turbines provided the country with 18.37% of its electricity demand during the year. Windmills have historically played a major part in the Netherlands by providing an alternative to water driven mills.

2024 May 08

TenneT Inks Grid Connection Agreement for 2 GW Dutch Offshore Wind

Transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has signed a realisation agreement with the consortium of pension fund ABP, pension investor APG, and wind energy developer

2026 Feb 22

Grid connected Offshore Wind and Energy storage (GOWES)

Promising options to improve system efficiency are combining wind farms with floating solar panels and introducing electrolysers and energy storage. Offshore storage (like ''offshore

2024 May 27

Grid capacity in the Dutch energy sector

The mixed signals reported by various news outlets regarding the opportunities and unavailability of the grid capacity in the Netherlands are a testament of the challenges in the

2025 Jul 07

Realisation Agreement for 2GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha offshore grid

The Realisation Agreement enables the development and construction of the physical grid infrastructure required to connect the wind farm to the Dutch high voltage grid.

2024 Jul 01

Wind energy system integration | TNO

In future, wind farms, solar farms, electrolysis units, and battery systems are expected to work together in one sustainable, hybrid power plant. We are investigating how all the components

2024 Jun 09

Report 2022 Netherlands

Highlight(s) Electricity production from renewable sources increased by 20% to 47 TWh, with a 17 % increase in wind energy. The 2020 onshore wind capac-ity goal of 6 GW was achieved in

2025 May 15

Wind power in the Netherlands

The Netherlands is also well prepared for a significant rise in the production of intermittent power from wind energy by good interconnectors to its neighbours via high voltage cables enabling

2024 Oct 26

TenneT commits to connect a 2 GW offshore wind project to the

The Dutch power transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT has signed the realisation agreement for the connection of the 2 GW IJmuiden Ver Alpha offshore wind

2025 Apr 22

Dutch Offshore Wind Innovation Guide 2025

Thanks to rapid technological advances which have greatly reduced costs, offshore wind has become a mainstream source of renewable energy around the world. In the Netherlands it is

2025 Jun 23