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Netherlands: Homeowner saves €450 with solar-powered heating

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In the Netherlands, new feed-in fees introduced in August 2024 are significantly affecting solar system owners. One homeowner in southern Holland has demonstrated how to reduce the impact using solar-powered heating.

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Veli-Matti Heimonen appointed CEO of Solnet Group

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Veli-Matti Heimonen has been appointed CEO of Solnet Group. His goal is to accelerate the European growth of the Netherlands-based company.

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Netherlands: CCE builds PV plant on former landfill site

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CCE Holding is expanding its activities in the Netherlands and will realize two large plants this year. In addition to the solar PV plant in Marknesse ( Flevoland), construction work began in February on another solar park in Rafelder (Gelderland) on a former garbage dump.

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Netherlands: Small – but beautiful

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According to the EU Market Outlook for Solar Power, the Netherlands is among the Top 6 growth markets for photovoltaics in Europe the next four years. You can read more about it in our main topic next week.

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Netherlands: Ampyr and Rockwool conclude solar PPA

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The two partners signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply over 50 GWh of solar energy annually from the new 96 MW Noordoostpolder solar park in Flevoland, starting in 2026.

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Expert analysis: How to approach battery energy storage systems in Europe

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What are the opportunities and challenges for business cases for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in European markets like Germany, Italy, France, The Netherlands, Romania and Austria? Expert Philipp Kraemer of CCE shares his analysis.

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Enstall: Dutch mounting systems provider announces new leadership

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Enstall, provider of mounting solutions and digital services for the solar sector, recently announced that Stijn Vos will transition to Chairman of the Supervisory Board, with Mehran Sedigh appointed as the new CEO. The change will take effect in March 2025.

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Over Easy Solar and Sempergreen cooperate for combined green and solar roofs

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Over Easy Solar, a Norwegian manufacturer of vertical bifacial PV modules, has entered into a European distribution partnership with the Dutch Sempergreen Group, a supplier of green roofs and green facades.

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North Sea Solar

Floating solar park built off Dutch coast

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The innovative solar project Merganser is located off the Dutch coast, around twelve kilometres off The Hague. It currently has 500 kilowatts of solar power installed. The scalable concept consists of six interconnected platforms.

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Topic of the Week: The Netherlands

Ampyr Solar Europe closes on 96-megawatt Dutch solar farm

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Ampyr Solar Europe, a leading pan-European solar developer and independent power producer, has achieved financial close for its latest solar PV project in the Netherlands.

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Netherlands

Amsterdam hotel beats grid connection shortage

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A hotel in Amsterdam turned the lack of an adequate grid connection to his advantage - with the help of PV, battery storage and energy management.

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Interview Goldbeck Solar

Joachim Goldbeck: “Negative electricity prices are a bad fit with PPAs”

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Joachim Goldbeck, the founder and CEO of the Goldbeck Solar Group, analyzes the prospects for the project business. He assesses potential markets and explains in an interview why he already has upcoming investments in Ukraine on his radar.

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Netherlands

Belectric: 128 MW of ground-mounted projects commissioned in the Netherlands

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Belectric is commissioning eight solar parks in the Netherlands with a total capacity of 128 MW. A particular focus was on soil protection.

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Netherlands

DAS Solar delivers N-type PV modules to Dutch project

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DAS Solar supplied 2.1MW of high-efficiency N-type modules for the Xperal Zonneweide Kempenbroek PV project, which was successfully connected to the grid in the Netherlands. The project is located in Limburg Province, a province with abundant sunlight.

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EV charging

Vattenfall builds 22,000 charge points in the Netherlands

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The charging stations are publicly accessible and are being built in the south of the Netherlands. The systems charge in line with the grid. A lot of emphasis was placed on cyber security in the tender.

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Netherlands

Goldbeck Solar builds huge photovoltaic plant for Eneco Solar

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The plant will reach 51 megawatts. It will be combined with a wind farm, which has various advantages but also poses some challenges in terms of project planning.

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Solar Solutions Amsterdam 2024

"Low installation expertise as a challenge"

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In terms of photovoltaic installations per capita, the Netherlands is already the European leader with 1280 watts and the PV market continues to grow. The Solar Solutions trade fair in Amsterdam highlighted important trends and challenges.

© Hans-Christoph Neidlein
Solar Solutions Amsterdam 2024

Solar spring fever in the Netherlands

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The PV market is stabilizing, glass-glass modules are also becoming increasingly standard in the residential sector and stronger growth in battery storage is expected for the Netherlands in the future despite the continuation of net metering. These are just some of the key trends that have emerged at Solar Solutions 2024 in Amsterdam.

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Topic of the Week: The Netherlands

EWS sponsors Solar Solutions 2024 in Amsterdam

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EWS will be exhibiting again at Solar Solutions 2024. The largest exhibition for solar energy in Northwest Europe will take place this year from 19 to 21 March at the Expo Greater Amsterdam.

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Trade fairs

Solar Solutions Amsterdam as showcase for innovations

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From March 19-21, 2024, Solar Solutions in Amsterdam will open its doors as the largest solar trade fair in Northwest Europe.  More than 17,000 trade visitors are expected at Expo Haarlemmermeer in Amsterdam.

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Topic of the Week: The Netherlands

Socomec unveils upgraded energy storage system at Solar Solutions in Amsterdam

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At the upcoming Solar Solutions trade fair in Amsterdam, Socomec will reveal a new compact model of its SUNSYS HES L energy storage system, SUNSYS HES L SKID.

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The Netherlands

New Dutch program to build up PV manufacturing industry

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The new Dutch program SolarNL now started. It aims to build up a strong PV cell and module manufacturing industry in the Netherlands and is financed publicly and privately.

© Kelly Alexandre
Electric trucking

Port of Rotterdam builds charging stations for electric lorries

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The first charging station for battery-electric lorries has just gone into operation. More charging stations will follow. This is because the lorries mainly transport containers in the region.

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Netherlands

Innovative solar bike shelter in Zutphen

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E-Ports has build an innovative solar bike shelter at a college in Zutphen/Netherlands. The installation, with an annual energy yield of 100.000 kWh illustrates how conventional spaces can be transformed into useful, green energy sources.

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Solar modules

Solarwatt now supplying Topcon solar modules

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Module manufacturer Solarwatt has delivered the first solar modules with the efficient Topcon cell technology in the Netherlands, the UK and Germany. The new glass-glass and glass-foil modules with outputs from 420 watts have been available to order since October 2023.