Netherlands Energy Storage Equipment Manufacturer

All energy storage facilities in the Netherlands are electro-chemical, with the exception of the contracted 1 MW Hydrostar underwater compressed air energy storage project in Aruba (Caribbean). Hydrostar is a Canadian company specializing in underwater compressed air energy storage technologies.

The Netherlands Advancion Energy Storage Array was commissioned in late 2015 and provides 10 MWh of storage to Dutch transmission system operator TenneT. The project, which represents 50% of all Dutch energy storage capacity, provides frequency regulation by using power stored in its batteries to respond to grid imbalances.

As mentioned above, there have been two major barriers, or stumbling blocks, to the business case for energy storage in the Netherlands to date. As of the beginning of 2022, one of those has been eliminated, to the great relief of GIGA Storage and others in the industry.

Essent, Vandebron and Energiedirect.nl together served more than three million people in 2018, making them the largest energy suppliers of the Netherlands. Both are brands from German-based innogy, itself a subsidiary of RWE. Domestic company Eneco, together with its subsidiary Oxxio, reached 2.4 million clients.

Currently, the Dutch energy supply is still dominated by natural gas and coal. In 2021, natural gas made up 47% of the country's primary energy supply. It is also one of the largest gas producers in Europe, however, renewable energy production is slowly rising in the Netherlands.

To achieve its renewable energy targets, reports in 2021 indicate that the Netherlands will need to install between 29 and 54 gigawatts (GW) of energy storage capacity by 2050. Storage with efficient management systems and digital controls is a crucial element of a reliable, flexible and affordable energy system.