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.
“RWE’s first utility-scale battery storage project in the Netherlands is a big step towards a reliable electricity supply in an increasingly green national energy system,” said Roger Miesen, CEO of RWE Generation and country chair for the Netherlands. Choose your newsletter by Renewables Now.
6. Conclusion The objective of this paper was to provide a conceptual framework and a design space for electricity storage systems (ESS) in the Netherlands. This paper described scope and applications of ESS, and explained that the need for energy storage has not yet been sensed in the Netherlands.
This paper described scope and applications of ESS, and explained that the need for energy storage has not yet been sensed in the Netherlands. We also reviewed the institutional structure of the Dutch electricity sector and the regulatory barriers for implementation of ESS in the Netherlands.
Roger Miesen, CEO RWE Generation and Country Chair for the Netherlands: “With the increasing share of renewable energies in the electricity mix, the demand for flexible battery storage is also rising.