Concerns about a full electricity grid: grid operator and employers want action

In more and more places in the Netherlands there is no more space on the electricity grid. Employers’ organization VNO-NCW is concerned and advocates unconventional and creative solutions. Grid operator Liander, the largest in the Netherlands, lacks government control.

The demand for electricity is high and will only increase in the coming years. From homes to businesses, cars and data centers; the growth is only increasing. “There is enough capacity for housing, but it may not be there for, for example, a supermarket or a school,” says Liander spokesperson Peter Hofland.

Charging stations and a biodiesel generator

New bottlenecks were added in the Amsterdam region this week. Bart Drenth, chairman of MKB Amsterdam, sees, for example, that a distribution center in the city is having trouble getting charging stations, so that it can start driving electric buses.

A multifunctional center including a primary school and a library in the village of Rutten, in the Noordoostpolder, has been running on a biodiesel generator for months because there is no place on the power grid.

Grid operator Liander is struggling with capacity problems in Noord-Holland and the Noordoostpolder, among others:

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