Netherlands
Energy Cooperative Loenen, Energy Cooperative Endona, Groendus, and Translyse
With an overarching focus on strengthening energy resilience, the Dutch pilot project addresses both national-level balancing strategies and local congestion challenges. It will involve 250 energy community members, exploring territorial aspects of energy management solutions.
The pilot will focus on solar curtailment combined with investment in a MW-class battery, testing, and sharing lessons learned on strengthening resilience through improved self-consumption, energy sharing, grid balancing, and congestion management. In addition to households, the pilot will also test SMEs and industrial flexible assets.
For Dutch energy cooperatives, local energy management - like SmartCORE - is not just a solution, it’s a game-changer. It revitalizes struggling business models for renewable energy and unlocks the energy transition where it’s most stuck: in the grid-congested neighbourhoods where local infrastructures fall short of keeping up.
Partners
Energy Cooperative Loenen
Run by and for the citizens of Loenen, the Energy Cooperative Loenen (ECL) was founded in 2019 to promote sustainable energy in the municipality and support the aim to become energy neutral. With over 100 members, ECL owns renewable energy production assets and operates a community-based Virtual Power Plant (cVPP).
Energy Cooperative Endona
Endona is an energy community that provides solar energy to the citizens of Salland with the goal of making the region energy neutral. The cooperative owns two solar farms and supplies electricity to its members as part of a regulatory sandbox, which is applied across various pilot projects to explore innovative energy solutions.
Groendus
Groendus Energy Services brings its knowledge of the Dutch energy market and its expertise in developing energy management systems, energy trading platforms, and additional flexibility strategies, such as collective congestion management and balancing services. Teaming up with the other pilot projects, Groendus will build an energy management system for the Dutch pilot.
Translyse
Translyse brings decades of deep technical expertise in the electricity system to the table. As a trusted consulting and training partner, Translyse will empower Dutch energy cooperatives with hands-on, actionable knowledge and drive the investment and testing phases forward.