The Dutch Stakeholder Desk
The Dutch Stakeholder Desk brings together a wide range of stakeholders involved in the development of community energy in the target region Noord-Brabant. The participating stakeholders include representatives of ministries, energy agencies, renewable energy associations, innovation agencies, energy cooperatives and their associations, municipal organizations, project developers and coordinators, financing institutions, environmental NGOs and the civil society.
The thematic focus in the Netherlands is on integrated approaches, such as microgrids or virtual power plants. Currently, the main local energy resource of Noord-Brabant is the ‘Amercentrale’ in Geertruidenberg, a coal- and biomass-fuelled combined heat and power plant with 600 MW electrical capacity and 350 MW heat capacity. There are also numerous smaller fossil-fuel power production units (mainly combined heat and power plants) scattered around the province.
In Noord-Brabant, 56 RES communities are registered, all involving collective ownership of PV installations. The large majority of these communities are small-scale initiatives focused on rooftop PV installations with a rated power below 100 kWp (up to max. 500 kWp). Six collective wind power projects are ‘in the pipeline’, either in the planning or implementation stage.
The work of the Dutch stakeholder desk will mainly focus on the identification and classification of the barriers and opportunities towards community energy in general, enabling frameworks, in particular for integrated solutions, and the methodology to assess the sustainability of energy community initiatives.
Stakeholders
Resources
Policy Brief 4: Short-term actions to meet long-term visions
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COME RES has been facilitating the market uptake of...
Publication Date: 27 Feb 2023
Author: Arthur Hinsch (ICLEI Europe), Michael Krug (FUB), Maria Rosaria Di Nucci (FUB) and Lucy Russell (ICLEI Europe)
Factsheet 4: The COME RES Stakeholder Desks – paving the way for renewable energy communities
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One of the objectives of COME RES was to engage with major...
Publication Date: 22 Feb 2023
Author: Arthur Hinsch and Lucy Russell (ICLEI Europe)
Report of the 3rd Dutch/Flemish country desk and policy lab & thematic workshop
In Flanders (Belgium) and the Netherlands, the project's partners, VITO, TUEindhoven and REScoop.eu, aim to have a regular dialogue with...
Publication Date: 20 Oct 2022
Author: Erika Meynaerts, Erik Laes (VITO/Energyville), Rien de Bont (TU/e), Sara Tachelet (RESCOOP.eu)
Policy Brief 3: Close, but not quite there
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The deadlines for transposing the Integrated Electricity Marke...
Publication Date: 16 Sep 2022
Author: Arthur Hinsch, Carsten Rothballer (ICLEI Europe) and Michael Krug, Maria-Rosaria Di Nucci (FUB)
Factsheet 2: Municipalities and renewable energy communities – a perfect match
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Best practice renewable energy communities (RECs) are on the...
Publication Date: 05 Apr 2022
Author: Arthur Hinsch, Carsten Rothballer and Lucy Russell (ICLEI Europe)
Presentation from the second Dutch/Flemish country desk and policy lab meeting
The presentation from the second Dutch/Flemish country desk and policy lab meeting, which took place on 30/11/2021.
The full report of the...
Publication Date: 30 Nov 2021
Author: Erika Meynaerts, Kelsey van Maris (VITO/Energyville), Erik Laes (TU/e), Dirk Vansintjan, Sara Tachelet (RESCOOP.eu)
Report on second Dutch/Flemish country desk and policy lab
The second meeting of the Dutch/Flemish country desk took place on 30 November 2021. Dirk Vansintjan of REScoop.eu presented the current status...
Publication Date: 30 Nov 2021
Author: Erika Meynaerts, Kelsey van Maris (VITO/Energyville), Erik Laes (TU/e), Dirk Vansintjan, Sara Tachelet (RESCOOP.eu)
Factsheet 1: The Potential of Community Projects in the Renewable Energy Sector
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This factsheet provides a concise overview of...
Publication Date: 26 Oct 2021
Author: Arthur Hinsch & Lucy Russell (ICLEI), Erik Laes & Kellan Anfinson (TU/e) - with contributions from all project partners
Het potentieel van energiegemeenschappen in Noord-Brabant
Samenvatting: Het potentieel van energiegemeenschappen in Noord-Brabant
Publication Date: 27 Oct 2021
Author: Erik Laes
Policy Brief 1: Renewable Energy Communities - Are we nearly there?
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Community energy has come a long way in Europe and is...
Publication Date: 30 Apr 2021
Author: Arthur Hinsch, Carsten Rothballer, Julia Kittel (ICLEI) - based on work by the COME RES partners
Verslag van de eerste Belgisch/Nederlandse Thematische Workshop en Policy Lab
Publication Date: 25 May 2021
Author: Erika Meynaerts (VITO/Energyville), Erik Laes (TU/e), Sara Tachelet (RESCOOP.eu)
Report on first thematic workshop and policy lab of the Belgian/Dutch Country Desk
Note: Original Dutch version is available above.
The first thematic workshop and policy lab took place on 25 May 2021. During this thematic...
Publication Date: 25 May 2021
Author: Erika Meynaerts (VITO/Energyville), Erik Laes (TU/e), Sara Tachelet (RESCOOP.eu)
Presentations first Belgian/Dutch Thematic Workshop and Policy Lab
Publication Date: 25 May 2021
Verslag van de Belgisch/Nederlandse country desk meeting
Report on the joint Kick Off Meeting of the Belgian and Dutch Stakeholder Desks, held on 19. January 2021. The Report is available in Dutch only.
Publication Date: 05 Feb 2021
Author: Erika Meynaerts, Sarah Delvaux, Erik Laes, Gunter Bombaerts, Dirk Vansintjan, Sara Tachelet
