The Dutch government has set an indicative ambition of 110 GWh of battery-storage capacity by 2040 and agreed 25 actions with the energy sector to help deliver it.
In a statement issued on 9 November, the government said that scale would exceed end-2025 capacity by more than fifty times. The agenda was developed with network operators, Energy Storage NL, regional authorities and regulator ACM.
Priorities include faster permitting for large batteries and connection arrangements that support the electricity network. The partners envisage flexible grid contracts as a standard approach for large batteries, alongside work on commercial terms and remuneration.
The government argues that storage can help balance renewable generation and demand while easing local grid congestion. For developers and equipment suppliers, the announcement signals a larger potential market, but the 110 GWh figure is an indicative policy benchmark rather than awarded contracts or a funded construction programme.
Source: Dutch government announcement, 9 November 2026.
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Image credit: Illustrative grid-infrastructure file photograph: TenneT’s Westerlee 380 kV substation, Naaldwijk, Netherlands, 17 August 2018. Not a battery project. Vysotsky (Wikimedia), CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized and converted to WebP; same licence retained.
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