Montel • 21st September 2023

NAM to draw 15bcm of gas before Dutch storage closure

Shell and ExxonMobil's Dutch joint venture NAM aims to retrieve 15bcm of cushion gas held in reserve at its Norg underground storage site in its closure plan for the facility submitted to government.

Montel • 20th September 2023

Dutch solar power production rises 33% year on year in Q2

Electricity generation from Dutch solar assets rose 33% year on year in the second quarter to 8.7 TWh, the latest data from the Dutch statistics office showed.

Montel • 13th September 2023

Dutch regulator urges quicker updates on offshore wind curbs

The Dutch markets regulator has called for speedier updates on energy outages, especially relating to capacity curtailments of offshore wind farms due to bird migration.

Montel • 8th September 2023

Dutch offshore wind parks reduce output over bats

Dutch utility Eneco has had to curtail output at the 732 MW Borssele 3 and 4 offshore wind facilities it runs with Shell to protect colonies of bats flying in the vicinity, the former said.

Montel • 31st August 2023

Dutch gas reserves could expire within 9 years

Dutch gas reserves are in decline and could be depleted within nine years if exploration remains muted, Dutch statistics office CBS said.

Montel • 22nd August 2023

Gasunie, Vopak proceed with 4bcm Gate LNG capacity expansion

Dutch gas TSO Gasunie and Dutch commodity storage company Vopak have made the final investment decision to expand regasification capacity at Rotterdam’s Gate LNG import terminal by 4bcm to 20bcm.

Montel • 17th August 2023

Supplier levy to boost Dutch rooftop solar costs

Dutch energy consumers generating solar power are facing increasing costs for any excess output as energy suppliers are starting to charge extra fees for having to manage the unwanted electricity volumes, at times amid negative market prices.

Montel • 16th August 2023

Dutch court gives green light to Porthos CCS project

The Dutch Council of State has given the nod to the Porthos CCS project, which is expected to store 37m tonnes of CO2 in depleted Dutch offshore gas fields.

dw.com • 27th July 2023

Clean fuel storage attracts big business amid energy shift

Dutch harbors are gearing up to import, store and distribute the clean fuels set to drive Europe’s decarbonization. Businesses see big money on the horizon as the EU moves away from fossil fuels.

Energy Institute • 19th July 2023

How Europe’s cooling problem is heating up

With global temperatures expected to surge to fresh record levels in the coming five years and beyond, European energy market experts are growing increasingly concerned about an additional strain on electricity demand on top of energy transition electrification – the rising need for space cooling.

International Bar Association • 28th June 2023

Climate crisis: global plastics treaty ambitious but possible by end of 2024

Within 18 months from now, UN negotiators aim to have signed an international treaty to tackle plastic pollution. The timeline is certainly ambitious for a global agreement, but legal professionals are optimistic that the urgency of stemming the planet’s plastic waste mountain, combined with the drive at national level in many regions, will, by the end of 2024, lead to the world’s first agreement to end plastic pollution.

Hydrogen Economist • 28th June 2023

Netherlands accelerates hydrogen push

The Netherlands is stepping up initiatives to speed up the development of its domestic hydrogen market after the government spelled out how it will distribute additional subsidies for clean hydrogen projects and gas network operator Gasunie gave the green light to start building the Dutch hydrogen network.

Foresight Climate & Energy • 20th June 2023

Dutch firms innovate in a bid to solve grid crunch

Explosive renewable energy growth in the Netherlands has pushed the densely populated country’s electricity grid to its capacity limit. The innovative Dutch mindset, coupled with desperation over economic growth and low-carbon ambitions, has resulted in a melting pot of grid congestion solutions

Montel • 13th June 2023

New algo trading bourse targets 50% of intraday volumes

A new intraday power trading exchange, to be launched on Wednesday by Amsterdam-based ETPA, wants to handle up to 50% of intraday trading volumes by 2027 in the European markets where it will be active, its chief executive told Montel.

Montel • 12th June 2023

Power bourses lower negative price threshold to EUR -500/MWh

European power exchanges have agreed to lower the negative price threshold which triggers a second day-ahead auction to EUR -500/MWh.

Montel • 5th June 2023

Solar-powered negative prices new normal in Netherlands

Dutch electricity prices are likely to continue dipping well below zero for multiple hours during weekends featuring sun and typically low demand, thanks to an influx of solar capacity, analysts and traders predict.

Montel • 2nd June 2023

Epex Spot to lower threshold for second day-ahead auction

Pan-European power exchange Epex Spot has started consulting partner exchanges and traders on lowering the threshold price at which a second day-ahead auction is triggered.

reNEWS • 25th May 2023

Slim pickings in the pipeline for Dutch offshore financiers

The Netherlands offers slim pickings to offshore wind financiers out to 2025, despite being last year’s top European M&A market for offshore wind with deals worth €2.6bn.

Montel • 16th May 2023

Bird migration spurs more Dutch offshore wind output curbs

Wind farms in the Dutch North Sea will switch off more frequently from this autumn onwards in a government-led initiative to ensure a safer flight corridor for migrating birds.

Hydrogen Economist • 14th April 2023

Netherlands readies subsidy for world’s first offshore wind-hydrogen tender

The Dutch government has set aside funds to hand out subsidies in the world’s first tender to construct a 500MW offshore hydrogen electrolyser project powered exclusively by offshore wind by 2031.