First aid for grid congestion: keeping your real estate moving

Stel je voor: je hebt eindelijk een huurder gevonden voor dat pand dat al een tijdje leegstaat. Handtekeningen zijn gezet. En dan hoor je van de netbeheerder ‘er is geen aansluitcapaciteit. Niet volgende maand. Niet volgend jaar.’ In Utrecht, Gelderland en Flevoland is dit inmiddels dagelijkse realiteit.

How it works and where it is happening can be found in the latest status update and in everything you need to know as a business owner. We look at the routes that are still possible. Three practical ways that real estate owners and managers are using to create headroom in grid capacity. With the figures.
Route 1: making space behind the meter
The grid operator cannot provide you with a larger connection. But that is not the only thing that matters. What you do behind the meter can make all the difference. By absorbing peaks with a battery and spreading charging with smart control, you can get far more out of the connection capacity you already have. How it works in practice is explained in shifting capacity.

For an office building at Pettelaarpark in Den Bosch, the connection capacity was fully utilised, while inside the building itself there were 2,000 m² waiting to be rented out. But a battery of less than €100,000 did create breathing room for the existing connection. Result? 2,000 m² of additional lettable area, with a payback period of less than a year. The full story—including what it generated for the owner afterwards—is told at Provada.
Route 2: a different contract with the grid operator
Sometimes the solution is not in technology, but on paper. If you have two connections on one site, you can combine them into a single aggregated connection and, with insight into your contracted capacity, prevent penalties and power interruptions. It sounds administrative, but the impact can be substantial.

At a holiday resort, an investment of around €700,000 was looming. The solution cost €0. How can that be? We’ll explain it at Provada.
Route 3: sharing capacity with the neighbours
Do you have neighbours with surplus capacity? Then cable pooling is often the quickest route. You share their connection, while both parties retain their own capacity. What most people don’t expect is how quickly it can be arranged. And how little it costs.

The best example is in Kerkrade. Real estate developer Panattoni was able to start building a 36,000 m² business park there, simply thanks to cable pooling with its neighbour Lycra, a battery, a solar roof and smart control. In roughly a week—rather than the years it can take for a collective energy hub to be delivered.

The full story is available in the Panattoni customer story.