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Dutch power grid struggling under influx of solar panels: report

Jan 11 '19 09:29

In some areas in the Netherlands the power grid is struggling to cope with the large number of new solar panels installed over the past few years, various Dutch newspapers report.

According to the Telegraaf, there is talk of "traffic jams" on the grid. In parts of Groningen, Drenthe and Overijssel, network operators Enexis and Tennet have to say "no" to the initiators of new large-scale projects, the Volkskrant and Financieele Dagblad report. According to FD, a lack of power cables is even standing in the way of the switch to green energy.

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Energy transition will be too expensive from 2030, Dutch grid managers say

Aug 6 '18 12:20

Business

Dutch grid managers expect that they will not be able to afford their part of the energy transition from 2030. They receive too little money, because the Dutch authority on consumers and markets ACM wants to keep the rates low, Enexis, Alliander and Stedin said to the Financieele Dagblad on Monday.

Netherlands electricity grid struggling under explosive growth of solar parks

Apr 17 '18 08:46

Business

Grid managers Tennet and Enexis want no new solar parks to be built in Groningen and northern Drenthe for the time being. The electricity grid there does not have sufficient capacity to process the energy from any new solar parks, according to the companies, NOS reports.

"We can handle the current situation, but if the many requests for solar parks keep coming, there is simply not enough space to transport all the electricity", spokesperson Loek de Lange of Enexis said to the broadcaster.

Power outage in Zwolle, some 26,000 homes affected

Jun 15 '17 10:52

Technology

Some 26 thousand homes in Zwolle has been without power since around 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. Grid manager Enexis is working to resolve to problem, ANP reports.

Power started returning to homes around 10:00 a.m. How long it will take before everyone has power, is not yet clear.

The power outage was caused by a malfunction in a transformer in the Frankhuis neighborhood. Technicians are on site.

Rabobank building collapses after ATM bombing

Mar 13 '17 09:51

Crime

Part of the Rabobank building in Vinkel, Brabant collapsed after an ATM bombing at the building during the early hours of Monday morning. The residents of two apartments close to the building were evacuated and given shelter elsewhere, the police said on Twitter.

Due to a risk that explosives were left behind, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called in to investigate, according to newspaper AD. Grid manager Enexis was also at the scene because the explosion knocked the power out for several homes in the area. According to the police, no one was injured.

Pigeon causes power outage, leaving 22,500 without electricity

Apr 25 '16 10:32

A power outage that left 22,500 Dutch homes without electricity on Sunday afternoon, may have been caused by a pigeon, a spokesperson for grid operator Enexis said

Animal munching electric cable leaves 34,000 in Maastricht without power

Sep 15 '15 08:55

Nature

A stone-marten snacking on a cable left 34 thousand homes in and around Maastricht without power on Monday night.

More than 12 thousand homes without power in Eindhoven, Geldorp

Jul 13 '15 15:59

Parts of Eindhoven and Geldorp have been without power since 3:00 p.m. On Monday. According to grid operator Enixis, 12,670 households are affected by the power outage.

Power restored in Maastricht after hours-long outage

May 7 '15 09:21

Power has been restored to all households in Maastricht, Valkenburg, Bertg en Terbijt and Cadier en Keer after an hours long power outage.

Sniffer dogs to prevent blackouts at energy firm

Feb 2 '15 15:21

Technology

Sniffer dogs will be used to detect network failures In North Brabant and Limburg for Netherlands energy provider Enexis by the end of 2015, the company announced last week.

Storms leave two dead, scores of damage

Oct 29 '13 00:01

A severe storm from the southwest moved across The Netherlands on Monday. The KNMI issued a code red, the highest weather alert, for extreme weather in the west, center and north of the country. The alert was withdrawn around 14:45 pm.

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