Agriculture and land use
While Stedin's service area is densely populated, there are still sufficient areas that can be categorised as agriculture and land use. These areas require a dedicated approach, since they often have to cope with periods of peak load. Coordinated action is essential here as well.
Flexible energy consumption in Zuidplaspolder
Demand for electricity in Zuidplaspolder has increased significantly in recent years. Stedin's electricity grid is slowly reaching the limit of its capacity as a result. To ensure that we can supply new businesses and new housing developments in this area with electricity in the future, we are expanding the capacity of the grid. A new transformer station will be built in Zuidplaspolder between 2023 and 2025. To ensure that the maximum grid capacity is not reached in the meantime, Stedin is looking for market parties that can help local businesses to be flexible in their energy consumption, in return for payment. The idea is to spread out the peak load on the electricity grid during the day, thereby preventing grid overload. In August 2019, a tender was launched for the flexibility market within Stedin's grid area.
Transition together
Successful launch of GOPACS
Grid managers TenneT, Stedin, Liander, Enexis Group, Rendo, Enduris and Westland Infra are jointly developing the GOPACS energy market platform. It is an important step to reduce capacity shortages, i.e. congestion, in the electricity grid and hence contribute to ensuring the continued reliability as well as affordability of the Dutch electricity grid. Following a pilot in 2018, the first transactions were conducted this year. They were successful in solving congestion issues. The intention is to expand the platform further in 2020 with more trading markets so as to increase the available flexibility. In Stedin's area of operations, commercial growers form the main group of initial customers providing flexibility through GOPACS.
Director of Meewisse Roses Tom Meewisse is transitioning together with his account manager at Stedin, Jacqueline Fernandes-van Lit.
