Case study: Tholen energy hub matches capacity and consumption

In Tholen, there is a business park where a group of companies are working hard on enhancing sustainability and smart energy use so as to optimally utilise the grid. The site is situated in the Noordring congestion area, where there is both feed-in and consumption congestion.

In September 2023, Stedin signed a group capacity agreement with this group of companies, which work together as an ‘energy hub’. This was Stedin’s first agreement of this kind with an energy hub (e-hub). It was even the first e-hub to enter into this kind of scalable contract with a grid manager.

The contract caps the total transmission capacity for the group. The companies arrange among themselves how they will use the available capacity within the limits set.

Early in 2024, a battery will be added to this e-hub in order to provide even more flexibility in consumption and/or feed-in at peak times. The lessons learnt from this pilot will be used to facilitate energy hubs on a larger scale in 2024. In addition to this pilot, Stedin is also developing a pilot with a business park in Utrecht.