Solar Magazine – The Netherlands has 1,351 home batteries, storage capacity collaboration to 185 megawatt hours
At the end of last year, the Netherlands had 1,351 home batteries; good for a storage capacity of 5 megawatt hours. The total realized volume of electrical energy storage systems will reach 185 megawatt hours by the end of 2021.
This is reported by research agency Dutch New Energy Research (DNE Research) in the first edition of the Smart Storage Trend Report.
2,117 battery storage systems
According to the researchers, a total of about 2,117 battery storage systems were connected by the end of 2021, as shown in the table below.
Market segment |
Number of installed electrical energy storage systems |
Residential Storage |
1,351 |
Mobile storage for construction and events |
251 |
peak shaving |
171 |
Trade / Network Services |
131 |
Peakshaving & Trade / Network Services |
99 |
Mobile storage, peak shaving and trading / grid services |
83 |
Various segments / unknown |
31 |
Peakshaving leads the dance
A clear distinction between the different studies is to determine, because 1 in 3 conclusions starts with determining the approach. “A key reason lies in the need to combine different revenue streams from a battery to exploit it, also known as ‘value stacking’ or ‘benefit stacking’, the researchers said.
at least 70 percent of this capacity was newly installed in 2021. The vast majority of this capacity is used for grid-connected systems and not in combination with peak shaving. Grid-connected systems and peak shaving takes 65 percent, nearly 120 megawatt hours, of planned capacity ahead of it.
Market segment |
Storage capacity electrical energy storage systems |
Residential Storage |
5 megawatt hours |
Mobile storage for construction and events |
1.8 megawatt hours |
peak shaving |
10.3 megawatt hours |
Trade / Network Services |
26.6 megawatt hours |
Peakshaving & Trade / Network Services |
119.6 megawatt hours |
Mobile storage, peak shaving and trading / grid services |
7.2 megawatt hours |
Various segments / unknown |
15.7 megawatt hours |
The National Smart Storage Trend Report 2022 is here to download.
View an overview of home batteries to store solar energy that are for sale in the Netherlands here in the Solar Magazine Product Finder.