Home batteries drive Dutch energy storage
According to Dutch New Energy Research''s Nationaal Smart Storage Trendrapport 24/25, 410 MWh of new battery capacity was installed in
Under the Electricity Act 1998, generation is exempt from the payment of transmission costs, but consumption is not. This highlights one of the main barriers to energy storage in the Netherlands, as batteries currently pay more transmission costs than polluting wholesale consumers.
Dutch home battery purchases keep driving battery storage installations. According to Dutch New Energy Research's Nationaal Smart Storage Trendrapport 24/25, 410 MWh of new battery capacity was installed in the Netherlands in 2023 – 1 MWh is enough to power a couple hundred homes for a day.
56% of the total number of batteries purchased in the Netherlands last year (13,600 of 24,400) were small home batteries—less than 5 kWh—followed by bigger home batteries, with up to 20 kWh capacity. With battery sales ramping up worldwide, the Netherlands, too, will add more storage.
The landscape of utility-scale battery storage costs in Europe continues to evolve rapidly, driven by technological advancements and increasing demand for renewable energy integration. As we've explored, the current costs range from €250 to €400 per kWh, with a clear downward trajectory expected in the coming years.
The latest Trendrapport figures show how only 1.7% of the European battery storage is installed in the Netherlands. With the average battery storage capacity per capita in Europe being 48.4 Wh, the Netherlands is below the average with 34.9 Wh per person.
Energy storage can play a key role in contributing to solutions for shortages of capacity on the grid. It is therefore no surprise that we have seen the appetite for large-scale battery energy storage systems growing in the Netherlands.

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