Situation 02
Getting connected while the grid is full
You have no connection yet, or not the capacity you need, and you are in the queue. The way out almost always runs through a restricted offer from the grid operator — and a battery is what makes that offer usable after all.
How you get to the front of the queue
Grid operators still have to size a connection for the maximum you could theoretically draw. That is where the queue comes from. But anyone willing to throttle at the busiest moments does not have to wait for that full headroom: capacity that already exists is enough.
That is what a capaciteitssturingscontract (CSC) or blokstroom (TBTR) arranges. You get connected, on the understanding that you draw less during a limited number of hours. Without a battery that means standing still in exactly those hours. With one, the battery supplies at that moment and your process simply keeps running.
Why the lead time is longer
On an existing connection there is nothing to arrange with the grid operator — hence the three months. Here there is: the offer has to be on the table, the terms have to work, and the connection has to be physically built. Allow 6 to 18 months, depending on the grid operator and on what is possible in your grid area.
That is still a fraction of the ten years a regular upgrade takes. The earlier we are involved, the more room there is in the offer: the size of the battery and the terms you can accept are directly linked.
- Works with the offer the grid operator can make now.
- The restriction in the contract never reaches your production.
- Lower transport tariff than a firm contract.
- We execute the grid-operator arrangements automatically.
At a glance
- Power
- 100 kW to 10+ MW
- Cost
- Buy, or from €1,350 per month as a service (125 kW)
- Lead time
- 6–18 months, depending on grid operator and offer
- Benefit
- Connected years earlier, with lower grid charges than a firm contract
Note: What is possible differs per grid area and per operator. We test that before making a proposal — and we will say so if it does not add up for you.
Who it is for
Developers and business owners realising a new site or scaling up sharply, who are told by the grid operator that there is no room for the time being.
Buy or subscribe
Two ways to get a battery
The engineering is identical; the difference is whose balance sheet the system sits on. Both can work — which is better for you depends on your capital position and your tax position.
As a service
We finance, install, manage and monitor the system. You pay a fixed monthly fee and keep your capital available for your own business. No residual-value risk, no maintenance budget.
- No upfront investment
- Fixed monthly fee
- We carry the technical risk
Buy it
You invest and you own it. Over the lifetime this is usually the lower cost per kWh, and the investment often qualifies for the Dutch EIA tax scheme. Design, installation and management still sit with us.
- Lowest lifetime cost
- Possible EIA tax benefit
- Management still ours
Stuck in the queue?
Send us the offer or the refusal from your grid operator and we will tell you what is still possible.