Ministry of Climate and Green Growth
Responsible for climate policy and energy infrastructure.
- Policy
The grid congestion crisis act removes consultation steps, not the conversation with the community
The Dutch government wants crisis legislation to halve lead times for grid expansion: a single tier of appeal, fewer permits, no EIA screening for underground cables. We support the direction, but removing formal consultation steps means stakeholder work at the front end has to get stronger, not weaker. Otherwise resistance simply moves from the courtroom to the construction site.
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Ventilus versus Vierverlaten-Ens: two ways to route a high-voltage line through inhabited land
Elia started work on Ventilus on 14 September while forty appeals are still pending. Two hundred kilometres north, TenneT is only now fixing a preferred route. A comparison on four criteria.
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Landing offshore wind on land: VAWOZ now puts the choice with the regions
Until 2 July 2026, the draft VAWOZ 2031-2040 programme is open for public review: the routes and locations through which future North Sea wind farms will come ashore. Behind the technical story of cables and converter stations lies a stakeholder challenge that lands in five regions at once, one that can be steered, or left to drift, in the current consultation phase.
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The new Energy Act 2026: what does it mean for stakeholder and environmental management in energy infrastructure?
Since 1 January 2026, the new Energy Act has been in force in the Netherlands. Network operators become system operators, the connection obligation lapses during congestion, and prioritisation determines who gets capacity and when. What are the consequences for stakeholder and environmental management?
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