Dutch Energy Regulator To Tolerate Cable Pooling For Batteries

On 14 March 2024 the director of the ACM, the Netherland's energy market authority, announced that ACM will tolerate the use of cable pooling for batteries in anticipation of new legislation formally allowing cable pooling for installations other than wind and solar parks.

Cable pooling, which allows different installations to share a single grid connection, can help solve current congestion on the electricity grid. Pursuant to article 1.7 of the Dutch Electricity Act 1998, a wind park and a solar park in close proximity but owned by different parties can share a connection, provided the total connection capacity is at least 2 MVA.

No reference, however, has been made for connection sharing with other installations. Consequently, cable pooling is currently not allowed for any other types of installations (e.g. battery storage systems).