Dutch Association for Solar Energy:

National update on the Netherlands

Erik Lysen

Chairman

SPE Strategy

meeting

Brussels,

17 May 2016

Members (solar PV and thermal)

cover complete chain:

• R&D

• Production

• Consultancy

• Installation

So include:

• Industries

• Professional solar energy experts

• Companies

• Institutions

Lobby to improve laws and

regulations relevant for the

solar sector: Net metering,

Incentives (ISDE, EIA, ..)

Active participation in the

process to establish the

National Energy Treaty, agreed

in 2013 between government,

employers, and trade unions. .

Activities

Knowledge and quality

– Publication Solar Energy Handbook (ISSO/SBR)

– Publication “Space for Solar 2020-2050”

– Courses, including exams

– Projects and working groups (PV Grid, Solar Days, installation safety)

– Booklets on safety measures for installation on roofs

Activities

Certification of Solar

installation companies:

“Zonnekeur Installateur”

• Started 2013

• 50 companies certified

• www.zonnekeur.nl

Solar awareness

campaign:

‘Solar Days’

• Solar City Award

• For PV owners:

“Count the Sun”

• Projects to visit

• Website

• •Solar Days

•Nieuws

•Tel de Zon

•SolarCity 2016

•Nationaal Solar Evenement

•BIPV/T verkiezing

•Zonne-energie

•Sponsors

•Pers

•Contact

Annual Solar Conference

(last year: 18 Nov 2015, Arnhem)

• Researchers and practitioners

• 350 participants

• Coordination: Holland Solar

• Partners: Solliance, ECN, FOM,

RVO, SEAC, TKI Solar Energy

• Website: SundayNL.nl

Netherlands Organisation

Renewable Energy

NVDE: Companies and RE

organisations: direct and

indirect 1000 companies en

institutions. Involve hundreds of

megawatts RE production

capacity, form offshore wind to

geothermal and solar fields.

Lobby: NVDE working group

Decentralised Power

Production (lead: Holland

Solar) develops plans for new

net metering regulations, for

period after 2020

Policy developments

1. Net metering

2. Arrangement “Low Energy Tax” for

Energy co-operatives

3. SDE+ (auction scheme RE subsidy)

4. Other support schemes

1. Net metering regulation:

reconstruction needed

• Major driver behind popularity of PV for consumers and

the growth of Dutch PV capacity

• Full net metering of all consumed kWh

• Additional kWh injected: for market price

• Regulation to be evaluated in 2017

• Formally operational until 2020

• Customers convinced that this will end in 2020, so

market feels reduced demand already

• Solar sector strong advocate of continuation after 2020

Net metering

• Discussions about follow-up regulation in NVDE working group, with

suppliers, DSO’s, customers and solar industries, chaired by Holland

Solar

• Is considered “Over stimulation” in some years

• Has no option to adapt to market price

• Does not stimulate innovation (e.g. storage)

• Excludes energy suppliers to develop viable proposition to clients

• Reduces energy tax income for government

• On long term can burden energy networks

• Important principles for alternative after 2020 are: sustainable and

continuous growth of PV capacity, good market conditions, simple

administration, smooth transition

• Initial discussions already took place with Government (Economic

Affairs and Finance)

2. Arrangement Lower Energy Tax

for Energy Co-operatives

• Started in 2014 (as a result of lobby) for consumers with

no suitable roof.

• Consumers required to form Energy Cooperative

• Also called: “Postal Code Arrangement”, because

members should live in connected postal areas

• Consumers (private and SME) are allowed to exploit an

installation together for self supply

• Tax reduction on “self delivered” electricity was 7.5

ct/kWh, increased to 9 ct/kWh. Early 2016: no tax at all

• From 2016 this arrangement is expected to become more

and more successful.

3. “SDE+” auction scheme

• Exploitation subsidy designed as an auction tender:

competition amongst RE technologies, with gradually

increasing ct/kWh per phase, but fixed annual budget

• Only larger projects (PV> 15 kWp and > 3*80A)

• Solar-th > 200 m2 collector area)

• Contract for 15 years with clients

• Annual budget: 3,5 billion € (2014, 2015), 8 billion € (2016)

• Generated by RE fee in kWh price (0.56 ct/kWh in 2016)

• Guaranteed until 2023, but after that ?

4. Other support schemes

• Fiscal deduction for companies investing in

energy systems (“Energie Investerings Aftrek”)

• 58% of investment can be deducted from profit

• > 25 kWp

• Subsidy scheme EDS for sports facilities

• Subsidy scheme for “removal asbestos in

combination with installation solar” (agriculture)

• ISDE scheme for solar thermal (and WP)

National Solar Trend Report

English

version

soon

available

Turnover Dutch Solar PV companies

Solar PV jobs

Installed PV capacity per year

Cumulative PV capacity

Systeem prices (flat roof) (incl.VAT / excl. installation)

Note: scale varies !

Origin and type of modules

Opinion about MIP

Heet van de naald…

Present fines:

102 million euro

25 Dutch companies

55 Foreign companies

MIP dossier

Dutch solar PV growth

• Installed end 2015: about 1.5 GWp

• Official target for 2023: 6 GWp

• (National Energy Treaty 2013)

• Plans of Dutch solar PV sector in 2023: 10 GWp

• (National Action Plan 2016)

National Action Plan Solar PV

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

Erik Lysen

Chairman

Holland Solar

Arthur van Schendelstraat 550

3511 MH Utrecht, The Netherlands

Tel: +31-30-2328008

Website: www.hollandsolar.nl

Email: hollandsolar@hollandsolar.nl