{"id":8845,"date":"2025-04-24T13:54:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\/?page_id=8845"},"modified":"2025-04-24T13:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T13:57:31","slug":"local-ownership-new-energy-law","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\/en\/lokaal-eigendom-nieuwe-energiewet\/","title":{"rendered":"Local ownership \u2013 New Energy Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:calc( 1200px + 50px );margin-left: calc(-50px \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-50px \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:25px;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:25px;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:25px;--awb-spacing-left-medium:25px;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:25px;--awb-spacing-left-small:25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h2><strong>New Energy Act supports local ownership by residents<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mandatory local ownership has now been incorporated into European energy directives and into the new Dutch Energy Act, which was passed by the Senate in December 2024 and will soon come into force. The Act provides a legal basis for the local generation of renewable energy and making it available to the local community.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to equal cooperation, there is a second reason why the government is sticking to its target of 50 per cent local ownership. This also contributes to increasing public acceptance of renewable energy projects, thereby reducing the likelihood of resistance and unnecessary delays in the energy transition (see also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.overheid.nl\/documenten\/fa7b7de1-ac05-45bc-84c4-19782c40e619\/file\">Letter to Parliament Solar letter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Local ownership of wind farms is now approaching 50 per cent (source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rijksoverheid.nl\/documenten\/rapporten\/2025\/01\/06\/financiele-participatiemonitor-2023\">Financial Participation Monitor 2023<\/a>A good example of this are the wind turbines on the A4\/N11 motorway owned by Rijnland Energie. These two wind turbines, known as \u2018de Watergeuzen\u2019, are also owned by more than two hundred residents from across the region.<\/p>\n<p>Local ownership of solar parks is still lagging behind (between 20 and 25 per cent) for various reasons. More information on this can be found in the so-called Solar Letter from Minister Hermans (Climate and Green Growth) to the House of Representatives. In it, she states that she will explore the main obstacles and success factors in realising local ownership of large solar parks.<\/p>\n<p>The new Energy Act already provides municipalities with a basis for imposing a best-efforts obligation on project developers to thoroughly investigate the possibilities for local ownership.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8845","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lokaal eigendom - Nieuwe energiewet - Energiek Alphen aan den Rijn<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\/en\/local-ownership-new-energy-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lokaal eigendom - Nieuwe energiewet - Energiek Alphen aan den Rijn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\/en\/local-ownership-new-energy-law\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Energiek Alphen aan den Rijn\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-04-24T13:57:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\\\/lokaal-eigendom-nieuwe-energiewet\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\\\/lokaal-eigendom-nieuwe-energiewet\\\/\",\"name\":\"Lokaal eigendom - Nieuwe energiewet - Energiek Alphen aan den Rijn\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-24T13:54:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-24T13:57:31+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\\\/lokaal-eigendom-nieuwe-energiewet\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\\\/lokaal-eigendom-nieuwe-energiewet\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\\\/lokaal-eigendom-nieuwe-energiewet\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/energiekalphenaandenrijn.nl\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Lokaal eigendom &#8211; 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