Minister Verhagen of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation has nine places in the Netherlands are designated where so-called smart grids will be ge lwa xperimenteerd. Maybe follow in the short term other experimental projects.
Smart grids are, according to the Factsheet on Pilot projects Smart Grids of the ministry ideal to demand and supply of power to vote, by making use of smart energy meters. Consumers with solar panels on the roof can power feed in to the grid, while, for example, owners of electric cars will be able to put the car in the cheaper off-peak charging. Also can display the real-time energy prices lead to lower consumption.
With the pilot projects it should be clear how people and companies respond to the new opportunities. This can be used to check whether the current level of technology and regulations are still things need to be adjusted for a wider rollout in the future. It also gives insight into the applications of smart meters and the charging facilities for electric cars.
The nine designated pilot projects for smart grids are distributed over the Netherlands. On the campus of the TU Delft, explains the university of an intelligent heat-koudenet, in Deventer, the heat-koudevoorziening and the electricity supply for a newly constructed business park is integrated. This is the energy locally and sustainably raised, while in building a PrimAviera in the Haarlemmermeer, a gelijkstroomnet constructed with the use of wind and solar energy.
Also in residential areas, the government is planning pilot projects start and existing projects expand. So get a new location, with 266 homes in Zwolle, a smart network with solar panels and charging points for electric cars. In the district Heijplaat in Rotterdam are roughly 150 homes connected to a smart grid for different applications, with energieneutraliteit as a goal. On the island of Texel will open a new energy management system to be tested. The number of smart energy meters to be extended to 6000 households. In apartment complex Couperus in The Hague, amongst others, are heat pumps, washing machines and refrigerators cleverly controlled. In Groningen, the netherlands finally, an existing laboratory was expanded from 30 to 50 homes.