Aedes, the umbrella organisation for housing associations, has announced to investigate whether there are large-scale solar panels on rental housing can be placed. This should save electricity and fixed charges to press.
According to the organization, go 22 housing associations to jointly examine the possibilities in a project that Sunny Rent is called. In total we manage these organizations 360,000, that at passage of the project of solar panels to be fitted. This must be deals to be signed with manufacturers of solar panels.
By solar panels in large quantities to buy, try the housing associations a lower price to enforce. In addition, the project will be supported by authorities. It is still unclear whether there already concrete plans for the purchase: there still needs to be explored and the funding, where it is unclear whether tenants have to pay.
If the project of 22 housing associations to succeed, then looked or even bigger scale can be applied. Possible is then attempted to all 2.4 million rental properties in the Netherlands of solar panels. This step, however, seems currently to be far away.
Currently, there are estimated to be several tens of thousands of houses in the Netherlands, the solar panels on the roof are placed. These are primarily houses in private hands.