Dealing with grid congestion, grid capacity and flexibility essentails

An Interactive in-company workshop to understand the necessary essentials, including a choice of break-out session.

Energy has moved from a cost allocation to a critical availability and affordability business factor. In this workshop you will learn about the causes, outlook and possible solutions on grid congestion and your connections. Learn what energy flexibility can offer your company and create synergy with your production processes. Experience how to turn the external grid challenges into opportunities and profit to your company.

Some of the main questions that will be answered:

  • What causes the recent increase in grid congestion?
  • Where is grid congestion and lack of connection capacity causing the most problems?
  • Is anyone at all benefitting from these grid issues?
  • Will grid congestion remain a problem in the future?
  • Which benefits does a flexible........................................................?
  • Which ways are there to speed up your grid connection realization?
  • What impact will the law and regulations have on the future developments regarding grid congestion?

Topics that will be discussed (a selection):

  • What is grid congestion and transport scarcity?
  • How does congestion occur and how/when is it elevated?
  • Relation with renewable energy and electrification
  • What are the social consequences?
  • Congestion on the various network levels
  • How does grid congestion research take place?
  • How are customers on the waiting list connected when congestion management is applied?
  • Use-it-or-lose-it (UIOLI)
  • Right to challenge
  • Energy flexibility scenario’s in your company
  • Flex services companies can offer to the energy markets and how to benefit most
  • Flex markets and their outlook

Select your workshop break-out activity, guided by experts:

  1. Find technical and regulatory solutions to meet your electrification goals whilst facing grid limitations
  2. Create a high-level flexibility scan for your company
  3. Find the maximum energy flexibility scenario based on your production and logistics, and what it offers to your company and region.

For whom?

This in-company workshop series is designed for C-level, management level and senior influencers in Netherlands based industries and dealing with grid congestion/transport scarcity. Or wanting to anticipate solutions for future problems. Similar workshops for attendees in other European countries are being developed.

Course planning

The in-company workshops can be booked on dates that suit your audience. The current industrial workshop series are available from February to June 2025.

Commercial and language conditions

Includes preparation interview with one to three of your stakeholder(s) and a tailored summary slide deck presenting the workshop results (PDF). A three-hour hybrid / online workshop at your (Netherlands) location on a date that suits your team.

English documentation, conversations may be in Dutch depending trainer availability. To ensure interactivity, personal attention and quality, a maximum of 10 attendees applies unless agreed otherwise.

All-in price EUR 4.500. Prices are excluding VAT and trainer travel costs (if any).