Dealing with net congestion, grid capacity and flexibility essentials

An Interactive in-company workshop to contribute to and benefit from energy market solutions. 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 net 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 for your company.

Some of the main questions that will be answered:

  • What is causing the recent increase in net congestion?
  • Where is net congestion and lack of connection capacity causing the most problems?
  • Is anyone at all benefitting from these grid issues?
  • Will net congestion remain a problem in the future?
  • What benefits can a company gain by offering flexible energy demand?
  • What options are available to speed up your grid connection realisation?
  • What impact will legislation and regulations have on the future developments regarding net congestion?

Topics that will be discussed (a selection):

  • What is net 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 at the various network levels
  • How does net 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 scenarios in your company
  • What 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 this 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 net congestion/transport scarcity. Or for those wanting to anticipate solutions for future problems. 

Commercial and language conditions

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

English documentation, conversations may be in Dutch depending upon 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 exclude VAT and trainer travel expenses (if any).

Deep dive

Following this essentials workshop, we offer a tailored deep dive workshop to further explore opportunities and impact on your company, guided by a tailored flexibility scan 2025 for Dutch industries. 

Course planning

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