Profile of Alliander
Alliander N.V. is a network company comprising a group of companies employing some 9,900 people (9,400 FTEs) in all, including agency workers. Our shareholders are provincial authorities and municipalities.
Our role in the energy system
We advocate an energy supply system where everyone has access to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy on equal terms. This is a mission we work towards every day. By continuously improving our network, we are preparing for the future. A future in which everyone can use, produce and share sustainable energy. We invest in the development of the energy networks and explore and implement innovative solutions. Together with our partners and shareholders, we define a roadmap for our customers’ plans for the future and offer solutions to complex energy transition issues. Affordability and sustainability play a key role in the choices we make.
Management and development
As a network operator, we have been statutorily tasked with managing and further developing the gas and electricity grids. We are on call day and night to deal with outages. The energy we distribute comes from power stations, wind farms, solar farms and imports from abroad, among other sources. In addition, more and more consumers and companies are feeding the sustainable energy they produce with their own systems back into our energy networks. As a result, energy supply and demand have become interwoven, influencing one another.
Innovation and design
Alliander and its subsidiaries collaborate with various parties in the energy sector and with organisations that innovate in the field of energy. We facilitate the local exchange of energy and work closely in conjunction with public authorities on issues related to the heating transition.
As a co-designer, we provide municipalities, provincial authorities and businesses with knowledge that helps in the long-term development of the energy system. We show them what the energy network can handle and the social costs associated with specific choices. In addition, we help organisations by offering data services and we collaborate with others to develop a flexible energy market that is driven by supply and demand. Our products and services contribute to a future-proof energy network.
How we are organised
Liander
Liander develops, designs and manages the energy network and is available 24/7 to fix faults. In addition, Liander shares knowledge and expertise with customers and public authorities to collaboratively create the most suitable energy network for everybody in the regulated domain. Liander is Alliander's largest subsidiary and accounts for 95% of its total revenue.
Qirion
Qirion designs, builds and maintains Liander’s and TenneT’s high-voltage and medium-voltage grids, particularly in Liander’s service area.
Firan
Firan designs, builds and manages future-proof energy infrastructures for heating, cooling, steam, sustainable gases, solar power, wind energy and CO2. Firan collaborates with partners to develop smart energy solutions for buildings, regions and municipalities.
Alliander Telecom
Alliander Telecom supplies telecommunication systems used to control and protect critical infrastructures (including electricity and gas grids). Telecommunications are of paramount importance, for instance for securing, controlling and reading data from critical network elements and for communicating with control centres.
ENTRNCE
ENTRNCE facilitates current and future decentralised energy markets. For participants, ENTRNCE allows direct energy exchange between energy producers and consumers (peer-to-peer), and provides complete transparency about the source and final destination of the energy flows. By offering this facility, we give local markets freedom of choice and lower the barriers preventing entry to the energy market.
Network management in Germany
Alliander owns a (small) network operator in Heinsberg, Germany.
