Sharing data and new market services

Allowing the energy network to function in a sustainable manner requires more data. Network operators need data to optimise the networks. End users can use data to make better choices that contribute to optimising their energy usage. Between now and 2030 we will be introducing several new data services and proactively making customer, market and infrastructure data available to customers and market parties. We will do this in the form of concrete data products, which will allow customers to individually control their energy usage better and make choices beneficial to the network.

National capacity map

Together with its fellow network operators, Alliander has published a new version of the national capacity map. This is a tool that provides information about the available transmission capacity in the electricity grid in the Netherlands. It identifies where there is sufficient capacity and where shortages have occurred. The map is available to business customers and other interested parties to help them identify where there is capacity for a grid connection.

The new version of the capacity map contains additional information from the regional network operators on the available transmission capacity, the transmission capacity required for the parties waiting in the connection queue and the capacity that has been requested.

Energy Neighbourhood Scan   

A new version of the Energy Neighbourhood Scan (EBS) went live in the third quarter. The Energy Neighbourhood Scan allows companies, consultancy firms and market parties in a congested area to view energy data from their immediate surroundings. This includes data on the capacity of installations in the immediate vicinity or data on the power contracted and the actual power used by companies (‘grid neighbours’) operating in the area. Alliander's EBS initiative provides the information that business parks and energy partners need when starting an energy hub. Alliander expects an increase in the speed of completion of these energy hubs in the coming years.