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Electricity production license process

  1. Abbreviated form of legal source

    Electricity Act 1998

  2. Description of the process

    In the Netherlands, there is no electricity production license. A mandatory permit only exists for energy suppliers who supply to small energy consumers. Small energy consumers can be both private as well as corporate consumers, with an electricity connection no higher than 3*80A. A legal entity that supplies energy only required to apply for the energy supplier permit once as it applies to the entire organisation and not to the project level.

  3. Technologies

    Wind energy onshore

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    Wind energy offshore

    Relevant

    Solar energy

    Relevant

    Solar Thermal
    Geothermal energy
    Geothermal energy
    Aerothermal
    Hydrothermal
    Hydro-power
    Biogas
    Biogas
    Biomass