NL update

marco.gutle — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 13:20:21 +0000

The secretariat of the NEC 82 standards committee (https://www.nen.nl/en/normcommissie-zonne-energiesystemen) has commissioned a translation of the German VDE standard with the aim of quickly introducing a NEN standard (“normal” standard) or an NTA (Nederlands Technische Afspraak, a kind of pre-standard) for plug in PV. A member of NEC 82 has been appointed as a “sherpa” for this purpose, whose company will itself be launching a plug-in PV module on the market. I don't expect rocket speed, but I also see a lot of pragmatism at work, and that's positive.

At the same time, the discussion on plug-in batteries is in full swing. Many experts see more problems here compared to plug-in PV, also and especially because the batteries are not only used for self-consumption. Batteries here are also used for trading on the frequency markets and day-ahead markets and therefore run much more often than modules. Since it is not always technically impossible for several batteries to be connected together with outputs far exceeding 800VA, there is great concern about this and calls for standardization, although it is not clear who should be responsible for this (it is not NEC 82, some say this is NEC 64). The whole issue has the potential to overshadow the standardization of plug-in PV.

Hello

marco.gutle — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:21:52 +0000

Hi, my name is Marco and I work for the Dutch solar energy association as a specialist for residential pv and storage. During the last ten years, I was lobbying for cooperative pv and wind in Germany as a policy officer for Buendnis Buergerenergie. Smaller PV installations always played a big role in my work, and I have been aware of the discussions around plug in pv since the beginning. In the Netherlands, plug in pv is growing more popular, but plug in batteries have an even bigger appeal. We see a need for standardization for both plug in pv panels and batteries. The Dutch standardization body is considering of using the German standard as a blueprintm for a standard regarding plug in panels, but the question of plug in batteries is not solved yet and has quite some potential for controversy.

Netherlands - Community

NL update

Hello