Regulatory obstacles combined with unexpectedly rapid solar development have left the Netherlands’ power grid congested. New Dutch solar installations more than doubled from 1.7 GW in 2018 to 3.7 in 2020, but fell to 3.3 GW in 2021, even as overall European installations increased by 20% that year. On both a national and local level the grid’s limitations are set to be substantively addressed with new infrastructure only in a timeframe of between four and seven years. This first map from Netbeheer Nederland, the association of grid operators, shows the obstruction faced by new prospective capacity additions, while the second map shows that even new offtake requests are facing obstacles. Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT and grid manager Enexis have…