The Dutch government made agreements with grid operators, the energy-storage industry organisation, regional and local authorities, and competition regulator ACM to greatly expand large-scale battery capacity and other electricity-storage systems.

The plan calls for 110 gigawatt-hours of battery capacity by the end of 2040, more than 50 times the capacity at the end of the previous year. The reported capacity would be enough to supply about 37,000 households for a year.