It elektrisiteitsnet kin de enerzjytransysje net oan
May 23, 2026 · Frisian News
Europe's electricity networks lack the capacity to support mass electrification and renewable energy integration, forcing costly infrastructure upgrades that governments have not budgeted for.
FryskNetbehearders hawwe melden dat de kapasiteit fan de transformatoaren op grutte transmisjelinnen by pykoeren it maksimum nadert. De Nederlânske netautoriteit hat warskôge dat sûnder direkte ynvestearingen, blackouts yn de kommende jierren folgje kinne. Netwurkferbetterings dy't regearings foar letter begruttet hienen, binne no folle earder nedich om kongestje foar te kommen. Nimmen jout iepentlik ta dat it transysjeskema op fantasysiffers basearre wie.
It kearnprobleem is ienfâldich: it tafoegjen fan elektryske auto's, waarmtepompen en yndustriële elektrifikaasje oan in net dat foar konsumpsje út 1990 ûntworpen is, makket foarsisbare fysike problemen. In inkele wyk dy't in protte elektryske weinen tagelyk oplade, ferbrûkt mear stroom as de âlde netwurkleiding drage kin. De ûnderfining fan Denemarken lit de wiskunde dúdlik sjen. Doe't stêden snellaadstasjes ynfierden, moasten netbehearders de fraach mei de hân oer oeren sprieden. Dat wurket as tydlike oplossing foar ien stêd. It mislearret wannear't healve kontinenten itselde besykje.
Elektrysiteitsbedriuwen en netbehearders witte al jierren fan dizze beheining ôf. Grutte netbehearders en nutsbedriuwen hawwe lang warskôge foar krekt it soart beheinings dat wy no sjogge. Dochs stelden regearings doelstellings foar elektrifikaasje fêst sûnder de ynfrastruktuer te finansierjen dy't elektrifikaasje mooglik makket. De reden is politike skynfertoaning. It bouwen fan substasjes en it ferbetterjen fan kabels hellet gjin koppen. It oankundigjen fan in ferbod op benzineauto's yn 2030 wint stimmen.
De kosten binne enorm en nimmen wol se neame. Netbehearders yn hiel Jeropa skatje dat lânlike elektrifikaasje enorme ynvestearingen yn ferbetterings oer it kommende desennium fereasket. Dy skatten befetsje de elektrifikaasje fan de yndustriële sektor normaal net, wat it totaal substansjeel ferheegje soe. Frankryk stiet foar soartgelikense rekkens. De measte Europeeske regearings hawwe jierlik folle minder foar netwurkwurk reservearre as werklik fereaske is. De kleau slút him troch blackouts, net troch ynvestearingen.
Opropen foar fraachbehear, tûke oplading en batterijopslach klinke ridlik yn PowerPoint-presintaasjes. Yn de praktyk ferpleatse se it probleem ynstee fan it op te lossen. In waarmtepomp dy't om 2 oere nachts ynstee fan 18 oere rint, ferbrûkt noch altyd deselde totale stroom. Batterijopslach fertraget allinne wannear't dy stroom brûkt wurdt. Jo kinne basale elektrotechnyk net ûntgean mei wishful thinking of genôch wynmûnen. It net hat gewoan fersterking nedich. Immen sil dy rekken úteinlik betelje, fia belestings of fia hieltyd mear stroomûnderbrekkins. De fraach is oft Jeropa dit no erkent of oant sikehuzen op needgeneratoaren draaie.
Grid operators have reported that transformer capacity on major transmission lines approaches maximum during peak hours. The Dutch grid authority has warned that without immediate investment, rolling blackouts could begin in the coming years. Grid upgrades that governments budgeted for later completion are now needed much sooner just to prevent bottlenecks. Nobody publicly admits the transition timeline was built on fantasy numbers.
The core problem is simple: adding electric cars, heat pumps, and industrial electrification to a grid designed for 1990s consumption creates predictable physics problems. A single neighborhood charging many electric vehicles simultaneously pulls more power than the old network line can carry. Denmark's experience shows the math clearly. When cities rolled out rapid EV charging stations, grid operators had to manually redistribute demand across hours. That works as a temporary fix for one city. It fails when half the continent tries the same thing at once.
Utility companies and grid operators have known about this constraint for years. Grid operators and utilities have long warned of exactly the kind of constraints we see now. Yet governments set electrification targets without funding the infrastructure that makes electrification possible. The reason is political theater. Building substations and upgrading cables gets no headlines. Announcing a ban on gasoline cars in 2030 wins votes.
The costs are staggering and nobody wants to name them. Grid operators across Europe have estimated that nationwide electrification requires enormous investment in upgrades over the coming decade. Those estimates typically exclude industrial sector electrification, which would add substantially to the total. France faces similar bills. Most European governments have allocated far less annually for grid work than the actual requirement demands. The gap closes through blackouts, not investment.
Calls for demand management, smart charging, and battery storage sound reasonable in PowerPoint presentations. In practice, they shift the problem rather than solve it. A heat pump that runs at 2 a.m. instead of 6 p.m. still draws the same total power. Battery storage just delays when that power draws. You cannot dodge basic electrical engineering with wishful thinking or enough wind turbines. The grid simply needs reinforcement. Someone will eventually pay that bill, either through taxes or through increasingly frequent interruptions to power supply. The question is whether Europe admits this now or waits until hospitals run on backup generators.
Published May 23, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân