Avermieden B.V. is the first concrete project arising from the Innovative Grid Connections Project, in which a private electricity system—also known as a Closed Distribution System (GDS)—is being developed. GDS Avermieden provides 650 MW of solar power connection capacity. A GDS is a set of projects connected directly to the national high-voltage grid operated by TenneT or to the regional grid operator.
In this way, the owner of the GDS can, in effect, function as a grid operator on the network. The project is a collaboration between Novar and Solar Proactive, which develop the solar parks, and Emmett Green, which develops the private network. The network will include storage in the form of several mega-batteries and will also be controllable as a smart grid.
