Netherlands announces €50 million for Caribbean battery projects
The funding is intended to help strengthen electricity grids on the two Caribbean islands. Aruba’s planned battery park is to receive €26 million.
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The Dutch government said on Friday that it would support two battery storage projects on Aruba and Curaçao with around €50 million, aiming to strengthen the islands’ electricity grids as their economies grow.
On Aruba, €26 million in Dutch support is intended for a new battery park with a planned storage capacity of 70 megawatt-hours. The government said the contribution would come from its SDE++ energy and climate subsidy scheme.
Climate and Green Growth Minister Van Veldhoven said the funding was intended for projects that were not yet commercially viable, as part of an effort to make the islands’ energy systems more sustainable and resilient.
The Netherlands had previously reserved €150 million for the energy transition on Aruba, Curaçao and Sint Maarten. Its draft 2026 budget said €116 million of that had been requested for enabling projects on Aruba and Curaçao. The budget did not name the battery projects, and it is not clear whether the latest support is additional to the earlier reservation.
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