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Noord-Brabant grid status

Brainport and wider Brabant show regional headroom (green or yellow on the official capacity-map colour scale) in 3 of 7 studied service areas, with the transmission layer structurally full; from 1 July 2026 a new shared priority queue governs who connects next, and TenneT has released 264 MW of feed-in capacity in West Brabant, Eindhoven and Tilburg (with more to come at Geertruidenberg) even as off-take room closes in other areas.

Off-take: Congested Feed-in: Partial

Commercial read

What is constrained: Off-take in most of Brainport: only 3 of 7 studied service areas (Best, Eindhoven Zuid and Maarheeze) are green or yellow, regional headroom, on the official capacity-map colour scale, and the TenneT transmission layer is structurally full, which keeps stations like Hapert red regardless of regional relief.

Still worth screening: Feed-in: TenneT released 264 MW of feed-in capacity across West Brabant, Eindhoven and Tilburg in April 2026, with a further 632 MW expected once the new Geertruidenberg station opens at the end of 2026. On the off-take side, 405 MW of additional capacity is planned via station Tilburg, expected 2027.

What changed: Since 1 July 2026, new and heavier connection requests in Enexis congestion zones enter one shared waiting list ordered by the ACM priority framework instead of first-come, first-served.

What to watch: Station Tilburg capacity expected 2027, the 200 MW Oosterhout battery expected operational 2027, and station Wijchen (between 2033 and 2036), which the Helmond area waits on.

The numbers

3 of 7 Brainport service areas green or yellow (regional headroom) on the official capacity-map colour scale

source, as of 2026-06-30

405MW, expected 2027 Additional capacity planned via station Tilburg

source, as of 2026-06-30

264MW (with a further 70 MW in Limburg, and 632 MW expected end of 2026 at Geertruidenberg station) Feed-in capacity released by TenneT, West Brabant, Eindhoven and Tilburg

source, as of 2026-07-03

200MW / 800 MWh, expected operational 2027 Battery contracted as congestion easer, Oosterhout

source, as of 2026-07-03

Stations and areas

  • Station Hapert: Red due to the TenneT transmission layer, congestion expected until the early 2030s. Expected: Early 2030s. source
  • Station Wijchen: Key station for Northeast Brabant; the Helmond area stays locked until this station is ready. Expected: Between 2033 and 2036. source
  • 1 July 2026 shared queue rule, Enexis congestion zones: New and heavier connection requests enter one shared waiting list, ordered by the ACM priority framework rather than simple first-come, first-served. Expected: In effect since 1 July 2026. source
  • Eindhoven Oost service area, off-take: The capacity map (sampled 5 July 2026) lists 207.3 MW of existing transport capacity for off-take against 196.1 MW required for current contracts, with a 56.4 MW off-take waiting queue that cannot be granted because the transmission layer above is full (TenneT code 3). Regional off-take expected solved in 2030 per the map. Expected: Regional off-take expected solved 2030 per the map; transmission relief via the Tilburg 380 kV and Maarheeze-Eindhoven Oost projects. source
  • Breda service area, off-take: The capacity map (sampled 5 July 2026) lists 187.1 MW existing against 168.1 MW required off-take capacity with a 69.8 MW off-take waiting queue, the largest in the sampled Brabant areas, TenneT code 3. Enexis plans extra capacity on Breda in 2028; regional off-take expected solved 2028 per the map. Expected: Enexis extra capacity Breda 2028; transmission relief via the West-Brabant 150 kV projects (Woensdrecht-Bergen op Zoom, Halsteren 380 kV). source
  • Tilburg Centrum service area, off-take: The capacity map (sampled 5 July 2026) lists 69.2 MW existing against 52.7 MW required off-take capacity with a 17.4 MW off-take waiting queue, TenneT code 3. This is the regional grid near the planned TenneT 380 kV station Tilburg (in progress, 2027), which adds 405 MW of transmission capacity per Issue #001's source-lock. Expected: TenneT 380 kV station Tilburg in progress, 2027 (adds transmission capacity). source

Capacity detail per station or area

Station or area Layer Direction Available MW Needed MW Relief project Confidence Source
Station Hapert TenneT (transmission) Off-take Not yet published Not yet published Early 2030s high source, 2026-07-03
Station Wijchen TenneT (transmission) Off-take Not yet published Not yet published Station Wijchen (TenneT congestion study Brabant and Limburg), Between 2033 and 2036 high source, 2026-07-03
1 July 2026 shared queue rule, Enexis congestion zones Regional (DSO) Off-take Not yet published Not yet published None announced high source, 2026-07-03
Eindhoven Oost service area, off-take Both grids Off-take 207.3 196.1 Tilburg 380 kV plus Maarheeze-Eindhoven Oost 150 kV verzwaring (TenneT), 2030 regional; Tilburg 380 kV 2027, indicative high source, 2026-07-05
Breda service area, off-take Both grids Off-take 187.1 168.1 Extra capacity Breda (Enexis) plus West-Brabant 150 kV verzwaringen and Halsteren 380 kV (TenneT), 2028, indicative high source, 2026-07-05
Tilburg Centrum service area, off-take Both grids Off-take 69.2 52.7 New TenneT 380 kV station Tilburg, 2027, in progress per the capacity map high source, 2026-07-05

Where the grid stands in Brainport

The evidence behind Brainport: status, figures and planned works per area.

The regional Enexis grid: this is where the real variation sits. Green means headroom, red means full. All of Brainport also falls under structural TenneT congestion.

Regional grid status

    Data quality

      Regional grid status layer based on the Netbeheer Nederland capacity map. Station figures from the official Enexis and TenneT congestion studies. No rights can be derived from this data.

      How the situation is developing

      The key moments in the Brainport region, from the queue forming to the expected relief. Future items reflect TenneT and Enexis plans.

      What the numbers say

      For stations with a completed congestion study, the figures are hard and traceable to a dated report. That is what sets Wattlas apart from a map with dots.

      Who gets priority in the queue?

      Intelligence on this region

      Sources

      As of 2026-07-05. Summarised from Wattlas Issue #001 and Issue #002, both source-locked; every figure here already has a source-lock record in wattlas-brain/issues/. No new research was done for this file. Deepened in Run H (2026-07-05) with capacity-map station records for Eindhoven Oost, Breda and Tilburg (existing, required and queued MW per service area, peildatum 2026-07-05); these do not change Issue #001 or #002, they add station-level detail.

      What changed

      • July 1, 2026: Shared connection queue replaces small-connection reservation in Enexis congestion zones source
      • April 2026: TenneT released 264 MW of feed-in capacity in West Brabant, Eindhoven and Tilburg source

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