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Episode 49 – Grid Congestion Decoded: What Every CPO Needs to Understand Now
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Summary
In this episode of the Charge Point Podcast, Christophe sits down with Maarten Staats from Enexis and GridCapacityMaps.eu to unpack one of the most pressing challenges facing EV charging infrastructure today: grid congestion.
As EV adoption accelerates across Europe, more Charge Point Operators are encountering limited grid capacity, delayed connection approvals, and uncertainty around available power for new charging sites.
Maarten explains how congestion actually works in practice, why the Netherlands is experiencing these issues so early, and what this means for the future deployment of EV charging infrastructure.
Which topics do we explore?
🔌 What grid congestion actually means
⚡ The difference between grid congestion and transport scarcity
🗺️ How DSOs calculate and allocate grid capacity
🇳🇱 Why the Netherlands has become an early stress test for electrification
🚧 Why grid reinforcement projects take so much time
📈 How increasing electrification impacts grid planning
🔋 The role of flexible capacity agreements and smarter grid usage
🏗️ What CPOs should understand before planning new charging sites
About the guest
Maarten Staats works at Enexis, one of the leading Dutch Distribution System Operators (DSOs), and is also the creator of GridCapacityMaps, a platform helping visualize grid capacity constraints across regions.
Resources & Links
🌍 Grid Capacity Maps
https://www.gridcapacitymaps.eu
🔗 Maarten Staats on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/maartenstaats/
Continue Listening
👉 Interested in the solution side of the story?
Listen to Episode 47, where we explore batteries, smart energy management, and flexibility solutions for grid-constrained charging sites in the Benelux.
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