Cooperative Energy Generation Subsidy (SCE)
Pays Dutch energy cooperatives and owner associations per kWh of new solar or wind power.
RVO recalculates the payment every year: the base amount per kWh for each installation category is fixed for the whole 15-year (extendable to 17-year) subsidy period once an application is approved, but the actual payout is the gap between that locked-in base amount and a correction amount tied to the prevailing electricity price, which moves up and down every year — pay less when power prices ris…
SCE is for Dutch energy cooperatives and associations of owners (VvE's) building a new solar or wind installation, where members live or are based within the installation's local postcode zone (the 'postcoderoos'). It doesn't cover hydropower, which the scheme has stopped funding.
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