Surviving negative prices: from standalone solar to flexibility strategy

In the 2026 Dutch power market, negative prices and grid congestion are no longer temporary distortions, but core structural features.
For many standalone solar assets, this shift is exposing a fundamental weakness: energy-only revenue models are increasingly insufficient in a flexibility-driven system.

In this webinar, we explored how renewable assets must evolve from passive production units into active market participants. What does it mean to transform from an energy asset into a flexibility asset? And which strategic moves, hybridisation, smarter dispatch, portfolio aggregation, market integration, actually improve resilience and long-term value?

Erik van Boekel, CEO of Balanz, outlined how market participation and system integration are reshaping asset performance, and why controllability and responsiveness are becoming central to survival.

This session sets the stage for deeper discussions at the Solarplaza Summit Energy Storage The Netherlands, where revenue models, flexibility markets, and hybrid strategies will be unpacked in detail.