Enexis Groep

Enexis is the grid operator for about three million households and companies in Groningen, Drenthe, Overijssel, Noord-Brabant and Limburg. Its network counts 117,900 kilometres of electricity cable and 46,100 kilometres of gas pipe, and more than 6,600 people keep it running.

Enexis is expanding that network quickly. Its gross investment rose to 1.9 billion euros in 2025, 419 million more than the year before, and in 2026 alone it is laying some 4,600 kilometres of new medium- and low-voltage cable, backed by a 500 million euro facility from the European Investment Bank. Enexis is one of the grid operators behind ElaadNL, and together with the Province of Noord-Brabant it commissioned a digital twin of the Brabant energy system.

In NEON, Enexis took part in more work packages than any other company: building-integrated solar, DC grids, local energy markets, medium-voltage fast charging, regulation and standardisation. Its reason was clear from the start. Electric mobility was expected to hit the distribution grids hard, and NEON looked at the whole range of charging technologies and charging schedules that would decide how hard. Enpuls, then the Enexis company for accelerating the energy transition, added its work on visions of how the transition can succeed and which barriers have to go.

Enpuls stopped as a separate innovation company in 2022; its role in NEON is part of this profile.