Duiven/Utrecht, 24 June 2025 - Energy partners Kenter and Groendus are joining forces with immediate effect. This new partnership will help businesses in the Netherlands solve an increasingly complex set of energy-related challenges, such as grid congestion, while guiding them through the energy transition. All the services and solutions can now be found under one roof: from energy planning, to the realisation of power supplies such as charging stations, batteries and solar panels.
Energy partners Kenter and Groendus join forces
‘With greater effectiveness, we’re making the energy transition possible, while solving our customers’ grid congestion and other energy-related challenges'
The integration follows the acquisition of Kenter, in early 2024, and Groendus, in 2022, by pension investors APG and OMERS. As both companies are aimed at the business market, the merger is a logical next step. The solutions the companies offer also complement one another, and are aimed at helping organisations stuck in the energy transition move forward again. The merged company focuses on sectors such as manufacturing, transport, logistics, retail and wholesale. Kenter and Groendus share the belief that the energy transition requires decisiveness, cooperation and smart technology.
Energy system of the future
"Together, we’re realising the energy system of the future," says CEO, Erik van der Ende. At a time when prices are erratic, and where power shortages and grid congestion are becoming more frequent, the need for creative and smart solutions is greater than ever. "Organisations want to become more sustainable, but often lack the necessary capacity or knowledge. This is precisely where we can make a difference. Thanks to predictive data and an integrated approach, we can deliver clean, reliable and affordable energy solutions that work: now and 20 years from now."
This can be achieved, for example, by generating clean energy with a company’s own solar plants, capturing surpluses and shortages with batteries, or by changing what time you consume large amounts of power. By using metering data, energy management and an energy marketplace, the company can also provide more complex solutions. The merged company also realises solutions that operate independently of the power grid. Van der Ende: "By leading the way, we’re helping shape the future.”
Wider selection
Thanks to the merger of Kenter and Groendus, they can offer their clients a wider selection of solutions. Van der Ende: "Where Kenter excels in technical infrastructure, connections and metering services, Groendus is known for its data-driven energy management, solar power and clean energy trading platform."
Although Kenter and Groendus will use each other's expertise, and the teams are already being integrated, both brand names will remain active in the market for the time being. The head offices in Duiven and Utrecht will also stay in operation for now. The management of the joint organisation is made up of Erik van der Ende (CEO), Roy Wind (COO), Jean-Pierre van Lieshout (CFO), Lysbet Donders (CHO a.i.) and JoostPreyde (CCO a.i.).