Businesses and associations

Solar panels for your business or association

Businesses and associations

Would you like to make your business or association more sustainable, comply with the energy-saving obligations, and contribute to a better environment? Then Zonnefabriek is the right partner for you! As a reliable and certified company, Zonnefabriek ensures a smooth process from start to finish. We offer expert advice before, during, and after the realization of your solar project and make sure your system performs as expected. With years of experience in large projects, we’ve helped many SMEs and associations successfully install solar systems. Below, you'll find examples of our work, as well as our proposition, strengths, approach, and relevant subsidies for your organization.
What does Zonnefabriek offer you?
  • Advice on different systems and materials, focusing on quality and durability

  • Support in informing and motivating your members or stakeholders

  • Planning and installation of your solar power system

  • Optional financial consulting

  • Business service and optional maintenance for your solar installation

  • A checklist for solar panels for businesses and associations

Why choose Zonnefabriek for your business or association?

Zonnefabriek understands how important it is to work with a reliable, certified partner to ensure your solar project runs smoothly.

With over 10 years of experience and thousands of residential installations under our belt, we also have extensive expertise in delivering successful large-scale projects. We’ve helped many SMEs and associations take meaningful steps toward sustainability with commercial solar panel installations.

Sustainability has always been important, but since July 1, 2019, the energy-saving obligation has made it a legal requirement. If your business uses more than 50,000 kWh of electricity or 25,000 m³ of natural gas annually, you are required to take energy-saving measures with a payback period of five years or less.

Zonnefabriek is happy to help you meet this obligation in the best way possible. What sets us apart is our continuous commitment to quality — not just in the products we use, but also in the way we work and the service we provide. Our experience has shown that quality and care deliver the best long-term results (and returns).

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Our process

Below is an overview of our typical working process. The duration of each project may vary depending on your specific situation, but this illustration shows how the process ideally unfolds. We aim to complete your installation within three months.

Subsidies

There are several options available for receiving subsidies for solar panels as a business or organization. The most relevant subsidies for commercial solar installations include: Net metering (Salderen), EIA (Energy Investment Allowance), SDE++ (Stimulation of Sustainable Energy Production), KIA (Small-scale Investment Allowance), MIA & VAMIL (Environmental Investment Deduction and Arbitrary Depreciation of Environmental Investments, DEI+ (Demonstration Energy and Climate Innovation)

Net metering allows you to offset the electricity you return to the grid against what you consume from it, meaning you only pay for your net usage. This is governed by Dutch electricity law and handled by your energy provider.

The EIA (Energie-investeringsaftrek) can be considered a solar panel subsidy in the form of a tax deduction scheme. When entrepreneurs invest in energy-saving equipment and sustainable energy, this scheme offers immediate financial benefits. In addition to the regular depreciation of the asset, this subsidy allows businesses to deduct an additional amount from their taxable profit — in 2020, this was 45% of the investment.

The SDE++ subsidy (Stimulering Duurzame Energietransitie) is part of the Dutch Climate Agreement, which aims to reduce CO₂ emissions by 49% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. This subsidy is designed to support the cost-effective production of renewable energy and the application of CO₂-reducing technologies. It bridges the gap between the market price of sustainable energy and that of fossil energy. Companies in sectors such as industry, mobility, electricity, agriculture, and the built environment are eligible. The subsidy is granted for a period of 12 to 15 years.

  • Net metering

    Net metering allows you to offset the electricity you return to the grid against what you consume from it, meaning you only pay for your net usage. This is governed by Dutch electricity law and handled by your energy provider.

  • EIA

    The EIA (Energie-investeringsaftrek) can be considered a solar panel subsidy in the form of a tax deduction scheme. When entrepreneurs invest in energy-saving equipment and sustainable energy, this scheme offers immediate financial benefits. In addition to the regular depreciation of the asset, this subsidy allows businesses to deduct an additional amount from their taxable profit — in 2020, this was 45% of the investment.

  • SDE++

    The SDE++ subsidy (Stimulering Duurzame Energietransitie) is part of the Dutch Climate Agreement, which aims to reduce CO₂ emissions by 49% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. This subsidy is designed to support the cost-effective production of renewable energy and the application of CO₂-reducing technologies. It bridges the gap between the market price of sustainable energy and that of fossil energy. Companies in sectors such as industry, mobility, electricity, agriculture, and the built environment are eligible. The subsidy is granted for a period of 12 to 15 years.

The Small-scale Investment Allowance (KIA) is a tax deduction on profits, especially beneficial for companies with a small electricity connection. If you invest in business assets within a fiscal year, you may qualify for this deduction. The deductible amount depends on the total investment made during that year.

MIA and VAMIL are two separate schemes but are often used together. Both are based on the Environmental List, which contains all eligible environmentally friendly business assets.

  • MIA – Environmental Investment Deduction
    This allows businesses to reduce their taxable profit. Up to 36% of the investment amount can be deducted, depending on the environmental impact and the availability of the specific business asset.

  • VAMIL – Random Depreciation of Environmental Investments
    The VAMIL scheme allows businesses to write off their investment at any chosen time. Accelerated depreciation can lower the fiscal profit for a specific year, reducing the amount of tax owed.

The DEI+ scheme supports pilot and demonstration projects that are innovative in nature.

  • Pilot projects are intended to test and improve a new technology in a real-world setup that represents practical application.

  • Demonstration projects are focused on investing in a production installation that remains in use after the subsidy-supported project has ended.

  • KIA

    The Small-scale Investment Allowance (KIA) is a tax deduction on profits, especially beneficial for companies with a small electricity connection. If you invest in business assets within a fiscal year, you may qualify for this deduction. The deductible amount depends on the total investment made during that year.

  • MIA & VAMIL

    MIA and VAMIL are two separate schemes but are often used together. Both are based on the Environmental List, which contains all eligible environmentally friendly business assets.

    • MIA – Environmental Investment Deduction
      This allows businesses to reduce their taxable profit. Up to 36% of the investment amount can be deducted, depending on the environmental impact and the availability of the specific business asset.

    • VAMIL – Random Depreciation of Environmental Investments
      The VAMIL scheme allows businesses to write off their investment at any chosen time. Accelerated depreciation can lower the fiscal profit for a specific year, reducing the amount of tax owed.

  • DEI+

    The DEI+ scheme supports pilot and demonstration projects that are innovative in nature.

    • Pilot projects are intended to test and improve a new technology in a real-world setup that represents practical application.

    • Demonstration projects are focused on investing in a production installation that remains in use after the subsidy-supported project has ended.

Our experience

Below is an overview of some of the solar panel projects we’ve realized for homeowner associations, energy cooperatives, and businesses.

Westergasfabriek

1024 Q-cells 300 Wp solar panels

248.000 kWh of clean energy per year

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Marken

437 ET Solar 260 Black solar panels

90.000 kWh of clean energy per year

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Metrostation Reigersbos

315 Q-cells 265 Wp solar panels

74.000 kWh of clean energy per year

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Vituscollege en Vitusmavo

422 Q-cells 305 Wp solar panels

102.000 kWh of clean energy per year

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Reeweghal

726 Trina TSM 335 Wp solar panels

245.000 kWh of clean energy per year

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Atletiekvereniging Rotterdam

164 Trina 335 Wp solar panels

42.000 kWh of clean energy per year

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Tricorp Oosterhout

324 solar panels in 2013 and 312 in 2020

166.000 kWh of clean energy per year

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Marcantilaan

260 Trina TSM 335 Wp solar panels

75.000 kWh of clean energy per year

Bedrijfspand Bleiswijk

137 Sunpower 390 Wp solar panels

48.000 kWh of clean energy per year

Tuinderij

101 solar panels in 2013 and 94 in 2020

44.000 kWh of clean energy per year

VvE Amsterdam

126 Q-cells 305 Wp Q.Peak solar panels

37.000 kWh of clean energy per year

VvE Zaandam

154 Q-cells 305 Wp solar panels

40.000 kWh of clean energy per year

Huygenscollege

370 Q-cells 300 Wp solar panels

85.000 kWh of clean energy per year

Coöperatie

236 Q-cells 325 Wp Duo solar panels

62.000 kWh of clean energy per year

Medisch centrum Budel

181 Q-cells 305 Wp solar panels

48.000 kWh of clean energy per year

Tuinderij Velden

200 Q-cells 305 Wp solar panels

51.000 kWh of clean energy per year

Bedrijfspand Rijsenhout

152 Q-cells 335 Wp solar panels

42.000 kWh of clean energy per year

Bedrijfspand Baambrugge

208 Q-cells 305 Wp solar panels

51.000 of clean energy per year

Coöperatie

230 Q-cells 335 Wp solar panels

65.000 of clean energy per year

VvE Amsterdam

76 Sunpower 415 Wp solar panels

29.000 kWh of clean energy per year

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