Berenplaat Floating Solar Farm Community Environment Fund

It is easy to think of ideas to make a local living environment more sustainable. Where they often fall apart is the lack of funding. The purpose of the community environment fund linked to the Berenplaat Floating Solar Farm is to create financial opportunities for small-scale initiatives for liveability and/or sustainability projects in the area surrounding Nissewaard and Hoeksche Waard. Starting 2 September, local residents, clubs, associations and foundations can sign up for funding, which is made possible by Eneco.

In April 2024 the Berenplaat Floating Solar Farm opened. Now Eneco also wants to give the local area an impulse to make sustainability and liveability initiatives possible. To give this shape, they have set up a community environment fund to allocate a total of around €31,000*. Initiatives with the potential to make a positive contribution to sustainability, liveability and landscape are eligible for funding.

How to apply
Local residents, sports clubs, associations, foundations and other organisations may submit their initiatives via the project website (only in Dutch) from 2 September until 1 November. A panel of judges will then consider the proposals that have come in. In December, Eneco will announce which initiatives can look forward to funding to help put their idea into practice.

The website includes information about what requirements apply, and on what criteria the submissions will be judged.