Dutch ERE credits in 2026: what does depot charging earn?

Since 2026, companies in the Netherlands that charge their electric vehicles on their own premises can earn emission reduction units: ERE. For a haulier with electric trucks, this quickly adds up to thousands of euros a year. But the conditions and costs matter.

How it works

An ERE represents avoided CO2 emissions compared with fossil fuel. You do not sell ERE yourself: a registering agent records your charging data and sells the units, and keeps a commission.

What counts:

• only electricity charged into vehicles at the depot, measured by an MID-certified meter in the charger;
• not fast charging en route: those units belong to the operator of the public charger.

Half or full ERE

The number of units per kWh depends on how green the electricity is.

Electricity	Counts for	ERE per kWh	Indicative per kWh
Grid electricity	renewable share of the grid (2026: ±50.5%)	±0.333	±€ 0.15
Own solar power with a gross production meter and guarantees of origin	100%	±0.659	±€ 0.30

Amounts at an ERE price of about € 0.46, before commission. The price changes every quarter.

Solar power only counts for 100% for the part that actually goes into the vehicles: directly, or via a battery if you track how much green power it holds. This requires a gross production meter on the solar installation and registered guarantees of origin.

What it costs

• Commission of the registering agent: often 10 to 15% of the revenue.
• Audit: yearly, for example around € 150 up to 50,000 kWh and around € 1,700 above that.
• For the solar route: the production meter, registration of guarantees of origin and a verification of the installation.

Worked example

A depot where 100,000 kWh of grid electricity goes into the trucks each year:

100,000 kWh × 0.333 ERE × € 0.46 = about € 15,300 gross. After 13% commission and a € 1,700 audit, about € 11,600 a year remains, roughly € 0.12 per kWh charged.

If part of it is solar power going into the vehicles, that part earns about twice as much. Whether the solar route pays off depends mainly on when your trucks charge: trucks that charge at night only benefit from solar via a battery.

What this means for your charging price

ERE revenue noticeably lowers your charging price per kWh. The Energy Scan includes ERE in detail: how much electricity goes into the vehicles from the grid, directly from solar or via the battery, what that earns after commission and costs, and what your charging price per kWh becomes after ERE.

Indicative. Rules, prices and fees change; check the conditions with your registering agent.