Best Solar Energy Companies in Netherlands
The 174 best Solar Energy companies in Netherlands in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: PowerField.
Solar Energy in the Netherlands is generating serious capital momentum: our directory tracks 174 companies with $928M in total disclosed funding, and the numbers tell a lopsided story. PowerField alone accounts for $545M of that pool, which is the kind of outsized single-earner figure that skews a sector average fast. Zola Electric sits second at $133M, and then the curve drops hard, with most players well under $25M. So if you're scanning this list for funding density, you'll find it concentrated at the top.
The broader market context explains why capital keeps flowing in. Global solar is sitting at roughly $222.1B in 2024 and forecast to compound at 20.5% CAGR, driven by decarbonization pressure and policy tailwinds that are especially strong across the EU. I'd flag that energy app installs are also up a median 28% year-over-year across 138 tracked apps, a signal that consumer engagement with solar and EV energy management is genuinely accelerating. Coverage of solar PV and EV battery technology is thickening fast. Globally, climate-budget commitments to wind and solar are pulling more institutional money into the space, and early-stage raises like Aerem's Series A show founder appetite hasn't cooled.
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Our analysis of 100 Solar Energy companies
$30.5b in tracked funding; 83% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.
Ranked: Best Solar Energy companies in Netherlands
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founded | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PowerField Developer of large-scale and rooftop solar PV plants | $545M | 40 mo ago | 26 | 2012 | Jean Louis Bertholet CEO | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+15 | — | — |
| 2 | ZOLA Electric Provider of solar installation and upgradation services for rural customers | $133M | 21 mo ago | 603 | 2011 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+22 | 4 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
| 3 | Wocozon Residential solar power provider | $49M | 132 mo ago | 48 | 2012 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+18 | — | 2 job openings · 1 launch |
| 4 | Lumos Distributed solar power for off-grid regions | $40M | 69 mo ago | 205 | 2013 | Davidi Vortman Co-Founder | Wix eCommerceWixSentry+13 | — | — |
| 5 | Solarus Makes C-PVT collectors | $31M | 106 mo ago | 18 | 2006 | Leen Zevenbergen CEO | — | — | — |
| 6 | VoltH2 Developer of solar energy projects | $22M | 28 mo ago | 9 | 2020 | — | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+15 | — | — |
| 7 | SolarDuck Developer of solar energy projects | $17M | 29 mo ago | 27 | 2018 | Don Hoogendoorn CTO & Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+20 | — | 1 partnership |
| 8 | Solnet Group Provider of solar O&M services | $16M | 47 mo ago | 32 | 2014 | — | HubSpot CMS HubPlyrMicrosoft Advertising+25 | — | — |
| 9 | Solease Solar-as-a-service model of residential solar plant leasing | $15M | 90 mo ago | 31 | 2011 | Pierre Vermeulen CEO and founder | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+17 | — | — |
| 10 | Photon Energy Provider of project development, operation & maintenance services for solar power solutions | $12M | 89 mo ago | 343 | 2008 | Georg Hotar Co-Founder & CEO | PleskApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+21 | — | 1 partnership |
| 11 | Triple Solar Solar panels for roofing, heating and electricity | $11M | 41 mo ago | 49 | 2009 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+34 | 5 patents Integrated photovoltaic‑thermal panels with air heat exchangers for combined electricity and heat generation. | 1 partnership |
| 12 | Exasun Solar PV glass roofs and facades producer | $9M | 45 mo ago | 35 | 2012 | — | — | 16 patents Building‑integrated photovoltaic roofing and modular solar panel systems | — |
| 13 | taylor Manufacturer of solar PV modules | $9M | 29 mo ago | 15 | 2017 | Rein Westerdijk Co Founder | Webflowanime.jscore-js+16 | — | 1 award |
| 14 | Solar Monkey Provider of solar planning and designing services | $4M | 44 mo ago | 73 | 2014 | — | WordPress Block EditorWordPressMySQL+29 | — | — |
| 15 | Solarge Provider of solar panel installation services | $3M | 12 mo ago | 34 | 2018 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | 5 patents Tapered photovoltaic panel designs enhancing light capture and module efficiency | — |
| 16 | Eternal Sun Solar module testing equipment supplier | $2M | 138 mo ago | 227 | 2011 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | 7 patents Solar simulators for photovoltaic module testing and production line integration | — |
| 17 | Gigawatt Global Utility-scale solar energy project developer | $2M | 143 mo ago | 22 | 2011 | Josef Abramowitz CEO & President | WordPressMySQLPHP+16 | — | — |
| 18 | NXT Grid Manufacturer of solar grids | $1M | 54 mo ago | 10 | 2019 | Bert Dequae Co-founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 19 | WakaWaka Manufactures solar lamps and chargers | $1M | 114 mo ago | 20 | 2012 | Maurits Groen Co-Founder | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | — | — |
| 20 | Supersola Manufacturer of portable plug & play solar PV systems | $1M | 37 mo ago | 7 | 2016 | Julius Smith Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalityShopifyBootstrap+23 | 4 patents Design and mounting systems for photovoltaic panel support structures | — |
| 21 | HyET group Developer of technologies for renewable energy, hydrogen production, and lithium batteries | $1M | 99 mo ago | — | 2008 | Rombout Swanborn Founder | — | — | — |
| 22 | Solarix Developer of solar energy projects | $967K | 11 mo ago | 15 | 2016 | — | Node.jsZohoRadix UI+19 | 2 patents Algae separation devices for biotech and wastewater treatment applications. | 1 job opening |
| 23 | Solho Provider of design, engineering, and project development services for solar energy | $622K | 39 mo ago | 6 | 2017 | Emiliano Casati Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 24 | Scholt Energy Developer of large scale solar energy power projects | $533K | 102 mo ago | 260 | 2005 | — | UmbracoYouTubeMicrosoft ASP.NET+11 | — | — |
| 25 | SolarSwing Provider of solar-based products for use in buildings | $391K | 88 mo ago | 1 | 2011 | Sam Kin Founder | — | — | — |
| 26 | Oceans of Energy Developer of offshore floating solar systems | $353K | 57 mo ago | 37 | 2016 | Allard Hoeken Founder & CEO | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | 14 patents Floating pontoon platforms for marine renewable energy and offshore solar installations | 1 internship |
| 27 | IM Efficiency Manufacturer of solar panel for trucks | $111K | 37 mo ago | 12 | 2014 | Martijn Ildiz Founder & CEO | PrismicPHPThree.js+11 | — | 1 launch · 1 expansion |
| 28 | Volgroen Provider of funding & financial services for LED lighting, solar panels, water heater, and other related… | $110K | 95 mo ago | 8 | 2015 | Emiel Van Sambeek CEO | — | — | — |
Top 12 Solar Energy companies in Netherlands
#1
Series E · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2011 · 603 employees$133Mraised▾
Zola Electric offers solar installation and upgradation services for rural areas in Africa. Has a proprietary software platform, Surge, that claims to offer personalized services for customers. Services include engineering, installation, financing, commissioning and others. Specializes in Pay-As-You-Go systems.
- Sep 2024Conventional Debt$8M
- Sep 2021Series E$45M
- Sep 2021Conventional Debt$45M
- Dec 2018Conventional Debt$32.5M
#2
Seed · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2018 · 34 employees$3Mraised▾
Provider of solar panel installation services
- Jun 2025Seed—
- Aug 2024Seed—
- Apr 2024Seed$3M
#3
Series A · Weesp, North Holland · founded 2016 · 15 employees$967.1Kraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects
- Jul 2025Series A$5M
- Jul 2025Grant (prize money)$1.5M
- Feb 2023Seed$967.1K
#4
Late Stage · Dokkum, Friesland · founded 2012 · 26 employees$545.2Mraised▾
PowerField is a company based in the Netherlands that develops solar PV plants. Specializes in rooftop and ground-mounted solar systems. Has around 100MW+ of solar PV projects in the pipeline. Produces solar panels in partnership with Energyra. Developed a 10MW project in Zonnepark Kampen, a 16MW project in Zonnepark Dokkum and many others.
- Feb 2023PE$545.2M
- Feb 2023Conventional Debt—
#5
Acquired · Vlissingen, Zeeland · founded 2020 · 9 employees$21.7Mraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects
- Jan 2024Series B$21.7M
#6
Series B · Rotterdam, South Holland · founded 2018 · 27 employees$16.5Mraised▾
Developer of solar energy projects
- Dec 2023Series B$16.5M
#7
Series A · Eindhoven, North Brabant · founded 2017 · 15 employees$8.8Mraised▾
Manufacturer of solar PV modules
- Jan 2024Series A$8.8M
#8
Series A · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2013 · 205 employees$40Mraised▾
Lumos enables people to replace hazardous and expensive kerosene generators and lanterns with modern solar electricity that can power lights, cellphones, fans, computers, TVs and other small electronic devices (all at once, every day). By offering Solar Power as a Service, Lumos offers homes and small businesses a simple and affordable way to pay for electricity in small installments using their mobile phones.
- Sep 2020Conventional Debt$45M
- Jul 2020Conventional Debt—
- Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$75M
- Dec 2016Series A$40M
#9
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2009 · 49 employees$10.8Mraised▾
Triple Solar is a designer and manufacturer of solar roof and wall panels. The company name suggests that their solar panels are used for three purposes such as roofing, heating and electricity. It uses solar panels in combination with a heat pump to develop a high-quality aluminium roofing system that also collects energy for room heating. It is incubated at New Energy Docks, a renewable energy incubator
- Jan 2023Series B$10.8M
- May 2014Series A—
#10
Series B · Amsterdam, North Holland · founded 2014 · 32 employees$15.6Mraised▾
Solnet Green Energy is a Finland based provider of smart solar solutions. Offers IoT based solar utilities and system integrations for business customers. Provides turn-key solutions for energy production and solar power as a service, in which the customer, under the PPA, purchases the solar power from the power plant built, owned, and funded by Solnet.
- Jul 2022Series B$15.6M
#11
Series C · Zuidland, South Holland · founded 2012 · 35 employees$9Mraised▾
Exasun is a Dutch solar PV producer of Glass-Glass solar modules with high efficiency and lifespan. It offers three products Black Glass for flat roofs, sloped roofs, and solar parks, Black Roof - a waterproof solution for complete building integration, and Black Facade an invisible mounting facade system.
- Sep 2022Series C$9M
- Jun 2018Series B—
#12
Series B · Venlo, Limburg · founded 2006 · 18 employees$31.5Mraised▾
Solarus manufactures concentrated C-PVT (Concentrated PV-Thermal) collectors trademarked as 'The Solarus PowerCollector' which is a hybrid solar photovoltaic and solar thermal panel. The equipment combines solar PV (generation of electricity) with solar thermal (generation of heat)
- Aug 2017Series B$7.9M
- Nov 2016Series A$4.3M
- Nov 2009Seed$291.1K
- Apr 2008Seed$19M
Funding & investor landscape
Notable founders
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Solar Energy coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
How research on Solar Photovoltaics is moving in the Netherlands
A read on the academic research around Solar Photovoltaics — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 529 Netherlands-affiliated papers.
- Delft University of Technology98
- Eindhoven University of Technology77
- Institute of Physics70
- University of Twente38
- Joint Research Centre38
- Photovoltaic system2→22
- Solar cell4→21
- Optoelectronics9→24
- Perovskite (structure)4→15
- Solar energy2→11
- Photovoltaic system6→56
- Solar energy2→33
- Renewable energy2→29
- Solar cell14→33
- Perovskite (structure)6→20
- Solar energy4→23
- Photovoltaic system3→22
- Renewable energy3→17
- Solar cell2→8
- Perovskite (structure)2→6
Where solar pv is researched across Netherlands
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Common questions
Rohit lives in the feed. He covers what's moving right now — the funding rounds, launches and shifts breaking across the trade press — and ties them back to where the sector is heading.