Water managers who pioneer with new energy sources often encounter legal bottlenecks. In addition to the existing investigation of Berenschot, the Union of Water Boards (Unie van Waterschappen) has conducted an inventory of legal issues. The results are bundled and shared so that water boards can learn from each other.

At the end of 2019, RenewabLAW was commissioned to make an inventory among the water boards, which projects have been carried out in the past period and which legal bottlenecks are or have been involved. Subjects that emerge in any case are: procurement issues, participation and state aid, and setting up a separate legal entity for the benefit of cooperation with third parties.
Jan Albert Timmerman, Nold Jaeger and Jeroen Stehouwer are working on this assignment on behalf of RenewabLAW.