Power Solutions

Here is how this works in practice. We source production power options — silent and standard diesel power packs, battery and hybrid power systems, mains tie-ins and the cabling to deliver them — from Dutch rental vendors in the Amsterdam and Rotterdam production clusters. Our team sizes the supply to the production's lighting and gear load and configures it for the EU-standard 230V/50Hz mains used across the Netherlands. Where a building tie-in is ready we use it. Where it is not, we specify power packs and plan refuelling and placement.

Here is the breakdown. For pro or high-capacity power not held in-country, gear moves freely by road from neighbouring Germany and Belgium under the EU single market, with no carnet needed for intra-EU transport, and hire from Dutch vendors counts as qualifying spend under the 35% The country Film Production Rebates.

Here is the short of it. Powering a shoot in the Netherlands means planning around weather and access. The temperate maritime climate is persistently wet and windy, so power packs are positioned on stable, drained ground — important in a low-lying country of polders and dikes — and covered against the frequent rain, with cable runs matted and weatherproofed. Many Dutch shoots favour silent power packs and battery or hybrid systems for shoots in residential Amsterdam, the canal ring and covered natural areas like the Wadden Islands, where noise and emissions are a real concern.

The flat, open terrain along the North Sea coast leaves power gear exposed to wind, so units are secured. Amsterdam's narrow streets and bridges limit where a power packs truck can park. We plan placement and cable routing for each location.