Renewable energy in the Netherlands

rdf:langString Renewable energy in the Netherlands

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rdf:langString Percentage of electricity generated from renewables:

rdf:langString Projected total gross final energy consumption by sector in 2020.

rdf:langString Total electricity production by source:

rdf:langString Total energy production by source in Peta Joules:

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rdf:langString Electricity

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rdf:langString Heating and cooling

rdf:langString Installed wind power in the Netherlands

rdf:langString Cumulative capacity

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rdf:langString Despite the historic usage of wind power to drain water and grind grain, the Netherlands today lags behind all other member states of the European Union in the production of energy from renewable sources. In 2019, the Netherlands produced just 8.6% of its total energy from renewables.[data unknown/missing] According to statistics published by Eurostat, it is the last among the EU countries in the shift away from global warming-inducing energy sources. The leading renewable sources in the country are biomass, wind, solar and both geothermal and aerothermal power (mostly from ground source and air source heat pumps). In 2018 decisions were taken to replace natural gas as the main energy source in the Netherlands with increased electrification being a major part of this process. The low take up of renewable energy may be partially explained by the flat and often sub-sea level landscape and subsequent limits to hydropower resources, although hydro poor resource countries such as Denmark have still managed to make renewables the focus of their energy needs. In 2015, Dutch wind turbines had a total nameplate capacity of 3,431 MW. As of 2017, a number of large offshore windfarms have either come online (Gemini wind farm) or have been granted authorisation (Borssele 1 and 2, and Borssele 3 and 4 wind farms). The total capacity of these windfarms is 11 GW. Most of the tiny contribution made to electricity generation by hydroelectricity came from three power plants. A large part of the renewable electricity sold in the Netherlands comes from Norway, a country which generates almost all its electricity from hydropower plants. In the Netherlands, household consumers can choose to buy renewable electricity. The relative amount of renewable energy used by household users has been steadily increasing, rising from 38% in 2008 to 69% in 2017. One area in which the Netherlands is a relative leader is in the adoption of electric plug in vehicles. In 2019 plug-in electric vehicles in the Netherlands represented 15% of car sales, making it the world's second highest share after Norway. Electric vehicles are able to run on renewable electricity with zero emissions and have the potential to provide grid power storage facilities.