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Electricity production from renewable sources such as sun, wind and biomass rose by 10 percent to 61 billion kWh in 2024.

Production and capacity of renewable energy Hydro power, wind energy, solar energy, biomass

On 31 January 2025 Statistics Netherlands (CBS) published, for the first time, a figure on renewable cooling in the Netherlands according to the definitions of the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive....

Renewable energy; final consumption energy sources/techniques, energy application

Production of electricity and heat, input of energy commodities Central/decentral production, energy commodities

Electricity production from renewable sources increased to 32.3 billion kWh in the first half of 2024.

In 2023, renewable energy accounted for 17 percent of gross national energy consumption in the Netherlands.

In 2023, 48 percent of electricity was generated from renewable sources such as solar, wind and water.

Material flow accounts, environmental accounts, biomass, minerals, metals biomassa, metalen, mineralen, materiaalstromen, grondstof, halffabrikaat

Average energy prices for consumers Natural gas, electricity

Environmental activities, environmental domain, environmental services EGSS, environmental sector, recycling

In 2022, energy production from solar panels rose by 46 percent on the previous year. This was mainly due to the use of new solar panels.

In 2022, renewable energy accounted for 15 percent of gross national energy consumption. This was still 13 percent in the previous year.

In 2022, electricity production from renewable sources increased by 20 percent year on year.

In Q2 2022, electricity production from coal increased by 40 percent year on year.

In 2021, the Dutch environmental sector represented a value added of 22.3 billion euros, contributing roughly 2.6 percent to gross domestic product (GDP).

In 2021, renewable energy accounted for 12 percent of total energy consumption in the Netherlands.

In 2021, electricity production declined by 2.2 billion kWh year on year, to 117.9 billion kWh.

In 2020, the consumption of energy from biomass resources such as biogas, biopetrol, the green part of household waste or wood products rose by 10 percent on the previous year, reaching a total of...

Almost all Dutch people aged 18 and over believe the climate is changing; 6 percent do not believe in climate change or are unsure.

In 2020, renewable energy accounted for 11.1 percent of total Dutch energy consumption.

The Dutch environmental sector represented a value added of 18.8 billion euros in 2019, contributing approximately 2.3 percent to gross domestic product (GDP).

In 2020, net electricity production was 1.3 billion kWh higher than in 2019, reaching the highest level ever measured.

In 2020, electricity production from renewable sources increased by 40 percent year-on-year.

In Q3 2020, net electricity production was 3.8 billion kWh higher than in Q3 2019.