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Increase in imports of technology for energy transition
The Netherlands imported technological products for use in the energy transition worth a total of 16.6 billion euros in 2023, which was 13 percent more than in 2022.
Power from solar panels increased slightly in 2023
Total installed solar panel capacity grew less than in 2022.
China top supplier of products containing critical raw materials
China is the largest supplier of products that contain critical raw materials (CRMs), such as solar panels.
The Netherlands largest importer of Chinese solar panels
The Netherlands is the world’s largest importer of solar panels. Eighty-nine percent of the solar panels come from China.
46 percent more solar energy production in 2022
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.
Business solar capacity now exceeds residential
In 2019, the installed capacity of commercial and industrial solar systems exceeded that of home solar systems for the first time. Total installed capacity grew by 2,265 to 6,874 megawatts (MW).
Substantial increase in use of solar panels
The number of solar panels installed in the Netherlands has grown further in 2011. Total capacity was raised by 40 megawatts, i.e. twice as much as in 2010.
Solar electricity not very popular in the Netherlands
Since the subsidy on solar electricity systems was abolished in 2003, sales of solar electricity systems on the Dutch market have plummeted. Last year, few new systems were added. Nevertheless, Dutch...
Deep learning for solar panel detection
How to improve the estimate of the total amount of solar energy generated in the Netherlands. One of these projects is Deep Solaris. In this project, we evaluated several Deep Learning methods to...
An innovative way to estimate solar energy yields
An innovative way to estimate solar energy yields
Using Website texts to detect Innovative Companies
Producing an overview of innovative companies in a country is a challenging task.
Automatically detect solar panels with aerial photos
Solar power is an important renewable energy source. This article explains the research conducted by Statistics Netherlands to map the numbers and locations of solar panels more accurately using deep...