Electricity balance sheet; supply and consumption

Electricity balance sheet; supply and consumption

Periods Imports Imports, total (mln kWh) Imports Belgium (mln kWh) Imports Denmark (mln kWh) Imports Germany (mln kWh) Imports United Kingdom (mln kWh) Imports Norway (mln kWh)
2023 February* 1,384 134 287 599 3 362
2023 March* 1,520 240 179 843 12 246
2023 April* 1,480 317 236 669 17 242
2023 May* 1,623 455 210 595 76 286
2023 June* 1,337 402 120 389 164 262
2023 July* 1,704 600 233 378 222 271
2023 August* 1,366 449 146 251 277 242
2023 September* 1,416 304 199 366 331 217
2023 October* 1,890 329 304 812 180 265
2023 November* 1,887 306 150 1,155 107 168
2023 December* 1,811 425 191 958 128 108
2024 January* 1,616 342 110 936 98 131
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

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This table shows the supply of electricity. Consumption of electricity is calculated from the supply variables. The supply of electricity primarily includes production plus imports minus exports. The majority of the electricity produced is supplied to the public electricity grid by, for example, power stations and wind turbines. A smaller part is generated by companies themselves for the benefit of their own business processes. For example, many greenhouse companies generate their own electricity for the lighting of their greenhouses.

The net production is determined as gross production minus the own consumption of electricity. Own consumption is the amount of electricity that a producer or installation consumes during electricity production. The net production is broken down in this table into the following energy sources from which the electricity is produced: nuclear energy, coal, petroleum products, natural gas, biomass, other fuels (non-renewable), hydro power, wind energy, solar photovoltaic and other sources.

Imports and exports are further broken down by country of origin or destination.

The total net consumption of electricity in the Netherlands is calculated as the net production plus imports minus exports and distribution losses.

Data available:
From 1936 per year and from 1976 per month only the total production, imports and exports are known.
Full data per month is available from 2015.

Status of the figures:
- All figures up to and including reporting year 2021 are definite.
- Figures for 2022 are revised provisional.
- Figures for 2023 and further are provisional.

Changes as of March 29th 2024:
Figures for January 2024 have been added.

Changes as of November 14th 2023:
Figures of 2015-2020 have been revised. The revisions relate to the introduction of an improved analysis method in 2022, which has been carried back to 2015. The most remarkable diffrences are in 2018. In this year the relative difference on a monthly basis are up to 15%. However, on a yearly basis the numbers remains constant.


When will new figures be published?
Provisional figures: the second month after the end of the reporting period.
Revised provisional figures: November of the year following the reporting year.
Definite figures: not later than November of the second following year.

Description topics

Imports
Electricity that enters the country via the high-voltage network. The Netherlands has direct connections with Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Norway and Denmark.
Imports, total
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
United Kingdom
Norway