Renewable energy; consumption by energy source, technology and application

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Energy sources and techniques Energy application Final consumption (TJ) Final consumption relative (% total energy cons.)
Tot renewable excl statistical transfer Total energy applications 361,066 20.18
Electricity 217,669 12.17
Heating and cooling 101,219 5.66
Transport 42,178 2.36
Tot renewable incl statistical transfer Total energy applications 361,066 20.18
Electricity
Heating and cooling
Transport
Statistical transfer Total energy applications
Electricity
Heating and cooling
Transport
Total, including non-renewables Total energy applications 1,789,258
Electricity 430,643
Heating and cooling 897,784
Transport .
Hydro power Total energy applications 300 0.02
Electricity 300 0.02
Heating and cooling
Transport
Wind energy, total Total energy applications 115,924 6.48
Electricity 115,924 6.48
Heating and cooling
Transport
Wind energy on shore Total energy applications 61,912 3.46
Electricity 61,912 3.46
Heating and cooling
Transport
Wind energy off shore Total energy applications 54,011 3.02
Electricity 54,011 3.02
Heating and cooling
Transport
Solar energy Total energy applications 79,713 4.46
Electricity 78,560 4.39
Heating and cooling 1,153 0.06
Transport
Solar photovoltaic Total energy applications 78,560 4.39
Electricity 78,560 4.39
Heating and cooling
Transport
Solar thermal, total Total energy applications 1,153 0.06
Electricity
Heating and cooling 1,153 0.06
Transport
Total geothermal energy Total energy applications 14,574 0.81
Electricity
Heating and cooling 14,574 0.81
Transport
Deep geothermal heat Total energy applications 7,478 0.42
Electricity
Heating and cooling 7,478 0.42
Transport
Total shallow geothermal energy Total energy applications 7,096 0.40
Electricity
Heating and cooling 7,096 0.40
Transport
Aerothermal heat Total energy applications 22,507 1.26
Electricity
Heating and cooling 22,507 1.26
Transport
Renewable cooling Total energy applications 6,344 0.35
Electricity
Heating and cooling 6,344 0.35
Transport
Total biomass Total energy applications 121,704 6.80
Electricity 22,885 1.28
Heating and cooling 56,642 3.17
Transport 42,178 2.36
Municipal waste; renewable fraction Total energy applications 15,851 0.89
Electricity 6,779 0.38
Heating and cooling 9,072 0.51
Transport
Co-firing of biomass in electr. plants Total energy applications 12,910 0.72
Electricity 11,628 0.65
Heating and cooling 1,282 0.07
Transport
Total biomass households Total energy applications 16,155 0.90
Electricity
Heating and cooling 16,155 0.90
Transport
Biomass households, open fireplaces Total energy applications 1,642 0.09
Electricity
Heating and cooling 1,642 0.09
Transport
Biomass households, inserts Total energy applications 2,218 0.12
Electricity
Heating and cooling 2,218 0.12
Transport
Biomass households, wood stoves Total energy applications 9,598 0.54
Electricity
Heating and cooling 9,598 0.54
Transport
Biomass households, pellet stoves Total energy applications 2,428 0.14
Electricity
Heating and cooling 2,428 0.14
Transport
Biomass households, charcoal use Total energy applications 270 0.02
Electricity
Heating and cooling 270 0.02
Transport
Source: CBS.
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Table explanation


This table expresses the use of renewable energy as gross final consumption of energy. Figures are presented in an absolute way, as well as related to the total energy use in the Netherlands.
The total gross final energy consumption in the Netherlands (the denominator used to calculate the percentage of renewable energy per ‘Energy sources and techniques’) can be found in the table as ‘Total, including non-renewables’ and Energy application ‘Total’.
The gross final energy consumption for the energy applications ‘Electricity’ and ‘Heat’ are also available. With these figures the percentages of the different energy sources and applications can be calculated; these values are not available in this table.
The gross final energy consumption for ‘Transport’ is not available because of the complexity to calculate this. More information on this can be found in the yearly publication ‘Hernieuwbare energie in Nederland’.

Renewable energy is energy from wind, hydro power, the sun, the earth, heat from outdoor air and biomass. This is energy from natural processes that is replenished constantly.

The figures are broken down into energy source/technique and into energy application (electricity, heat and transport).

This table focuses on the share of renewable energy according to the EU Renewable Energy Directive. Under this directive, countries can apply an administrative transfer by purchasing renewable energy from countries that have consumed more renewable energy than the agreed target. For 2020, the Netherlands has implemented such a transfer by purchasing renewable energy from Denmark. This transfer has been made visible in this table as a separate energy source/technique and two totals are included; a total with statistical transfer and a total without statistical transfer.

Figures for 2020 and before were calculated based on RED I; in accordance with Eurostat these figures will not be modified anymore. Inconsistencies with other tables undergoing updates may occur.

Data available from:
1990

Status of the figures:
This table contains definite figures up to and including 2024.

Changes as of June 9th 2026:
Following the transition from RED II to RED III, figures for 2024 and earlier years will no longer be updated, in accordance with European agreements. As a result the figures of 2024 become definite.

Changes as of December 2025:
Figures on biomass boilers for heat only have been revised, resulting in a slight increase for 2021.

Changes as of November 2025:
Figures have been revised from 2021 – 2022 and updated for 2023 -2024 The revision concerns improved data on (bio)diesel oil consumption by mobile equipment in the construction and services sectors. This results in a shift of biodiesel consumption in energy application transport to energy application heating and cooling. These changes amount to a few PJ.

Changes as of june 2025:
Figures for 2024 have been added.

Changes as of January 2025:
Renewable cooling has been added as Energy source and technique from 2021 onwards, in accordance with RED II. Figures for 2020 and earlier follow RED I definitions, renewable cooling isn’t a part of these definitions.
The energy application “Heat” has been renamed to “Heating and cooling”, in accordance with RED II definitions.
RED II is the current Renewable Energy Directive which entered into force in 2021.

When will new figures be published?
Provisional figures on the gross final consumption of renewable energy in broad outlines for the previous year are published each year in June. Revised provisional figures for the previous year appear each year in June.

In November all figures on the consumption of renewable energy in the previous year will be published. These figures remain revised provisional, definite figures appear in November two years after the reporting year. Most important (expected) changes between revised provisional figures in November and definite figures a year later are the figures on solar photovoltaic energy. The figures on the share of total energy consumption in the Netherlands could also still be changed by the availability of adjusted figures on total energy consumption.

Description topics

Final consumption
In this table, the unit TeraJoule (TJ) is used. This equals 1,000,000,000,000 joules (10 to the power of 12). A joule is a unit of energy equivalent to 0.24 calories. A TJ is equivalent to 31 600 cubic meters of natural gas or 278 000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.
Final consumption relative
Gross final consumption of renewable energy as percentage of total gross final energetic energy consumption, calculated according the definitions from the EU directive on renewable energy from 2009. Total gross final energetic energy consumption is the sum of three parts:
1. Energetic final use of the end use sectors manufacturing industry (excluding refineries), households, services, agriculture, fishing and transport.
2. Distribution losses of electricity and heat
3. Own use of electricity and heat by the producers of electricity and sold heat.