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Inflation lower due to gas and electricity
The Dutch inflation rate in January 2010 was 0.8 percent. This is 0.3 percent point lower than in December. Inflation fell for the first time in five months.
Prices of electricity and natural gas
Survey description Prices of electricity and natural gas
Less electricity produced
Total electricity production in the Netherlands amounted to 113 billion kWh in 2011. This is 4 percent less than in the previous year. In the four preceding years, electricity production had risen...
Less coal used in production of electricity
In 2016, power stations consumed less coal for the first time since 2011. Coal consumption was 10 percent down on 2015.
Internationalisation Monitor 2021, third quarter – Non-tariff measures
In this Monitor, we offer insight into what NTMs mean in general and to Dutch trade in particular; the effects of NTMs on product quality and costs, and the extent to which NTM-related costs affect...
Key figure estimates for electricity sector (Dutch only)
Customised tables with estimates of financial-economic indicators for the electricity sector and the costs of electricity consumption in the Dutch economy. Results are available on request....
Electricity generation from fossil fuels invariably high
In the period 1998–2008, total electricity generation in the Netherlands increased by 14 percent.
Electricity use 16 times as high as in 1950
Electricity consumption in the Netherlands rose from just over 7 billion kWh in 1950 to 119 billion kWh in 2013, an average increase of 4.5 percent per year. Until 2008, electricity consumption only...
Netherlands net exporter electricity since October 2009
Since October last year, the Netherlands is a net exporter of electricity, because in the last quarter of 2009 more electricity was exported than imported to and from the surrounding countries.
More renewable electricity generated
Last year, 12.2 billion kWh of renewable electricity was generated, i.e. more than 10 percent of total electricity consumption in the Netherlands and just above the production level in 2011.
Stable production of renewable electricity
In 2011 wind energy, hydro power, solar power and biomass produced 12 billion kWh of electricity. This is almost 10 percent of the Dutch consumption of electricity and close to the production in 2010.
Electricity production hits new record
Electricity production in the Netherlands amounted to 118 billion KWh in 2010. This is 4 percent more than in 2009.
Lower renewable electricity production
Last year, 11.8 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of renewable electricity were generated, i.e. 10.1 percent of total electricity consumption in the Netherlands and 0.4 percentage points below the level...
Significant increase generation of electricity in horticulture under glass
In the first three quarters of 2008, decentralised generation of electricity increased by 14 percent relative to the same period one year previously.
More and more renewable electricity generated by wind turbines
Generation of electricity by wind turbines grew by nearly 20 percent last year. According to Statistics Netherlands (CBS) over half of total renewable electricity in 2015 was generated by wind...
Coal for electricity production costs 40 percent more
In the first quarter of 2008 coal used to produce electricity cost 40 percent more than in the same period last year. Coal prices have been rising substantially since the second quarter of 2007.