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Circular economy in the Netherlands

Facts at a glance about the circular economy in the Netherlands.

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More and more renewable energy from biomass

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...

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Share of renewable energy up to 7.4 percent

In 2018, renewable energy sources accounted for 7.4 percent of total Dutch energy consumption, up from 6.6 percent one year previously. More than half of this increase was due to higher biomass...

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Share of renewable energy up to 4 percent

Renewable energy accounted for approximately 4 percent of total domestic energy consumption in the Netherlands last year versus 3.4 percent in 2008.

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Renewable energy consumption up by 16 percent

In 2019, renewable energy consumption in the Netherlands grew by 16 percent to 181 petajoules (PJ) relative to the previous year.

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Share of renewable energy at 6.6 percent

In 2017, renewable energy sources accounted for 6.6 percent of total Dutch energy consumption.

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Monitoring the biobased economy from a macro-economic perspective

This report describes the development, estimation and validation of indicators for a bio-based economy. First a Bio Flow Monitor (BFM) dataset is compiled. From this dataset indicators related to...

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Renewable energy consumption increased to 5.8%

Consumption of renewable energy went up to 5.8 percent in 2015.

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11 percent of energy consumption from renewable sources in 2020

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

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Growing consumption of sustainable energy

The consumption of sustainable energy in the Netherlands increased from 2.9 to 3.4 percent of total domestic energy consumption in 2008.

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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Share renewable energy stable

The share of renewable energy in total energy consumption was 4.4% in 2012, almost the same as in 2011 (4.3%).

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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...

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Production renewable electricity down in 2007

The production of renewable electricity dropped from 6.5 percent of domestic electricity consumption in 2006 to 6.0 percent in 2007.

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Consumption of renewable energy stable

Dutch consumption of renewable energy levelled off in 2007.

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Renewable electricity more and more important

In 2009, generation of renewable electricity has risen to nearly 9 percent of total domestic electricity consumption. The objective of the Dutch government was to raise the share of renewable energy...

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CO2 emissions from biomass burning on the rise

In 2020 the combustion of biomass produced 19 megatonnes of CO2, 16 percent up on the previous year.

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Only 5.5 percent of energy comes from renewable sources

The Netherlands performs poorly when it comes to meeting the targets as agreed upon in the EU Directive Renewable Energy for 2020. In fact, only France does worse. The target set for the Netherlands...

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Renewable energy consumption relatively low in the Netherlands

In 2006, renewable energy made up 2.7 percent of total energy consumption in the Netherlands, distinctly lower than the average of 6.8 percent across the EU-15.

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Share of renewable energy at 5.9% in 2016

Consumption of wind and solar energy rose, consumption of energy from biomass sources decreased slightly

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