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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.
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.
Energy balance sheet; supply, transformation and consumption, 1995-2013
Energy commodities reported into petajoules (PJ) and physical units by energy consumers and balance sheet items.
Primary energy source
Energy source extracted from nature, such as oil, natural gas, coal and forms of renewable energy such as wind and water power.
Energy consumption; components, branch, 2011-2016
Energy consumption, supply, transformation, final consumption, delivery Energy commodities, natural gas, electricity, renewable, oil, companies
Kerosene type jet fuel
Fuel for aeroplanes with an aviation turbine power unit.
Renewable energy consumption increased to 5.8%
Consumption of renewable energy went up to 5.8 percent in 2015.
Fall in environmental costs for companies comes to a halt
Dutch companies have invested substantially in improving air, water and soil quality in recent years. As a result of environmental subsidies, environment-related costs paid by companies have not...
Consumption of renewable energy stable
Dutch consumption of renewable energy levelled off in 2007.
No increase share renewable energy in 2013
Last year, 4.5 percent of total Dutch energy consumption was generated by means of renewable energy sources, i.e. the same as in 2012.
Consumption of renewable energy stable
Dutch consumption of renewable energy levelled off in 2007.
Electricity generation from fossil fuels invariably high
In the period 1998–2008, total electricity generation in the Netherlands increased by 14 percent.
Employment rising in sustainable energy sector
Just over 45 thousand people (in full-time equivalents) were employed in the Dutch sustainable energy sector in 2013. This is 24 percent more than in 2008. In the remainder of the economy employment...
Employment in environmental sector up
Developments in the area of Green Growth
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%).