Over half of Dutch electricity comes from renewable: CBS

Renewable energy represents an increasing share of Dutch electricity production, exceeding 50% in 2024, according to the new figures from the National Agency for Statistics CBS.

Of the 120 billion kilowatts of electricity generated in the Netherlands last year, over half came from non-fossil fuel sources, such as sunlight, wind and biomass. Fuel -based electricity production decreased by 4%, found CBS.

In April last year, the time of wind and sunny increased the renewable energy quota to 63%.

In particular, wind energy has shown a strong growth, increasing its share of total production by 13%. The share of solar energy has also increased, despite relatively a few sunny days.

Ten years ago, fossil fuel sources produced 83% of all the electricity in the Netherlands. In 2030, at least 70% of electricity must come from renewable sources, according to climatic agreement, with complete neutrality of CO2 by 2050.

While the provisions of renewable energy are on the way, Dutch electricity companies are facing network capacity problems and asked for internal and business customers. reduce energy consumption Between 16:00 and 21:00.