Power of solar panels increases considerably

The total capacity of the solar panels in the Netherlands increased by more than half in 2018. This growth has mainly been realized by companies. The new figures from Statistics Netherlands also show that more solar panels are still being purchased.

The capacity of the solar panels in the Netherlands has grown by 2018 megawatts in 1.500 to 4.400 megawatts. The increase came to 71% for companies and 37% for homes. The fact that the growth of the companies is greater is mainly due to the construction of solar parks.

The construction of solar parks has also grown explosively last year. The number of solar parks in 2017 amounted to 22, where that increased to 2018 in 65. In addition, it appears that 2018% of the power generated by companies in 20 came from solar parks. In 2017 it was still 9%.

No figures on agricultural companies
Many solar panels can also be found on and near agricultural companies. However, Statistics Netherlands has no figures on the capacity of the solar panels on these agricultural companies. Out calculations it turns out that about 10% of Dutch agricultural land needs to be filled with solar panels to achieve the energy targets of 2050.

Anne-Jan Doorn

Anne Jan Doorn is an arable expert at Boerenbusiness. He writes about the various arable farming markets and also focuses on the land and energy market.

aj.doorn@boerenbusiness. Nl

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