Significantly more wind energy generated in 2017

The generation of electricity from renewable energy increased by 2017% in 10. The generation of wind energy in particular increased considerably, while less electricity is being produced from biomass. This is apparent from preliminary figures from Statistics Netherlands.

Wind energy production increased by 16% last year to 9,6 billion kilowatt hours (kWh). The increase is mainly due to the expansion of wind farms in 2016. In 2017, the capacity of wind energy remained more or less the same. Of the total wind capacity, 3,2 thousand megawatts is on land and barely 1.000 megawatts at sea.

More sustainable energy
The production of solar energy increased from 1,6 to 2,1 billion kWh. In contrast, the share of renewable energy from biomass decreased by 6% to 4,7 billion kWh. On balance, the share of sustainably generated energy, relative to total energy consumption, rose by 1,3 percentage points to 13,8%.

Wouter Job

Wouter Baan is editor-in-chief of Boerenbusiness. He also focuses on dairy, pig and meat markets. He also follows (business) developments within agribusiness and interviews CEOs and policymakers.

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