Natural gas is the most used source for electricity production in the Netherlands. In 2023, 38 percent of total electricity generation was gas-based. By comparison, wind power ranked second with 24 percent. That year, nearly 60 percent of electricity production in the Netherlands was derived from fossil fuels.
August 2024
Netherlands
2023
Solar includes both solar thermal and solar photovoltaic generation.Â
Bioenergy includes generation from combustible renewables and may include waste generation (renewable and non-renewable).
Other renewables generation includes geothermal, tidal and wave generation.
Other fossil includes oil and petroleum products generation, as well as manufactured gases.
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Wind power
Photovoltaic and solar thermal energy
Bioenergy
Geothermal and aerothermal energy
Hydropower
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