Over the last decade, renewable energy consumption increased in the Netherlands. In 2021, the
reached 13 percent, that is an increase of roughly 45 percent in comparison with the consumption share registered in 2019. Furthermore, the Netherlands has tripled its
in the last four years. Although the country has made significant progress in the last years, it still remain far behind other countries in the European Union.
Renewable energy capacity
The Netherlands mostly generated power from renewable sources such as wind, solar energy, and biomass. In 2021,
electricity generated from wind in the Netherlands amounted to roughly 18 terawatt-hours. The
electric production derived from photovoltaic power, on the other hand, stood at 17.7 terawatt-hours in 2022. Although the
production of electricity derived from biomass is smaller than that of wind and solar, the Netherlands produced 7.9 terawatt-hours of electricity through solid biomass in 2021.
Energy consumption in the Netherlands
To this day, the Netherlands mainly consumes energy derived from oil or natural gas. In 2021,
oil consumption in the Netherlands stood at 742 thousand oil barrels per day and
natural gas consumption reached 35.1 billion cubic meters. Natural gas is also the most used
source for electricity generation in the country. In 2022, almost 40 percent of the electricity produced came from natural gas. Although it is a large share, wind and solar rank second and third in the country's electricity mix. Together they account for over 30 percent of electricity generation in the Netherlands, a share that has been increasing rapidly in the last years.
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