More and more electricity comes from wind and solar power generated

It depends figures from the Central Bureau of Statistics (SCS). According to the statistics office, 40% of total electricity production comes from renewable sources, up from 33% a year earlier.

Favorable weather conditions

Of these, solar generation increased by 54% and wind generation increased by 17%.

According to Statistics Netherlands, this is largely due to the increase in electricity generation capacity from renewable sources and is also due to more favorable wind conditions which guarantee the yield.

Production from biomass has decreased

Although more and more electricity is generated from solar and wind power, electricity generation from natural gas, coal and oil remains the most important.

Electricity generation from biomass and hydroelectricity declined last year. In 2021, biomass and hydroelectricity together still produced 9.89 billion kilowatt hours, and in 2022 this figure will be reduced to 8.61 billion kilowatt hours.

Total electricity production in 2022 remained the same compared to the previous year.

Stagnating coal-fired power generation

Electricity generation from fossil fuels was 67 billion kilowatt hours last year. Natural gas production fell 16% to 47 billion kilowatt hours.

Coal generated electricity production of 16 billion kilowatt hours, the same as the previous year. The lifting of the maximum production in coal-fired power plants, since June 2022, has played a role in this, according to Statistics Netherlands.