Energy

In the coming years the Dutch Government aims to increase the proportion of green energy we use, and decrease our dependence on oil, gas, wind, biomass and nuclear power, despite rising energy consumption. We must make the best use of our strong energy sector to deliver growth, jobs and revenues.

News

EU endorses safety of Borssele nuclear plant

Experts from several European countries have endorsed the results of the stress test carried out on the Borssele nuclear plant. ...

08-05-2012 | EL&I

‘Abolition of import duty on sustainable palm oil’

The Netherlands will urge the European Commission in Brussels to abolish European import duty on sustainably-produced crude palm ...

19-12-2011 | EL&I

Borssele nuclear power plant passes stress test

Operator EPZ has carried out complementary safety analysis on the Borssele nuclear plant for unlikely risks such as extreme ...

02-11-2011 | EL&I

Strengthening the Dutch economy

The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation (EL&I) promotes the Netherlands as a country of enterprise with a ...

20-09-2011 | EL&I

Rosenthal and Greenland premier discuss energy and resources

Kuupik Kleist, Premier of Greenland, visited foreign minister Uri Rosenthal today. Mr Rosenthal emphasised that the Netherlands is ...

01-09-2011 | BZ

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Documents and publications

The composition of low calorific gas in the more distant future and the requirements for gas appliances covered by the Gas Appliances Directive

This appendix sets out the composition of low calorific gas as network operators can distribute it via the public gas grid from ...

Parliamentary document | 13-03-2012 | EL&I

Long-term policy on gas composition

This letter sets out the cabinet’s policy on the long-term change to the composition of low calorific gas that is distributed via ...

Parliamentary document | 13-03-2012 | EL&I

The Netherlands’ National Report on the Post – Fukushima stress test for Borssele NPP

National Report of the Kingdom of the Netherlands on the post-Fukushima ‘stress test’ of the Borssele (one unit) Nuclear Power ...

Report | 20-12-2011 | EL&I

The Dutch gashub - Connecting Northwest Europe with the global gas market

This publication describes in a nutshell what the Netherlands has  to offer in the field of gas to countries and companies around ...

Leaflet | 07-12-2011 | EL&I

Energy Report 2011

The Energy report 2011 contains measures to make the Netherlands less dependence on fossil fuels.

Report | 04-11-2011 | EL&I

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