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Renewables 2020
…projects compensates for the decline in rooftop additions resulting from individuals and companies reprioritising investments. Wind and solar PV additions are set to jump by 30% in both the People’s Republic of China (“China”) and the United States as developers rush to complete projects before changes in policy take effect.The renewables industry has adapted quickly to the challenges of the Covid crisis. We have revised the IEA forecast for global renewable capacity additions in 2020 upwards by 18% from our previous update in May. Supply chain disruptions and construction delays slowed the progress of renewable energy projects i...
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The Netherlands 2020
…from across Dutch society.
The Netherlands has made notable progress on its transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Thanks to increasing energy efficiency, energy demand shows signs of decoupling from economic growth. In addition, the share of energy from renewable sources doubled between 2008 and 2019. However, the Netherlands remains heavily reliant on fossil fuels and has a concentration of energy- and emission-intensive industries that will be hard to decarbonise. In this report, the IEA provides a range of energy policy recommendations to help the Netherlands smoothly manage the transition to an efficient and flexible carbon-neutral energy system…
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The Netherlands’ Effort to Phase Out and Rationalise its Fossil-Fuel Subsidies
…with their long-standing record of tracking and analysing fossil-fuel subsidies and their experience in the G20 peer reviews, facilitate the review process, in consultation with other stakeholders.This report is the principal outcome of this peer review process, reflecting the IEA and OECD review team's in-person discussions with officials from the Netherlands, but also deliberations among the review team and consultations with stakeholders. After summarising the key aspects of the Netherland’s energy landscape, the report analyses in detail the subsidies and other measures that the Netherlands and the review team have identified in the course…
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Netherlands' legislation on oil security
Introduction The Netherlands utilises a multi-layered legislative approach to oil supply emergencies. While the 2012 Law on Stockpiling Petroleum Products (LSPP) provides the primary legislative framework, further details are spelled out by the 1979 Law on the Implementation of the International Energy Programme (LIEP), the 1939 Distribution Law (DL), the 1990 Regulation on Traffic Rules and Transport (RTRT) and by the 1950 Law on Economic Offences (LEO). Relevant domestic legislation Related domestic legislation Relevant European Union legislation Other related links Circumstances triggering operation of the emergency response system Article 2(1) LIEP allows for the Dutch emergency response system…