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Energy in the Netherlands
Author | Min. EZ |
Date | August 1992 |
Classification | 1.01.0.00/73 (GENERAL) |
Front |
From the publication:
Energy in the Netherlands "Energy in the Netherlands" is an introduction to the energy policy of a small, prosperous and densely populated country. A country which is characterized not only by windmills and polders but also by refineries and ports. The importance of energy in the Netherlands emerges from the fact that the total energy costs in this country amount to almost 40 billion guilders against a gross national product of 509 billion guilders (1990). lt also emerges for example from the possession of an important energy resource: natural gas. Since 1974, the cumulative income to the Netherlands State generated by natural gas has exceeded 200 billion guilders. After the former USSR, the USA and Canada, the Netherlands is the world's fourth biggest producer of natural gas. Accordingly, Dutch natural gas makes an important contribution to Dutch energy supplies as well as to those of Europe as a whole. The Netherlands also plays an important role in supplying crude oil to Western Europe. This role is related to the refining and transport of oil originating from abroad. Although the windmills from times past may suggest otherwise, the role of wind energy is nevertheless a limited one. Coal, gas, oil, nuclear, wind ... each of these forms of energy has its own potentials and its own limitations. Indeed, to decide on the best possible "energy package" is one of the challenges to energy policy. After all, one of the tasks of that policy is to make sure that future generations will also be able to meet their energy requirements. Creating the conditions for an affordable, reliable and clean energy supply, today and tomorrow, is therefore to be regarded as the key message of "Energy in the Netherlands".
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