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The Energy sector

MADE IN HOLLAND

Innovation and partnerships


Innovation and public-private partnerships are key to the Dutch approach: the government, private sector, and academia co-operate on the following priority topics: energy savings in industry and the built environment, gas, smart grids, wind at sea, solar energy and bio energy.

Europes energy hub

LOGISTICAL

PETROCHEMICAL

CENTRE AROUND

heart of Europe

INDUSTRIAL

The Netherlands aims to become Europes bio fuel hub

IN 2012

3.9 MILLION TONNES

BIODIESEL

&

1.4 MILLION TONNES BIO ETHANOL

For:

THROUGHPUT VIA
PORT OF ROTTERDAM

LOCAL USE

TRADING

Gas transportation
12.200 KM
TRANSMISSION

IN EUROPE
DISTRIBUTION FOR
VERY HIGH

MOST DENSE

PIPELINES
TOTAL LENGTH

1 2 3
0,8

QUALITY

PIPELINES 136.400 KM

DISTRIBUTION

The Netherlands is...


DUTCH INDUSTRY IS...

Due to voluntary agreements with government over efficiency...

...one of the most


ENERGY-EFFICIENT

EFFICIENCY

rld o W e h t in

THE G AS

TION OF ICA B IF

The Netherlands is establishing itself as a...


LEADER IN GREEN GAS TECHNOLOGY

ENERGY COMPANY

BY DUTCH

EUROPEAN NATURAL GAS RESERVES

GAS CONSUMED IN EUROPE

almost

30%
are in the Netherlands

CUBIC METERS IN 2012

25.3 BILLION
2 25.300.000.000 m2

20%

to

15%

comes from the Netherlands

Renewable sources

9.7% ARE RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES


IN 2011

TOTAL NET ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION

IN THE NETHERLANDS

THE MOST SIGNIFICANT

BIO-ENERGY

5.4%

WIND ENERGY

4.3%

Converting waste

7.2 MILLION TONS


OF MUNICIPAL WASTE

AND CLEAN 13 EFFICIENT WASTE INCINERATORS

IS CONVERTED IN:

REUSABLE RESOURCES
FROM THE ASHES

TO POWER, HEAT &

Oil-refining
THE NETHERLANDS

AS A MAJOR OIL-REFINING CENTRE IN E URO PE

PLAYS A KEY ROLE

With an extensive supply network of:


PORTS STORAGE PIPELINES

playing a critical role for oil supplies to the continent

For further information regarding this sector: www.hollandtrade.com/energy

www.hollandtrade.com is an official website of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands.

NETWORK GAS

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