Ministry of Climate and Green Growth

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Sings showing you're entering Moerdijk, 31 March 2018
Politics
Dissolving Moerdijk village was already a compromise; Original plans twice as large
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Power lines at sunset
Business
Business leaders call on Cabinet to fix power grid congestion
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Power lines at sunset
PoliticsBusiness
No new energy grid connections in Utrecht province despite housing shortage
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Gas extraction
PoliticsBusiness
Government reaches deal with NAM to end gas extraction plans in Friesland
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Offshore wind farm
PoliticsBusiness
Not a single company wants to build a Dutch offshore wind farm in the North Sea
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Battery facility for storing renewable energy
BusinessTechInnovation
Number of massive batteries for energy storing rising rapidly in Netherlands
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The ceremonial briefcase traditionally used by the finance minister to carry the Dutch Cabinet's budget proposal to the Tweede Kamer on Prinsjesdag. 7 Sept. 2017
Business
Budget Day leak: Gov't reserves millions for tech industry, compensation for CO2 tax
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Greenhouse gas emissions
PoliticsBusiness
Parliament wants to scrap CO2 levy on Dutch industry
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Power lines at sunset
Business
Grid operator TenneT can't guarantee elctricity supply beyond 2030
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Planes at Schiphol Airport
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch companies emitting more CO2 for the first time in years; Record high for aviation
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Vattenfall Headquarters in Solna, Sweden
PoliticsBusiness
Energy company Vattenfall contemplating selling its heat networks in the Netherlands
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Heating up a pot over a gas stove
Politics
Cabinet extends emergency fund for energy bills in 2025 and 2026
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A nuclear power plant near Borssele, Zeeland in 2019
Politics
Netherlands unlikely to achieve plan for new nuclear power plant by 2035
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Greenhouse gas emissions
BusinessNature
Almost all the heat in the Netherlands comes from fossil energy sources
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Nature
PoliticsTechNatureCultureLifestyle
National Climate Citizens’ Assembly convenes for first session
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A hand adjusts the temperature on a radiator.
PoliticsBusiness
Warmte Alliantie calls for government action to lower costs of district heating
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About 6000 people participate in XR blockade of A12 in The Hague
PoliticsBusiness
Climate activists plan another blockade of A12 in The Hague
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A nuclear power plant near Borssele, Zeeland in 2019
PoliticsBusiness
Dutch government delays decision on location of new nuclear power plants
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Greenhouse gas emissions
PoliticsBusinessTech
Netherlands to spend €185 million on salt firm Nobian’s rapid plan to zero emissions
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Wind turbines seen through the smoke and chimneys of oil refinery Pernis in Rotterdam
Politics
Dutch coalition gov’t faltering yet again, this time over climate policy
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Wind turbines seen through the smoke and chimneys of oil refinery Pernis in Rotterdam
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
MP's, cities, sectors criticize gov't policy putting climate goals further out of reach
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Birds resting on floating array of solar panels in artificial lake Sekdoornse Plas, with power lines and forest in the background. Zwolle, 19 July 2020
PoliticsBusinessTechNature
Dutch gov’t pleads for measures to fix energy grid, but climate targets drifting away
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A heat pump outside a home
BusinessTechNature
Run on heat pumps before subsidy gets cut
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The SCAN exploratory drilling for geothermal energy in Ouder-Amstel in 2023
Politics
Price cap could limit district heating tariffs to get more homes off gas