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From minnow to colossus

When looking at European Union renewable energy statistics, the Netherlands was, and still is in many ways, the laughingstock of Europe. But in recent years the country has come to rank near the top in solar deployments. In 2021 this small nation may even surpass neighboring Germany with new installed capacity. Rolf Heynen, the CEO of Dutch New Energy Research, takes a look at what is going on.

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pv magazine

09 Mar 2021

Annual installed solar capacity: Netherlands

Image: Dutch New Energy Research

From afar, the Netherlands’ progress towards its national renewable energy targets doesn’t look great. In the European rankings, only Malta and Luxembourg produce less renewable energy as a percentage of gross final energy consumption. So how is it possible then, that this small country is close to surpassing Germany’s annual solar installations of 4.88 GW …

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