Energy consumption in the Netherlands

The most important figure in the energy balance of the Netherlands is the total consumption of

108.80 billion kWh

of electric energy per year. Per capita this is an average of 6,205 kWh.

The Netherlands could be self-sufficient with domestically produced energy. The total production of all electric energy producing facilities is 109 bn kWh, which is 100 percent of the country's own usage. Despite this, the Netherlands trade energy with foreign countries. Along with pure consumption, the production, imports and exports play an important role. Other energy sources, such as natural gas or crude oil are also used.

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Energy Balance

Electricity	total	Netherlands per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	108.80 bn kWh	6,205.43 kWh	11,756.77 kWh
Production	109.30 bn kWh	6,233.94 kWh	12,338.29 kWh
Import	24.26 bn kWh	1,383.67 kWh	219.11 kWh
Export	19.34 bn kWh	1,103.06 kWh	29.21 kWh
100.0% of the country's population (as of 2020) has access to electricity.
Crude Oil	Barrel/day	Netherlands per capita	USA per capita
Production	18,000.00 bbl	0.001 bbl	0.033 bbl
Import	1.09 m bbl	0.062 bbl	0.024 bbl
Export	7,984.00 bbl	0.000 bbl	0.003 bbl
In 2018 there were still 81.13 m barrels of recoverable but not yet used crude oil reserves in the currently known deposits of the Netherlands. Worldwide, there are still proved oil reserves totaling around 1.6 tn billion barrels. The Netherlands therefore has a share of 0.005% and ranks 72nd out of 98 countries with crude oil reserves.
Natural Gas	Cubic meters	Netherlands per capita	USA per capita
Own consumption	43.38 bn m³	2,474.19 m³	2,312.79 m³
Production	45.33 bn m³	2,585.40 m³	2,328.46 m³
Import	51.00 bn m³	2,908.79 m³	259.57 m³
Export	51.25 bn m³	2,923.05 m³	270.27 m³

CO₂ emissions

	CO₂ emissions in 2019	Netherlands per capita	USA per capita
total	146.34 m t	8.44 t	14.67 t

Development of CO₂ emissions from 1960 to 2019 in million tons
See also: CO₂ equivalents by country

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities for electric energy have a theoretical value, which can only be obtained under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants.

In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient under clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	total in the Netherlands	Percentage in the Netherlands	Percentage USA	per capita in the Netherlands	per capita USA
Fossil fuels	224.50 bn kWh	75,0 %	70,0 %	12,804.22 kWh	20,083.19 kWh
Nuclear power	2.99 bn kWh	1,0 %	9,0 %	170.72 kWh	2,582.12 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,0 %	0.00 kWh	2,008.32 kWh
Renewable energy	68.85 bn kWh	23,0 %	14,0 %	3,926.63 kWh	4,016.64 kWh
Other energy sources	2.99 bn kWh	1,0 %	0,0 %	170.72 kWh	0.00 kWh
Total production capacity	299.33 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	17,072.29 kWh	28,690.27 kWh
Actual total production	109.30 bn kWh	36.5 %	43.0 %	6,233.94 kWh	12,338.29 kWh

Usage of renewable energies

Renewable energy includes wind, solar, biomass and geothermal energy sources. This means all energy sources that renew themselves within a short time or are permanently available. Energy from hydropower is only partly a renewable energy. This is certainly the case with river or tidal power plants. Otherwise, numerous dams or reservoirs also produce mixed forms, e.g. by pumping water into their reservoirs at night and recovering energy from them during the day when there is an increased demand for electricity. Since it is not possible to clearly determine the amount of generated energy, all energy from hydropower is displayed separately.

In 2019, renewable energy accounted for around 8.5 percent of actual total consumption in the Netherlands. The following chart shows the percentage share from 1990 to 2019:

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