That state’s energy agenda that minister Henk Kamp (Economic Affairs) Wednesday has been published.
The government wants the energy demand reduction with energy savings and the promotion of renewable electricity and renewable heat. As the number of wind turbines at sea have been further extended.
also, void the legal obligation for connection to the gas network. There are no longer automatically check for new grids constructed for new housing estates. This should be the use of gas reducing. Grid operators can now be mandatory for houses to connect to natural gas.
Sustainable cars
in Addition, seeks the government to ensure that in 2035 only durable cars sold in the Netherlands.
it is Also the intention that the railway sector is fully on and the green power switch and that new public transport buses from 2025 only drive on renewable energy or biofuel.
to Further secure fietsverbindingen and investments in bicycle parking facilities the Dutch are more attractive for cycling. Of give the road haulier and the aviation industry is a move to more sustainable fuels is expected.
Also will the government energy saving by the industry, “vigorously promote”. Goal is to make production processes so that the emission of CO2 is reduced. The CO2 still is emitted, can according to the cabinet be stored in empty aardgasvelden in the North sea.
And for those consumers who self-generate power, is more attractive to store energy. So they can sell energy if there is a great demand or at a later time consume.
Investments
“The transition to a CO2-poor energy supply is permanently deployed, there is no way back,” says Camp. “We must realize that the transition to a CO2-poor economy, large investments are required.”
The government wants to with policy in which the shift to a more sustainable energy supply outweigh the costs, and also remains affordable for citizens and businesses. “The cost savings created by wind on the sea has already shown that this is possible,” says Camp.
Because of calculations about the costs of the energy transition be very divergent, the government will, additional research is carried out. The results of the study will be mid-2017 is expected.
Security
“Companies and local governments have certainty needed in order for their plans to be able to tune in. Following cabinets will still have a lot to work out, but we lay the foundation that they will continue to work,” says Kamp.
Camp promises with parties concerned, to talk to make arrangements for the implementation of the policy.
Skinny
Environmental groups found the plan of Camp little ambitious. Milieudefensie is pleased with the steps for residential gas-free, but by 2050, too late.
Nature & Environment speaks of a “poor’s energy agenda, which too few building blocks for the climate change problem effectively tackle”. Greenpeace finds “the direction is good, but the how is missing”.
Concrete goals for energy saving, sustainable energy and a higher CO2 price would be according to the organizations lack. Thus, cross’s energy agenda “pale” against the ambitious measures taken last year in Paris, agreed to.
PvdA
Also the Labour called the plans “a ambitieloos story”. The social democrats believe that Camp the emission of carbon dioxide is not fast enough reduce. Camp would, inter alia, that in 2035 no cars be sold to fossil fuel. The PvdA wants the deadline to do this ten years earlier, in 2025.
D66 Member of parliament Stientje van Veldhoven stated in a comment that there is “a big hole” is in the plans of Camp. “The closing of coal-fired power plants is the cheapest and smartest way to reduce CO2 emissions”, says Van Veldhoven. According to her it is without the closing of coal-fired power plants impossible to reduce the CO2 emissions effectively to reduce.
in Addition, she finds that the plan “ambitieloos” is in the field of electric driving. The party thinks it’s good that housing will no longer be required on the gas system connected need to be.
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