Comments on: Netherlands: A silver lining for renewables? https://energytransition.org/2017/02/netherlands-a-silver-lining-for-renewables/ The Global Energiewende Fri, 20 Oct 2017 12:16:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 By: heinbloed https://energytransition.org/2017/02/netherlands-a-silver-lining-for-renewables/#comment-5188 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 09:50:52 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=14456#comment-5188 The energy politics of the Netherlands are of a colonial style, the transport of the merchants isn’t tackled at all. Neither the growing number of (mega-) trucks or ships or aeroplanes, for example is the expansion of the airport Schiphol still going ahead.

Austria has banned the expansion of Vienna airport Schwechat yesterday, the emissions causing climate change being the major reason:

http://diepresse.com/home/wirtschaft/recht/5167515/Keine-dritte-Piste-fuer-den-Flughafen-Wien-Schwechat

The Dutch merchants blow the CO2 into the air whenever and wherever they please to do so, RE’s imported are quoted as greening the national balance sheet. For example are the Netherlands the main buyer for German electricity:

https://www.ise.fraunhofer.de/content/dam/ise/de/documents/publications/studies/Stromerzeugung_2016.pdf

but the emissions stay in Germany’s balance sheets. And not in the atmosphere ….

The Dutch crown and state is still holding their protective hands over Royal Dutch Shell (gas field Groningen!) and over the atom Mafia as well.
The Dutch public holds shares in their very undertakers.

]]> By: Mike Parr https://energytransition.org/2017/02/netherlands-a-silver-lining-for-renewables/#comment-5187 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:57:52 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=14456#comment-5187 I have been following off-shore wind developments in NL. The recent auctions have delivered prices close to if not less than wholesale elec prices & there is a significant appetite for off-shore wind with a pipeline of perhaps 8GW. So in that sense, I’d suggest that the Dutch are now starting to press the loud pedal on RES. In the case of transport – I can see widespred EVs – buses? maybe – perhaps also fuelcell or SNG. The latter could be produced using increasingly low-cost elec from off-shore wind

]]> By: James Wimberley https://energytransition.org/2017/02/netherlands-a-silver-lining-for-renewables/#comment-5184 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 17:11:04 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=14456#comment-5184 No evidence is cited for the proposition that electrification of buses will shift demand their way and “collectivise transport”. This is possible – the ride is better and quieter – but the effect is not likely to be large, unless the policy is coupled with bans on ICE private cars in city centres. The dubious claim is not necessary to make the case for the excellent new policy, which is fully justified on the sure-fire grounds of climate change and urban air pollution. Cutting pollution may also encourage more cycling and walking, but I’m not making great claims for the possibility.

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