In 2023, renewable energy consumption amounted to 308 PJ (petajoules), representing a year-on-year increase of 11 percent. Gross final energy consumption fell to over 1,800 PJ, which was 2 percent lower than in 2022.
The 2013 national Energy Agreement set a target of 16 percent renewable energy for 2023, which has been achieved. At the end of 2023, new targets for 2030 were agreed at EU level. According to these targets, at least 42.5 percent of European energy consumption must be renewable. It is not yet known what impact this will have on the target set for the Netherlands.
