Amsterdam will not reach target of making all homes gas-free by 2040
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Amsterdam will not reach target of making all homes gas-free by 2040

NL Times  

Making all Amsterdam homes natural gas-free by 2040 is “not achievable” with the current plans, the alderwoman for sustainability, Zita Pels, wrote in a council letter on Thursday. Vattenfall decided last year to stop laying heat grids in neighborhoods with already-built homes due to the high costs that are connected to this. “The financial support for collective heat grids from the Government is not sufficient at this time, and the proposed public majority interest in heating companies in the new legislation makes it less interesting for private heating companies to invest," said the alderwoman. In the longer term, the municipality wants to participate in a public heating company for the Amsterdam region and ensure that heating networks become more affordable.

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"Unrealistic" that Netherlands will achieve climate goals: Council of State
1 year, 5 months ago

"Unrealistic" that Netherlands will achieve climate goals: Council of State

NL Times  

It is unrealistic that the Netherlands will achieve its climate target of emitting at least 55 percent less CO2 by 2030 compared to 1990, the Council of State warned on Thursday. The Cabinet’s most important advisor referred to calculations by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, which show that the climate target will only be achieved if all factors - including …

€50 million for 14 areas to take gas out of homes
3 years ago

€50 million for 14 areas to take gas out of homes

Dutch News  

Fourteen local areas have been chosen to share a €50 million subsidy to develop domestic housing with alternatives to gas. ‘Given the current developments, we really need sustainable sources of energy, and we need to make more progress in reaching climate goals and ensuring that the Netherlands is no longer dependent on gas.’ Many of the areas have submitted plans …

€50 million for 14 areas to take gas out of homes
3 years ago

€50 million for 14 areas to take gas out of homes

Dutch News  

Fourteen local areas have been chosen to share a €50 million subsidy to develop domestic housing with alternatives to gas. ‘Given the current developments, we really need sustainable sources of energy, and we need to make more progress in reaching climate goals and ensuring that the Netherlands is no longer dependent on gas.’ Many of the areas have submitted plans …

How the Netherlands is turning its back on natural gas
3 years, 5 months ago

How the Netherlands is turning its back on natural gas

BBC  

How the Netherlands is turning its back on natural gas Getty Images The Netherlands is closing its largest gas field, and seeking new methods to heat homes instead Natural gas has provided the Netherlands with cheap heat for generations. Houses right on top of the gas field going gas-free seems like a clear sign the heat transition has arrived in …

Dutch gov't needs to do more to get homes off gas network: Planning agency
4 years, 1 month ago

Dutch gov't needs to do more to get homes off gas network: Planning agency

NL Times  

The government will need to more actively become involve in getting homes off the gas network if it wants to achieve its goal of having all homes and other buildings free of natural gas by 2050, according to the Netherlands' environmental assessment agency PBL. The PBL investigated the progress of the Natural Gas-Free Neighborhood program, in which municipalities and designated …

Amsterdam's sustainability goals achievable, but with a lot of work
5 years ago

Amsterdam's sustainability goals achievable, but with a lot of work

NL Times  

Amsterdam's goal of reducing its CO2 emissions by 55 percent by 2030 is achievable, but will take a deal of effort, sustainability alderman Marieke van Doorninck said in a press release on Friday. The municipality plans to achieve this goal with measures like promoting solar panel and wind turbine installations, and getting homes off the natural gas network. Partly due …

Gas free plans hit obstacles as politicians, grid operators raise questions
5 years, 1 month ago

Gas free plans hit obstacles as politicians, grid operators raise questions

Dutch News  

Efforts to make the Netherlands gas-free have hit a potential blockage as politicians argue about whether households can be forced to comply and current electricity networks are revealed as ‘too weak’. Junior home affairs minister Raymond Knops told parliament in a debate that regional councils can compel people to get rid of their gas cookers in such areas ‘only if …

Gas free plans hit obstacles as politicians, grid operators raise questions
5 years, 1 month ago

Gas free plans hit obstacles as politicians, grid operators raise questions

Dutch News  

Efforts to make the Netherlands gas-free have hit a potential blockage as politicians argue about whether households can be forced to comply and current electricity networks are revealed as ‘too weak’. Junior home affairs minister Raymond Knops told parliament in a debate that regional councils can compel people to get rid of their gas cookers in such areas ‘only if …

Dutch homeowners willing, but not eager to switch to natural gas-free living
5 years, 6 months ago

Dutch homeowners willing, but not eager to switch to natural gas-free living

NL Times  

Most Dutch largely accept the government's decision to switch to homes that are no longer connected to the natural gas network, but don't take action themselves to achieve it, the social and cultural planning office SCP said in a report on Thursday, NOS reports. They are also uncertain about the government's policy in this field and lack knowledge about what …

Amsterdam to cut 95% of carbon emissions by 2050
6 years, 2 months ago

Amsterdam to cut 95% of carbon emissions by 2050

NL Times  

The municipality of Amsterdam aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 55 percent in 2030 and 95 percent in 2050, when compared to the emission levels in 1990. "If Amsterdam wants to get rid of the harmful emissions of CO2 for good, a break in the trend is necessary", sustainability alderman Marieke van Doorninck said. "We're doing this by setting …

Transition to gas free homes must be quicker: builders
6 years, 11 months ago

Transition to gas free homes must be quicker: builders

Dutch News  

The building sector has said that the government plan to phase out gas in homes for heating and cooking must be speeded up. According to builders’ association NVB Bouw, whose members build three quarters of new housing, the process must be speeded up and not a single new home should be fitted with gas connections from next year. A ban …

Gas heating, cooking to be phased out: Dutch government plans
8 years, 3 months ago

Gas heating, cooking to be phased out: Dutch government plans

Dutch News  

The use of gas to cook and for heating will be phased out in the Netherlands under the government’s new energy strategy up to 2050. The Energieagenda policy document, published on Wednesday, states that gas firms will no longer be required to connect households to the gas supply and that no new gas infrastructure will be developed. Fuel Other measures …

Over 100 Dutch firms pledge CO2 emissions cut of 50 percent
9 years, 4 months ago

Over 100 Dutch firms pledge CO2 emissions cut of 50 percent

NL Times  

A total of 110 Dutch companies, non government organizations and governments are taking concrete measures to cut their CO2 emissions in half by 2020, environmental organization Natuur & Milieu announced on Wednesday. These 110 organizations' concrete steps to reduce CO2 emissions together save 2322 kilotons of CO2 in 2020, according to Natuur & Milieu. This is equivalent to 31.5 million …

End reliance on natural gas: Dutch gov't invests in geothermal technology
9 years, 11 months ago

End reliance on natural gas: Dutch gov't invests in geothermal technology

NL Times  

In the coming years the Cabinet is going to invest in ensuring that Dutch homes and business are less reliant on natural gas for heating, instead heating properties with renewable heat or leftover heat. According to Minister Kamp, a lot of the generated heat is still lost and can be used more efficiently, for example by using leftover heat from …

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