Electricity balance sheet; supply and consumption

This table shows the supply of electricity. Consumption of electricity is calculated from the supply variables. The supply of electricity primarily includes production plus imports minus exports. The majority of the electricity produced is supplied to the public electricity grid by, for example, power stations and wind turbines. A smaller part is generated by companies themselves for the benefit of their own business processes. For example, many greenhouse companies generate their own electricity for the lighting of their greenhouses.

The net production is determined as gross production minus the own consumption of electricity. Own consumption is the amount of electricity that a producer or installation consumes during electricity production. The net production is broken down in this table into the following energy sources from which the electricity is produced: nuclear energy, coal, petroleum products, natural gas, biomass, other fuels (non-renewable), hydro power, wind energy, solar photovoltaic and other sources.

Imports and exports are further broken down by country of origin or destination.

The total net consumption of electricity in the Netherlands is calculated as the net production plus imports minus exports and distribution losses.

Data available: From 1936 per year and from 1976 per month only the total production, imports and exports are known. Full data per month is available from 2015.

Status of the figures:

• All figures up to and including reporting year 2022 are definite.
• Figures for 2023 are revised provisional.
• Figures for 2024 are provisional.

Changes as of December 20th of 2024: Figures for October have been added.

Changes as of November 29th of 2024: Figures for September have been added.

Changes as of November 20th of 2024: This table has been revised for 2015 to 2021 as a result of new methods that have also been applied for 2022 and 2023. This concerns changes of a maximum of a few PJ of the total supply and consumption on an annual basis. In addition, the figures for exports to Belgium in the first quarter of 2000 have been revised. Previously, exports to Belgium in the first quarter of 2000 were booked entirely in February. This has been corrected and divided over the months of January, February and March.

Changes as of October 31st of 2024: Figures for August 2024 have been added.

Changes as of October 1st of 2024: Figures for July 2024 have been added.

When will new figures be published? Provisional figures: the second month after the end of the reporting period. Revised provisional figures: June of the year following the reporting year. Definite figures: not later than November of the second following year.