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Green energy usage grows

Monday 27 April 2009

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Green energy accounted for 3.4% of the electricity used in the Netherlands last year, compared with 2.9% in 2007, says the national statistics office CBS.

The proportion produced from biomass - the burning of organic waste and fuel - reached 2.2%. Wind turbines accounted for 1% of total energy production.

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By Sean Keller | April 29, 2009 2:14 AM

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