Green energy usage grows
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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