From: AlleyCat <katt@gmail.com>
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Subject: The Dutch Province of Utrecht Announced It Will Switch Back To Fossil Fuel
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 07:58:24 -0500
Organization: AlleyCat Computing, Inc.
The Dutch Province of Utrecht Announced It Will Switch Back To Fossil Fuel
The Dutch province of Utrecht announced it will switch back to fossil fuel to
relieve the overworked electricity grid, as the road to net-zero in the
Netherlands hits some major obstacles.
The Dutch province of Utrecht announced it will switch back to fossil fuel to
relieve the overworked electricity grid, as the road to net-zero in the
Netherlands hits some major obstacles.
The outgoing Dutch Climate Minister Rob Jetten, leader of the Democrats 66
(D66) party, along with local grid operators, announced a set of measures to
fight the power-grid overload in Utrecht province. It is expected to be the
first of many regions in the country that will have to take action to avoid
future problems.
To maintain electricity provision to the public and businesses in Utrecht,
there will be a switch back to gas. At moments of peak demand, the local
Government will deploy gas generators.
Smart charging stations will be switched off during peak times but the regional
authorities and grid operators are working on an exemption option for owners of
electric vehicles to top-up their batteries if they need to.
Instead of fully-electric heat-pumps, hybrid heat-pumps are being promoted.
These hybrid models can be connected to boiler-heating systems and are less
demanding on the electricity grid.
The Dutch public service broadcaster nos reported that the projected shortage
equals the needs of 125,000 homes in Utrecht.
Huib van Essen of the Utrecht Provincial Executive said the measures would
"have a significant impact on reducing the overload on the power grid", adding
that the use of gas-plants was "unfortunately necessary" for this.
Without implementing appropriate measures, the province is forecast to
experience frequent electricity blackouts, which would jeopardise the
construction of new housing and industrial complexes, nos said.
Utrecht is the first province to opt to return to fossil fuels but other areas
and provinces, in particular Flevopolder and Gelderland, are also said to be
working on similar measures.
Without nationwide measures being implemented, nos reported that approximately
1.5 million people in the Netherlands could be subject to power outages until
2030.
Other issues would include the malfunction of electrical devices and lighting.
The problems for households and small consumers come on top of long-standing
issues for the Dutch industrial sector, which is consuming electricity at much
higher rates than previously.
Waiting times for new or upgraded connections, necessary for businesses to
enhance their sustainability efforts, are also on the rise.
The shift back to fossil fuels in the Netherlands follows a decision by the
Scottish Government to abandon its flagship target of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions by 75 per cent by 2030.
It said it had an "unwavering commitment" to achieve net zero by 2045 but on
April 18 called the targets for 2030 "out of reach".
Scotland's leadership was one of the first in the world to declare a "climate
emergency", in 2019.
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