The Hollandse Kust wind farm, the Netherlands
This year, over half of the Netherlands' electricity has been produced from renewable sources like wind and solar power. In total, 32.3 billion kilowatt-hours were generated from renewables, accounting for 53% of the country's electricity production. Wind energy saw a significant increase, rising by a third to 17.4 billion kilowatt-hours, with two-thirds of that coming from the new Hollandse Kust Zuid and Hollandse Kust Noord wind farms. While electricity production from solar and biomass also increased, production from fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas declined.
In this Copernicus Sentinel-1 image acquired on 29 September 2024, the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm is visible off the western coast of the Netherlands, near Leiden.
The Copernicus Climate Change Service supports the European energy sector by providing input (wind, solar and hydro) and energy forecasts (capacity factors, demand, volatility) at the regional and national scale in Europe.
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