{"id":389854,"date":"2022-08-02T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=389854"},"modified":"2022-08-02T06:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:30:00","slug":"nice-plans-but-11-gigawatts-of-more-wind-power-by-2030-is-simply-not-feasible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/nice-plans-but-11-gigawatts-of-more-wind-power-by-2030-is-simply-not-feasible\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Nice plans, but 11 gigawatts of more wind power by 2030 is simply not feasible’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Read more about the countries in this project<\/span><\/a><\/div>
More about the Netherlands<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

About Decarbonizing Europe<\/h2><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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What does the Recovery and Resilience Facility entail?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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The European Commission has made available an amount of 723.8 billion euros
to combat the consequences of the corona crisis and make Europe greener, cleaner, and future-proof. All member states have the opportunity to submit plans for disbursement from this Recovery and Resilience Facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Who is participating in the Recovery and Resilience Facility?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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All the member states of the European Union. All member states? No, The Netherlands has not submitted plans as yet. Although, it became public knowledge at the end of January that hard work is going on behind the scenes in the Netherlands to secure some of those European billions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What do the member states have to spend the money on?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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At least 37 percent of the funding should be used for making their countries more sustainable and 20 percent for digitalization. In addition, there are also other key points:
\u2013 Smart, sustainable and inclusive growth
\u2013 Social and territorial cohesion
\u2013 Public health, economic, social, and institutional resilience
\u2013 Policy for future generations<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What else is happening?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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Apart from that, the EC has identified several so-called flagship areas<\/a>:
\u2013 Power up<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Renovate<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Recharge and Refuel<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Connect<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Modernise <\/em>
\u2013<\/em> Scale-up<\/em> 
\u2013<\/em> Reskill and upskill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is Innovation Origins planning to do?<\/strong><\/h3><\/path><\/svg><\/div>
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Over the next few months, we will be focusing on the implementation of these plans. We will be outlining what each country is doing to reduce CO\u2082 emissions, and we will be reporting on innovative projects. Infographics will allow you to compare the member states\u2019 efforts with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A crisis like the corona pandemic calls for decisive measures. The EU has freed up \u20ac723.8 billion in an effort to use the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to pull the European economy out of the recession caused by corona. In order to qualify for a share of this large bag of money, member states must submit a plan to the European Commission. In the series Decarbonizing Europe, we put those plans under a magnifying glass. Today in our final edition: the Netherlands.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is only a draft version<\/a>, but back in March, the Netherlands was the last country to make a pitch for the money from the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (RFF)<\/a>. This corona recovery fund aims to pull the European economy out of the corona-induced recession and provides opportunities to accelerate the green transition. Projects on key themes such as green hydrogen and wind energy are central to the Dutch draft plan. “Nice plans, but 11 gigawatts of more wind power by 2030 is simply not feasible,” says Gerard van Bussel, emeritus professor of wind energy at TU Delft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Netherlands will receive a total of 4.7 billion euros. Originally, the Dutch government was going to request 5.8 billion euros. However, because the Dutch economy is doing relatively well, that amount has been adjusted downwards. Main topics of interest include climate change, public housing and the labor market. The Netherlands will use forty percent of the total investment for climate policy. A CO\u2082 tax is going to be introduced for industry and the air passenger tax will be tightened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n