The development of sustainable energy on land is at risk of coming to a standstill, according to a mid-year update from the regional energy strategies (RES). The 2030 target of at least 35 terawatt hours (TWh) of renewable energy on land will likely be met. However, the more ambitious goal of 55 TWh is increasingly out of reach.
There was a big push at first, subsidising adopting green tech at both large and small scale (it was financially interesting to build big wind farms, buy a new ev and put solar panels on your roof) and the government slowly decreased those benefits over time. Since last year the biggest party is a far-right populist party who promised they will make life more affordable by cutting spending on ‘leftist hobbies’.
This is not only on the far-right, but generally on the right spectrum. The People’s Party is more interested in businesses than actually caring for the environment we live in. This could be seen by the name of the ‘Ministry of Climate and Green Growth’. Apart that generally very little is accomplished by this government, I can’t really remember Hermans having any meaningful proposals or implementations, except for scraping those things that were in-place or halting discussions with large corporations on their efforts on sustainability.
The Farmer’s Party has a complete neglect for any climate issues, and, my sense, is that New Social Contract cares less about climate than the People’s Party. And all three of them seem to be willing to give in to Wilders on this front.
Cut spending on renewables and then pass the costs to the end user with the oil companies collecting higher fees.
We pay for our toys one way or the other, taxes or at the pump.