We used transporting of humans & goods, heating, electricity, and the electricity efficiency factor for the consumption side. We used the Netherland's possible renewables, nuclear, better electrical efficiency, & the possiblity of buying renewables from other countries for the production side.
We showed the current consumption of the Netherlands and a breakdown into 4 main categories. Due to possible improvements in efficiency, we showed a future consumption breakdown as well.
Some key ideas that went into this were:
Electrify transport (eliminate fossil fuels, more-efficient and need green electricity)
Electrify heating of air and water using heat pumps.
Green electricity comes from countries renewables, clean coal, nuclear, and other countries renewables
Assume electrification makes transport 4 times more efficient but economic growth cancels some of that out. So we used 1/2 energy consumption for transport.
Heating consumption reduced by improved insulation, improving control of temperature, and improving efficiency of heat pumps. We assumed this would make heating and cooling 25% more efficient overall.
Below is a breakdown followed by a new plan for the Netherlands:
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