Last month, a record was set in the field of renewable energy. On September 24, more than 5,000 megawatt hours of electricity was produced with wind turbines for the first time for two hours. That amounts to a third of the electricity demand at that time, according to figures from Monday Energieopwek.nl.
This site keeps track of how much sustainable energy is generated in the Netherlands. The record of 24 September was set because new wind turbines from the wind farm in Borssele were connected to the grid and there was a strong wind. The record was set between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.
A relatively large amount of sustainable energy was produced throughout September. In total, the production of renewable energy, which includes electricity, heat and transport fuel, was 28 percent higher in that month than a year earlier.
This is also because September was a fairly sunny month. The sun shined 201 hours last month, against a multi-year average of 143 hours in September. This made the sun the largest producer of sustainable electricity. Almost 8 percent of the total electricity production came from solar panels.
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