On Thursday, May 8, the report "Rule the Adjustable" by Publieke Zaken ERS and Quo Mare was released. Author Hans van Cleef explains in the AD the impact of closing gas-fired power plants on the security of electricity supply: "Solar and wind energy are becoming increasingly important in the Netherlands, and are eventually going to provide 80 percent of electricity needs. That is good news, but there is also a problem: solar and wind are not controllable. Without wind and sun and with a high demand for energy, there are only three options: electricity imports, batteries and gas power plants."
The researchers advocate that gas power plants should not be shut down, but left on standby. The government should regulate that. Van Cleef: "And quickly, too. Because if a gas plant has to order a new turbine, you want certainty that the investment will come out. And besides, there is a delivery time of five years. If you don't regulate this until 2033, you're too late."
The report can be read at this link.
The article can be read at this link.
