Dutch goals for renewable energy criticised as unrealistic

The 'Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth', presented in September 2013, was a result of an effort to cooperate between government, unions, employers and environmental organisations.

However, the aim of achieving a 14 percent share of renewable energy by 2020, and 16 percent in 2023, was criticised as unrealistic in a leaked report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and several other organisations, released by Dutch media in October 2014.

SER: Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth [Report, 2013] https://www.ser.nl/en/publications/publications/2013/energy-agreement-sustainable-growth.aspx

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