The Dutch Diary In this diary you will find a selection of Dutch climate related news written by our local country correspondent. Get an impression how people living in The Netherlands (Holland) handle the threat of global warming and what they (are planning to) do about it.
This diary is currently maintained by: Roel Gillesen NOTE: All views and opinions expressed here are those of the authors themselves and do no necessarily represent the views of GNOMEDIARIES or its partners.
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Shared cars popularity boosting |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - Dutch Correspondent
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Sunday, 05 August 2007 |
 More than 20,000 Dutch use the approximately 1100 cars, companies such as GreenWheels and ConnectCar issue for sharing. Last year the line grew according to the association for shared Car Use with approximately 45 percent. |
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Investments in Windmills doubled |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - Dutch Correspondent
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Sunday, 15 July 2007 |
 Investments in Windmills have been doubled last year to 793 million Euro's. The Netherlands now have approximately 1848 windmills, that produce a total of 1615 megawatt; enough to provide 1 million households of power. |
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Windpower is cheaper than Nuclear power |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - Dutch Correspondent
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Sunday, 15 July 2007 |
 Wind power will get cheaper than Nuclear power. The price for both energy sources is already comparible, but the price of Nuclear power will get higher because additional costs will be charged to pay for the prevention of terrorist actions. Windpower will be cheaper due to technical enhancements. |
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Warmth from Earth-Core used for heating houses |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - Dutch Correspondent
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Saturday, 07 July 2007 |
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The city "The Hague" in the Netherlands will be the first Dutch municipal that will use warmth from the ground to heat houses. (Geothermal Heating) The water from the houses will be circulated from the houses to the ground at a depth of 2500 meters. When the water cools off, this water will be transported to the ground again. The water from 2500 meters deep, has a temperature of 75 degrees. |
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Dutch energy sector invests more in grey than in green |
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Written by The GnomeDiaries Team
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Thursday, 05 July 2007 |
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AMSTERDAM - five big energy concerns in the Netherlands have far staged plans to invest together for € 5 billion in high CO2 producing coal energy factories. Mean while these energy companies try fever to get themselves a green image by big advertising campaigns and tv comercials. |
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Pole to Pole (Aukje van Gerven) |
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Written by The GnomeDiaries Team
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Wednesday, 04 July 2007 |
The Pole to Pole Leadership Institute is an international non profit organization: inspiring, connecting and empowering youth to confront the critical issues of today. They want to inspire youth by undertaking never before attempted journeys, educate youth (about, for instance, climate change) by sending out Education Teams in Europe and North America, and undertake action by sending Advance Teams to diverse projects in Africa and Europe to work with environmental and humanitarian issues.
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Car runs on pressed air (Update!) |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - Dutch Correspondent
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Saturday, 30 June 2007 |
 The French engineer Guy Nègre, who works in the Formula One racing world, developed a car that runs on pressed air. The car contains a tank with air pressed at 300 bar and the principal is the same as a normal engine. Air moves the pistons in the engine that make the car move forward. |
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Europe experiments with underground storage of CO2 |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - Dutch Correspondent
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Monday, 18 June 2007 |
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The platform “Energy Transition” advises to store the Dutch and German CO2 emission in underground empty gas fields. Reducing the CO2 emission is not possible without this underground storage, says Catrinus Jepma, professor Durable Energy in Groningen and Chairman of the platform. |
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Dutch keep nervous eye on climate |
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Written by Frederic Bichon
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Saturday, 02 June 2007 |
 The Netherlands is marking the 75th anniversary of one of the world's civil engineering wonders, the Zuiderzee closure dam, while nervously watching to see how climate change threatens its famed sea defences.
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Economical cars cheaper for leased car drivers |
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Written by Roel Gillesen - Dutch Correspondent
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Friday, 01 June 2007 |
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 Drivers of leased cars who choose for a fuel efficient car, will pay less. Not only in gas, but also for leasing it. Polluting cars will be more expensive in lease price, says Jan Kees de Jager (picture); State Secretary For Finance.
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