Wednesday, 22 May 2019
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The Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy (EZK) has tasked PBL, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency for advice regarding the launch of the SDE++ in 2020.
The current mechanism, SDE+ (in Dutch: Stimulering Duurzame Energieproductie) is an operating grant. Producers receive financial compensation for the renewable energy they generate. Production of renewable energy is not always profitable because the cost price of renewable energy is higher than the market price. The difference in price is called the unprofitable component. SDE+ compensates producers for this unprofitable component for a fixed number of years, depending on the technology used.
The SDE+ is available for the production of: