Companies that supply fuels for the Dutch transport market have an obligation to deliver an annually increasing share of renewable energy, rising to 16.4% in 2020. These companies also need to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions of their delivered fuels with 6% in 2020. The NEa publishes an annual report on the progress of these two obligations on a national level.
Increased annual obligation 2018 complied with
In 2018 the annual obligation increased more than in previous years, due to modifications in legislation. These changes have, amongst other things, resulted in a broader scope of fuel deliveries to fall under the annual obligation: besides diesel and petrol delivered to road- and rail transport, the annual obligations now also applies to diesel and petrol delivered to non road mobile machinery, agricultural and forestry tractors and recreational craft when not at sea. In 2018 the annual obligation was a share of 8.5% of renewable energy , the equivalent of 39.6 million giga joule (GJ).
The physical amount of renewable energy delivered to transport in 2018 was reported at 24.3 million GJ. When taking into account the double-counting of biofuels produced from wastes and residues, the ‘calculated energy content’ results in 41.6 million GJ (or a share of 8.9%).
The infographic below summarizes further results of 2018 as reported in the "Rapportage Energie voor Vervoer 2018".