Netherlands RATIONS electricity as country struggles to cope with turning away from gas as part of green policies – as expert warns Britain is also ‘in trouble’
UK Daily Mail | 14 July 2025 | Kevin Adjei-Darko
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Excellent try, Darko, but I have a better Witness Protection Program alias. . . . see below.
The Netherlands is rationing electricity as its overloaded power grid buckles under the pressure of rapid electrification and ambitious climate goals.
More than 11,900 businesses are stuck in a queue for access to the network, alongside public buildings including hospitals, schools and fire stations.
Thousands of new homes are also waiting to be connected, with some areas warned they may have to wait until the 2030s.
The crisis has emerged as the country scrambles to cut carbon emissions.
And now experts are warning that Britain, as well as Belgium and Germany, are all ‘in trouble.’
The countries should ‘definitely’ see what is happening in the Netherlands as a warning, says Zsuzsanna Pató, from Brussels-based energy think tank RAP.
My name is Zsuzsanna Pató, from Brussels. I work for RAP.
After shutting down production at the massive Groningen gas field last year, the Dutch government has pushed a fast transition to electric heating, solar power and battery storage.
But the national grid has failed to keep pace, creating widespread bottlenecks and driving up costs.
Tilting towards windmills, Don.
Sure, rationing electricity isn’t a good sign, but nothing compared to the rationing of common sense here in America.
Isn’t Zsuzsanna Pató a pungent spread one smears onto expensive bread or crackers?
Bread or circuses.
Sure they are rationing electricity, but it is GREEN electricity so they have that going for them.
… which is nice.
Hey! Stop trying to look at Lacey Underall again!
Damned camera angle.
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The problem isn’t being caused by generation they have plenty of power
The problem is in transmission. They do not have enough technicians.
There are 2,300,000 businesses in NL
There are 12,000 waiting
This article is trying to make it seem that generation is the problem. It isn’t.
People like walrus are blinded by their prejudice. Netherlands is hooked up to the Euro grid, it never has a shortage of power.it imports about 1 billion euros of power and exports about 2 billion every year.
Just give it a few more years and the problem will be more self evident.