Abstract

The Dutch government started in 1975 a wind energy policy. A number of programmes on the development and implementation of wind power has been carried. Over a decade the official goal for wind power development is 1000 MW by the year 2000. About 150 MW had been installed at the end of 1994. A forecast of installed capacity in 2000 shows only 300 MW may be expected, which is far behind the official goal. This article deals with the failures of the Dutch governmental wind energy policy: relying on large scale application by utilities, stimulating capacity instead of energy yield, entanglement of energy policy and industrial policy, and most ofuall failure m the development of sites.

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Panel 1: Policy and Programmes - Who can deliver DSM?

Panel 2: Programme Evaluation

Panel 4: Human Dimensions

Panel 3: Market Transformation: Innovation, Development and Dissemination

Panel 6: Transportation, Urban Planning and Land Use

Panel 5: Energy Policy for a Sustainable Environment