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Do you have more information on this geothermal energy? Clicking around here[1] suggests the Netherlands doesn't actually use much geothermal energy at all. [1

• mcv 9y ago
  It's also news to me. Most of our energy still comes from coal and gas, I believe. I believe we were once ahead of the pack in wind energy, but the conservative politics of the past decade and a half has made us fall behind the rest of Europe in switching to sustainable energy.
• ars 9y ago
  From the article: "The growing environment is kept at optimal temperatures year-round by heat generated from geothermal aquifers that simmer under at least half of the Netherlands."
• jstsch 9y ago
  It's deep geothermic energy, you gotta drill >500 meters to get to it. So indeed not as easy as for example Iceland.