High Department of Energy price and greenhouse horticulture company ' actions to manipulate energy cost had a major impact on the sector ’s energy consumption and CO2 discharge in 2022 . The sphere ’s energy use fell sharply ( -27 % ) and CO2 emissions also decreased sharp ( -25 % ) . This is accord to Wageningen Economic Research ’s ' Energy Monitor of Dutch Horticulture 2022 ' .
Energy use per m2 dropped sharplyThe bailiwick designate that the decrease in total CO2 emission from horticulture in 2022 at the sector level was mainly due to blue energy use per m2 . At the sphere grade , CO2 emissions were also dampen by decreases in electrical energy gross revenue with rude gasolene CHP . Increased acreage in the Census of Agriculture , step-down in electricity purchase , decrease in renewable energy utilisation , and less purchase of non - renewable warmth from third parties had a CO2 emanation increase wallop .
In 2022 , full CO2 emission from horticulture decreased by a quarter to 4.9 Mtonnes , down almost 1.7 Mtonnes from 2021 . CO2 emissions from cultivation per m2 after temperature correction lessen more sharp than full CO2 emissions , reaching 31.5 kilo / m2 ( -30 % ) . Because this index number is not affected by outdoor temperature , sector domain , and electrical energy cut-rate sale , the humble energy use in this indicator has a great impact .
Renewable muscularity use of goods and services decreasedRenewable energy use lessen for the first time . In 2022 , sheer renewable energy habit fell by over 8 % . Renewable get-up-and-go exercise decreased on the one hand due to selective energy use by gardening and high product costs of renewable energy due to high energy prices . On the other hand , rude flatulence CHP heat was used more often than in previous eld whenever possible instead of renewable heat when it was more financially attractive . Decreases in the use of renewable Department of Energy have a CO2 expelling - increase impingement .
Acreage increased againThe surface area under greenhouses in the CBS Agricultural Census increased in 2022 as in 2019 , 2020 and 2021 . This ontogenesis follow a full stop of decline from 2010 to 2018 . The emergence of over 2 % was low in 2022 than in 2021 . The increase in acreage has a CO2 emission - increasing impact .
Wageningen Economic Research produces the Energy Monitor of Dutch greenhouse horticulture on behalf of the Knowledge in Your Greenhouse Foundation of the glasshouse gardening sector and the Ministry of Agriculture , Nature , and Food Quality .
Source : WUR Energy Monitor
