Geothermal, residual heat warm Dutch Greenhouse Capital

The Dutch government’s decision in 2017 to phase out gas use altogether in the Netherlands by 2050 presented the country’s greenhouse growers with an ambitious challenge, to say the least.

Climate-neutral by 2040

The discovery of the Groningen gas field in the northeast of the country propelled the success of Dutch horticulture over the last 50 years.
Today, mounting concerns over climate change, earthquakes in the Dutch province of Groningen, and the pressing need to cut carbon emissions are driving interest in geothermal heating and link-ups with other businesses generating residual heat that they need to dispose of but that growers can make use of. Such is the confidence the greenhouse industry has in the steps being made that it is working towards a target of becoming climate-neutral by 2040.

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Photo: Drilling well in Maasdijk Warmtelinq. Courtesy of AIPH

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