€ 12 million extra for sustainability

The Hague Municipal Executive presented its spending plans on 5 April for an extra € 12 million towards sustainability and the environment.

The money will be spent on energy savings, solar panels in the city and expanding the city’s heat distribution network. There will be subsidies for green roofs and facades as well as for roof and floor insulation and an incentive measure for insulated glazing.

The Municipal Executive also decided on the Climate Plan (Klimaatplan Den Haag) and the Energy Outlook for The Hague 2040 (Energievisie Den Haag 2040). The Hague aims to become CO2-neutral in 2040.

Energievisie 2040

Energy savings are needed to become a climate-neutral city in 2040. The Energy Outlook provides answers to the question of how energy should ideally be supplied to The Hague in 2040 and what the municipality can do to realise its aims.

There are seven spearheads: energy savings, heat and cold storage systems, solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, district heating and extraction of energy from renewable sources like biomass. The basic principle is that the energy supply should be sustainable, affordable and reliable. The municipality will work together with residents and businesses in order to realise a CO2-neutral city.

Climate Plan

The Climate Plan for The Hague indicates the direction the municipality will take in order for The Hague to become climate-neutral in 2040. The plan differentiates between the long term (2040), middle term (2020) and short term (2012). A project overview with 19 action points for the short term was created together with various partners in the city. The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions and to share know-how and innovation in order to become climate-neutral.

Climate goals

The Hague’s climate goals are:

• a climate-neutral city in 2040
  
• a 30% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020
• 20% more sustainable energy
• 20% energy savings (compared to 1990).

For more information, visit the Dutch-language municipal site.