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According to the Social Economic Council (SER), which relies on data from Energieopwek.nl, 75% more solar energy was produced in the summer compared to to July 2017.
Half of the solar energy growth was due to the weather. The other half was due to the growing distribution area of the solar panels.
Especially at the beginning of the month, solar panels produced a lot of energy. Last week, when the KNMI officially announced a heat wave, the performance of some days was not so high.
Solar panels generate a lot of power in cool conditions with many hours of sunshine.
Wind Power
There has been a decline in wind energy production. This dropped by a fifth. It is that the wind has strengthened the last weekend of July, otherwise, according to the SER, there would have been a decrease of 30%.
The total renewable energy yield in July was 3.9 PJ. This equates to the annual consumption of about 60,000 people. The distribution between the energy of the wind and the sun was almost the same.
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