become more important.
Figure 1.6 shows which energy carriers are mainly used for electricity generation in
the Netherlands and Brazil. We see that in the Netherlands, electricity generation heavily
depends on the local gas resources, whereas in Brazil hydroelectricity is the most
important resource.
Figure 1.6: The energy mix used for electricity production in (a) the Netherlands [15] and (b) Brazil [16] (Data from
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS; Statistics Netherlands) and used according to Creative Commons license:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nl).
Figure 1.6 shows which energy carriers are mainly used for electricity generation in
the Netherlands and Brazil. We see that in the Netherlands, electricity generation heavily
depends on the local gas resources, whereas in Brazil hydroelectricity is the most
important resource.
Figure 1.6: The energy mix used for electricity production in (a) the Netherlands [15] and (b) Brazil [16] (Data from
Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS; Statistics Netherlands) and used according to Creative Commons license:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/nl).