Netherlands Waste to Energy Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

Netherlands Waste to Energy Market - Growth, Trends, COVID-19 Impact, and Forecasts (2022 - 2027)

The Netherland waste to energy market is expected to register a CAGR of more than 2.2% during the forecast period of 2021-2026. The COVID-19 pandemic has already had a tremendous impact on the waste sector. Public authorities and municipal waste operators had to rapidly adapt their waste management systems and procedures during the lockdowns. Due to the COVID-19 safety restrictions, household recycling centers (bring centers) or civic amenity sites were not considered a priority and have been closed. At the same time, people took advantage of getting rid of old furniture, clothes, electronics and complained because they could not bring their waste to the recycling centers. Unfortunately, the closure of bring centers often led to an increase in the illegal disposal of waste which has been reported from the Netherlands. Factors such as attractive government policies and increasing investments in waste-to-energy industries are expected to drive the market in the Netherlands during the forecast period. However, stringent regulations against any emissions of harmful gas from the incineration of waste are expected to have a negative impact on the Netherland waste to energy market.

Key Highlights

• Due to simple working and extensive usage, Thermal Technologies is expected to account for the highest market share in 2019 and is likely to dominate in the coming years.
• The Netherland government has planned to achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, which is likely to promote the installation and use of renewable energy. This is likely to create several opportunities for the Netherland waste to energy market in the future.
• Attractive government policies and increasing investments in the country are likely to drive the waste to energy market during the forecast period.

Key Market TrendsThermal Technologies Segment to Dominate the Market

• The Netherlands is small in area but large in agricultural output. It is second only to the United States in the value of its agricultural output. As of 2018, It also has 17 million people, which generates about 511 kg per capita waste. Multiplying waste times population shows that waste management requires a significant effort in the Netherlands.
• As of 2020, thermal technologies are expected to account for the highest market share in the Netherland waste to energy market. This trend of dominance by the thermal division is likely to continue in the coming years due to the increasing developments in incineration and gasification technologies.
• In the Netherlands, waste-to-energy plants incinerate residual household and similar waste, which cannot be reused or recycled in an economical and environmentally beneficial way. They are cost-effective and reliable sources of energy in the form of electricity, district heating or cooling, and steam for industrial processes. The heat and electricity delivered to housing and industry reduce fossil fuels used by conventional power plants. Waste-to-energy plants, therefore, help to reduce CO2 emissions.
• It is estimated that plants, which utilize cogeneration of thermal power (heating and cooling), together with electricity generation, can reach optimum efficiencies of 80%.
• In the present scenario, incineration is the most well-known waste to energy technology for municipal solid waste (MSW) processing. However, waste to energy technologies, particularly combustion, produce pollution and carry potential health safety risks. In order to reduce particulate and gas-phase emissions, incineration plant owners have adopted a series of process units for cleaning the flue gas stream, which has, in turn, led to a significant improvement in terms of environmental sustainability.
• Therefore, due to the above points, thermal technologies are likely to dominate the Netherland waste to the energy market during the forecast period.

Government Policies and Increasing Investment Driving the Market

• It took almost 40 years for the Netherlands to reduce its per capita waste from an estimated 500 kilograms per person down to, in some regions, a comparatively small 21 kg. It is the result of various policy and government approach to managing municipal waste.
• In the late 1980s, the Netherlands suffered from a lack of landfill capacity and insufficient thermal treatment capacity. This urged a change in waste management policy with the following results: the amount of waste landfilled decreased from 35% in 1985 to less than 2.0% in 2018. Besides, the recovery (including Waste-to-energy) rose from 50% to 93%, and more and more waste is collected separately. Currently, 77% of our waste is recycled, and residual waste is mainly used for energy production.
• Moreover, in 2018, the Netherlands regulated policy to avoid creating waste as much as possible, recover usable and valuable raw materials, and generate energy by incinerating residual waste. Landfilling is only allowed for waste streams for which no recovery or incineration is possible. This approach is known as 'the order of preference.'
• Furthermore, the Netherland government set a target to achieve a circular economy by 2050. Therefore, the present government announces several policies for attracting investment for the waste treatment plant. According to the EU, in 2019, the Netherlands receives more than EUR 800 million for energy plant waste.
• Hence, due to the above points, supportive government policies and increasing investments in the country are likely to drive the Netherland waste to the energy market during the forecast period.

Competitive Landscape

The Netherland waste to energy market is consolidated. Some of the major players include AEB Amsterdam, Axpo Holdings AG, Ingenia Consultants & Engineers BV, Dutch Incinerators, and BIOeCON.

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