Oil trader Vitol is the largest company in the Netherlands. Two Rotterdam daredevils made the most of the oil crises in the 1970s. Now that the flow of oil and gas from the Middle East is once again uncertain, it is precisely these types of traders who are crucial to our energy supply....
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For years, coal and gas power plants were in the doghouse. Coal plants were supposed to close in 2030, gas plants in 2035. But who's gonna provide power when there's no wind? In recent months, the tide has suddenly turned....
The Dutch energy transition is going much better than you might think. So says Olof van der Gaag, the chairman of the Dutch Sustainable Energy Association (NVDE)....
The oil boycott and car-free Sundays of the 1970s are still in the Dutch collective DNA. As tensions rise in the Middle East, therefore, the question quickly arises: should we fear shortages of oil (and gas!) again should the Persian Gulf be shut off?....
In the port of Rotterdam, several factories have closed down over the past year. There is great panic about this, but is it justified? Hollands Welvaren dived into the annual figures of the companies....