SDE++: Dutch Renewable Energy and CO2 Reduction Subsidy Model Data 2020

The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy requested an opinion on the 2020 expansion of the SDE+ scheme, the Netherlands' primary instrument for stimulating renewable energy since 2011. The dataset contains calculations from the Unprofitable Top (OT) models used to determine subsidy amounts for renewable energy and other CO2-reducing technologies under the new SDE++ scheme. The data is provided by the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling subsidy costs for renewable energy technologies based on the described basic and correction amounts.
• Analyzing the financial framework for CO2-reducing options beyond renewable energy production.
• Benchmarking the evolution of incentive schemes from SDE+ to the expanded SDE++ methodology.

Strengths

• Data originates from a formal government request to the PBL, suggesting an official policy context.
• Covers the expansion of a major national subsidy scheme in operation since 2011.
• Includes calculations for both renewable energy and a wider range of CO2-reducing categories.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale analysis.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties (Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations)

Collection Method

Calculations performed using the Unprofitable Top (OT) model for the SDE++ opinion.

Time Range

2020

Freshness

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Geography

Netherlands