Adding gas from biomass to the gas grid - SGC

Figure 20:Impact of the energy tax system in the Netherlands on end-users and energyproducers of gas. Up to now sustainable gas is not marketed by the energycompanies. The data are representative, there are however some local differences.All costs in €ct/m 3 .Liberalisation focussed on end-user positionThe government in the Netherlands uses the tax system to sustain the ‘greening’ of the society. Inthis policy the power of decission is moved to the end-user. Taxing makes the use of energyexpensive. Three taxes are levied to the consumer: value added tax (‘BTW’), fuel tax(‘Brandstoffenbelasting’) and ecotax (‘Regulerende energiebelasting’).The end-user gains the largest benefits by not using energy. Secondary to this, the user will pay alower tax by using sustainable energy. In this case the user will be exempted from the ecotax, andabove this the producer will receive a bonus for producing sustainble energy.Current price and tax levels balance the end-user prices for sustainable and not sustainable energy.The second largest energy company (Essent) is expected to offer to the residential end-users byJanuary 2001 ‘green’ electricity at a lower price than conventional electricity. The background to thisis probably that Essent makes more profit on green energy than on conventional energy.Figure 21 shows the main structure of the gas infrastructure sector in the Netherlands. Essentiallythe following parties are of importance in the liberal market gas supply:page: 108