Energy has the largest reduction potential at 5.1 Mton

In Gelderland, no sector offers more room to cut emissions than energy, whose reduction potential reaches 5.1 Mton.

That figure places energy at the centre of the province’s mitigation task. A reduction potential of 5.1 Mton dwarfs what most other sectors can offer, which means choices about heat demand, cleaner generation, efficiency and flexible electricity use carry disproportionate weight for the overall target. For Gelderland, concentrating effort where the potential is largest gives municipalities and the province a clear ordering: energy measures move the total furthest per unit of attention and investment. The size of the figure also signals that missing the energy transition would be hard to compensate elsewhere. Source: Klimaatkansenkaart Gelderland, maart 2024 (2024).