Dutch Energy Sector: From Natural Gas to Green Innovation

The energy industry is actually one of the main exports of the Netherlands and offers many interesting options regarding employment. Roughly 25% of the gas reserves of the entire European Union are located in this small country, since large natural gas deposits were discovered in 1959. The government has significantly reduced the production of natural gas, though, after the extraction led to issues such as tremors and sinking grounds in the northern part of the Netherlands. Nonetheless, it remains an export product. Next to natural gas, the Netherlands is also a pioneer in areas such as clean and sustainable energy, wind energy, greenhouse farming and biomass processing. If you have interesting ideas to innovate within this sector, you will have ample opportunities to do so.

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Sources

• Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969 (wetten.overheid.nl)
• Officiele bekendmakingen - Dutch official government gazette
• European Commission - taxation and customs union
• PwC Netherlands - tax insights and publications
• Hoge Raad 2024, scope of discharge and art. 2:9 DCC director liability (ECLI:NL:HR:2024:681)
• Hoge Raad 2025, interest deduction limits (art. 10a Vpb) (ECLI:NL:HR:2025:1250)
• KPMG Netherlands - tax services and insights
• Court of Justice EU, the Danish beneficial ownership cases on abuse (C-116/16)
• Belastingdienst - corporate income tax rates (19% up to EUR 200,000 and 25.8% above)