Hoe Subsydzjes foar Duorsume Enerzjy Grutte Bedriuwen Ferrikt Hawwe en Rekkens fan Earme Húshâldings Omheech Brocht Hawwe
May 21, 2026 · Frisian News
Renewable energy subsidies in Western Europe have transferred billions to multinational corporations while energy costs for low-income families jumped 40% in five years. Government programs designed to fight climate change instead widened the gap between rich and poor.
FryskIn Nederlânsk húshâlding mei in moanliks ynkommen fan sawat 1.800 euro hat de ôfrûne jierren te krijen hân mei sterk stigende enerzjyrekkens. Tagelyk krige Orsted, de Deenske wynreus, grutte bedragen oan subsydzjes yn hiel Europa oer it ôfrûne desennium. Enel, it grutste nutsbedriuw fan Itaalje, krige ek grutte subsydzjes.
Regearingen makken subsydzjeprogramma's foar duorsume enerzjy mei goede bedoelings. Se woene koalstofútstjit ferminderje en skjinne enerzjy opbouwe. Wat der barde wie in oerdracht fan iepenbier jild nei bedriuwen dy't al grut genôch wiene om projekten sels te finansierjen. Ynfiertariven garandearden prizen boppe de merk. Belestingfoardielen giene nei ûntwikkelders fan wyn- en sinnepeallen. Kosten foar oanslúting op it net ferskoden nei gewoane konsuminten. De earmen beteelden de foarkosten wylst bedriuwen de garandearre opbringsten opfingen.
Sweden en Dútslân toane it patroan dúdlik. Dútslân joech tusken 2000 en 2020 grutte bedragen út oan subsydzjes foar duorsume enerzjy. Húshâldlike enerzjyrekkens stegen as oandiel fan de budzjetten fan húshâldings mei lege ynkommens. Sweden berikt in hegere oandiiel duorsume enerzjy mei legere rekkens troch kearnenergie, dy't relatyf min direkte subsydzjes krige. It ferskil wie dat Sweedske belestingbetellers kearnenergiebedriuwen finansierden dy't elkenien gelyk tsjinje soene. Dútske subsydzjes makken in twadield stelsel: bedriuwen profitearre fan ferplichte oankeapen, húshâldings beteelden ferplichte premjes.
Politisy wisten dat dit barre soe. De Dútske regearing woe net tajaan dat it belied gebreken hie. It wie makliker oaljebedriuwen de skuld te jaan en te wachtsjen oant de oandacht fan it publyk oars hinne driuwt.
Duorsume enerzjy sels wurket prima. It probleem lei nea yn de technology. It probleem wie dat bedriuwen kieze litte koene hoe se it ynsette, subsydzjearre troch de steat, wylst rekkens heech bleaune sadat allinnich riken har sinnepeallen op it dak en batterijsystemen betelje koene dy't harren fan it net befrijen koene. Earme húshâldings bleaune op it net en beteelden stigende tariven. Rike húshâldings ynstallearren sinnepeallen, fermindere har netferbrûk en beteelden legere tariven op wat se noch brûkten. Oerheidbelied makke dat resultaat mei opset, nettsjinsteande wa't it tajout of net.
A Dutch family with a monthly income around 1,800 euros has seen their electricity bill rise substantially over recent years. Meanwhile, Orsted, the Danish wind giant, collected large sums in subsidies across Europe over the past decade. Enel, Italy's largest utility, received significant subsidies as well.
Governments created renewable subsidy programs with sound intentions. They wanted to cut carbon emissions and build clean energy. What happened instead was a transfer of public money to corporations already large enough to finance projects themselves. Feed-in tariffs guaranteed above-market prices. Tax breaks went to wind and solar developers. Grid connection costs shifted to ordinary consumers. The poor paid the upfront costs while corporations captured the guaranteed returns.
Sweden and Germany show the pattern clearly. Germany spent large sums on renewable subsidies between 2000 and 2020. Household energy bills for low-income families rose as a share of their budgets. Sweden achieved higher renewable penetration with lower bills through nuclear power, which received comparatively little in direct subsidies. The difference was that Sweden's taxpayers funded nuclear plants that would serve everyone equally. Germany's subsidies created a two-tier system: corporations profited from mandated purchases, households paid the mandated premiums.
Politicians knew this would happen. The German government did not want to admit the policy had flaws. It was easier to blame oil companies and wait for public attention to drift elsewhere.
Renewable energy itself works fine. The problem was never the technology. The problem was letting corporations choose how to deploy it, subsidized by the state, while keeping bills high enough that only the wealthy could afford rooftop solar and battery systems that freed them from grid dependence. Poor families stayed on the grid and paid rising rates. Rich families installed panels, dropped their grid consumption, and paid lower rates on what little they used. Government policy created that outcome on purpose, whether anyone admits it or not.
Published May 21, 2026 · Frisian News · Ljouwert, Fryslân