Denmark has reached a landmark agreement on the construction of an energy hub in the North Sea. The energy hub will be an artificially constructed island 80 kilometers from the shore of the peninsula Jutland.
2019 was a record year for renewable electricity generation in Denmark. The national media outlet dr.dk reports that, for the first time ever, half of Denmark’s electricity consumption originated from renewable generation.
Last year, I was pleasantly surprised when all the different political parties started shouting about climate policy. I wrote at the time that I really hoped climate would be a major issue in the 2019 general elections. And it now is!
Numbers have just come out this week from danskenergi.dk, the Danish energy organization whose members support companies in delivering steady green power to the Danes, with an impressive uptime of 99.99% at competitive prices.
The latest report from the IEA says that renewables are growing faster than expected and will continue to outpace all other forms of energy over the next 5 years.
The numbers fluctuate. At 10:19 AM Pacific Time, on December 13, wind turbines fed 434 megawatts (MW) into the grid. There have been days when they produced 140% of the nation’s need. Then there is solar energy and biomass. According to the Danish Energy Agency, combined, renewables produce 56% of Denmark’s domestic electricity consumption.
We’re wondering if new cutting edge wind energy storage systems are part of the two new €1.7 billion Apple data centers just announced for Europe.
Originally published on ABB. By Alfredo Parres Supporting electricity grids as wind power reaches new highs As winter storms lash northern Europe, Denmark has announced record highs for wind’s contribution to its national electricity production. Global wind power capacity is set to grow by a further 50 to 100 percent … [continued]
The UK smashed wind energy records in 2014, according to figures provided earlier this week, but it wasn’t the only one — Denmark and Germany also released wind energy production figures, with both countries setting impressive new records of their own. According to the IWR renewable-energy research institute (by way of Bloomberg, … [continued]
Originally published on the ECOreport. I have finally seen a wind energy project that works and of course it would be in Denmark! My apologies, in advance, to all the people who are going to protest. I find Jim Wiegand’s research, on how wind turbines are wreaking far more raptor casualties … [continued]
