Windfarm in Denmark
 Wind map of Denmark Archive
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Today's wind power production
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Tomorrow's wind power prognosis, by Nord Pool Spot. |
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Current power system data, provided by Energinet.dk
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Current power system data, provided by EMD |
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Last 2 weeks of power system data
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Grid stability and wind share
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Visualization of North Sea nearshore turbines, near Hvide Sande
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EU industry electricity prices
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EU household electricity prices DK=Denmark |
Denmark was a pioneer in developing commercial wind power during the 1970s, and today a substantial share of the wind turbines around the world are produced by Danish manufacturers such as Vestas and Siemens Wind Power along with many component suppliers. Wind power produced the equivalent of 42.1% of Denmark's total electricity consumption in 2015, increased from 33% in 2013, and 39% in 2014. In 2012 the Danish government adopted a plan to increase the share of electricity production from wind to 50% by 2020, and to 84% in 2035. Denmark had the 6th best energy security in the world in 2014.
Danish inventor Poul la Cour experimented, taught and constructed wind power subjects around the year 1900.
As concerns over global warming grew in the 1980s, Denmark found itself with relatively high carbon dioxide emissions per capita, primarily due to the coal-fired electrical power plants that had become the norm after the 1973 and 1979 energy crises.Renewable energy became the natural choice for Denmark, decreasing both dependence on other countries for energy and global warming pollution.
Many countries tried to subsidize green technology such as wind power, and most failed to make a viable industry. The Danish system was an exception, providing 30% of initial capital cost in the early years which was gradually reduced to zero, but still maintaining a feed-in tariff. The capital cost subsidy was reduced to 20% in June 1985, when wind turbines received DKK 50 million per year. Other renewable energy forms received 37 million. The research institution Teknologisk Institut identified many specific improvement needs, pushing development from ad hoc to systemized solutions.
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