New developments in the Danish Wind Energy Policy

Conference · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:447444

Lemming, J ^[1]

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1. Danish Energy Agency, Copenhagen (Denmark)

Wind energy resources in Denmark are among the best in Europe. In recent years there has been a rapid growth in number of wind turbines connected to the grid in Denmark. By the end of 1995 more than 3800 wind turbines were installed on-shore with a capacity of over 600 MW. The total production of electricity from these turbines in 1995 was more than 1200 GWh, corresponding to approximately 3.6 % of the Danish electricity consumption. For several years Denmark has pursued an energy policy with an increasing weight on environmental aspects and new and renewable energy sources like wind energy. Therefore wind energy already plays an important part as supplement to the traditional sources of fuel in the electricity production, and the share of wind energy and other renewables is expected to increase significantly in the years to come. 1 ref., 9 figs.

• Research Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO (United States)
• OSTI ID: 447444
• Report Number(s): CONF-960630--; ON: DE97002833
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

17 WIND ENERGY
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
DENMARK
ENERGY POLICY
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
WIND POWER