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Denmark gets 25% of its energy from wind
Denmark has just crossed the threshold of one gigawatt of installed power, an amount sufficient to give to the country a quarter of the energy it needs.
Denmark has just passed one gigawatt of installed Wind Power production, sufficient to provide the country with 25% of its energy needs. This brilliant result, however, did not satisfy the Danish Government, which has just launched an ambitious plan that provides, within eight years, to reach 50% of its energy supply with wind energy, mainly offshore.
The previous plan included, by 2020, to achieve "only" 35% of the energy needed by the country, but the new technologies that allow turbines ever more powerful and efficient on the one hand; and the extraordinary development of the sector are pushing more and more investment in the wind energy market.
Only building wind turbines, however, will not allow Denmark to achieve this ambitious goal: the country needs a series of political reforms aimed at the development and dissemination of energy saving, with the adoption of high-efficiency technologies.
Final goal: 100% of its energy needs get from renewable by 2050.
The previous plan included, by 2020, to achieve "only" 35% of the energy needed by the country, but the new technologies that allow turbines ever more powerful and efficient on the one hand; and the extraordinary development of the sector are pushing more and more investment in the wind energy market.
Only building wind turbines, however, will not allow Denmark to achieve this ambitious goal: the country needs a series of political reforms aimed at the development and dissemination of energy saving, with the adoption of high-efficiency technologies.
Final goal: 100% of its energy needs get from renewable by 2050.
