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Why Wind Power Works for Denmark
May, 2005
by Hugh Sharman
Summary:
"The global oil price rise in the 1970s
prompted the Danish government to
switch to imported coal for its thermal
power stations and to start a wind energy
programme targeted at generating 10% of
electricity by 2000. The target was
achieved and there are now 5500 wind
turbines rated at 3000 MW—including
the world’s two largest offshore wind
farms at Nysted (Fig. 1) and Horns Rev—
producing around 16% of national
demand.
This paper reports on performance data of the west Denmark power grid, to which 80% of the country’s wind power is connected. The east Denmark power grid is entirely separate but both grids are heavily interconnected to the national grids of neighbouring countries to the north and south."
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Energy Policy
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Denmark
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