For the entire
European Union,
wind energy
accounted for
14% of electricity
consumption
last year.
Denmark aims
to reduce total
greenhouse gas
emissions by 70%,
by 2030.
A new climate law
passed late last year,
targeted an increase
in the share of electricity
sourced from renewable
power to 100%.
Denmark is home to
wind turbine giant Vestas,
and Orsted, the world's
largest developer
of offshore wind.
Denmark has favorable
wind conditions, and
began investing heavily
in wind power in the 1970s.
Wind accounted
for 47% of Denmark's
electric power
usage in 2019,
the country's
grid operator
Energinet said,
( preliminary data ),
up from 41% in 2018,
breaking the record
of 43% in 2017.
The higher proportion
of wind energy
in Denmark last year
was partly due
to Vattenfall
starting operations,
at the Horns Rev 3
offshore wind farm,
located in the North Sea,
in August.
Denmark's
percentage
of electric power
from wind turbines
at sea increased
to 18% last year,
up from 14%,
in 2018,
according
to Energinet.
( Note:
The International
Energy Agency (IEA)
said in October 2019
that electric power
generated from
wind turbines at sea
only accounted
for 0.3% of today's global
electricity generation. )
Denmark's percentage
of electric power
from wind turbines
on land ( onshore wind )
accounted for 29%
of Denmark's
total electric power
last year.
29% onshore wind
plus 18% offshore wind
= 47% total wind power
for Denmark's electricity
Denmark is far in front
of EU's number two
-- Ireland --
which sourced
28% of its power
from wind in 2018,
according to data
from industry group
WindEurope.