DENMARK PROFITS FROM WIND ADUNDANCE
Wind power generates 140% of Denmark's electricity demand; Unusually high winds allowed Denmark to meet all of its electricity needs – with plenty to spare for Germany, Norway and Sweden too
Arthur Nelsen, 10 July 2015 (The Guardian)
"So much power was produced by Denmark’s windfarms on Thursday that the country was able to meet its domestic electricity demand and export power to Norway, Germany and Sweden…On an unusually windy day, Denmark found itself producing 116% of its national electricity needs from wind turbines…By 3am on Friday, when electricity demand dropped, that figure had risen to 140%...Interconnectors allowed 80% of the power surplus to be shared equally between Germany and Norway, which can store it in hydropower systems for use later. Sweden took the remaining fifth of excess power…[Officials said this demonstrates Denmark could be producing half of its electricity from renewable sources well before its target date of 2020 and ]that a world powered 100% by renewable energy is no fantasy…” click here for more
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