July 11, 2015 at 10:22Danish Wind Energy Generates More Electricity in One Day Than Country Required
On July 9 of this year, last Thursday, which turned out to be unusually windy, the Danish power system received such electricity generation from wind farms that exceeded the level necessary for the whole country by 16%. At certain points of the day, for example, on the early morning of Thursday, when electricity consumption naturally fell due to nighttime, energy production reached 140%.
If you look at the site of the main energy operator in Denmark, where in real time in the form of visual and attractive animation is shownthe level of electricity generation and its export, it can be seen that the rate of generation of wind farms significantly exceeded the level of consumption. At the same time, the maximum capacity of the entire wind energy complex is declared at 4.8 GW - in other words, it still had a significant reserve.
Screenshot of TheGuardian
Previously, authorities in a country of 5.6 million people saidthat a state program has begun in Denmark to completely stop the use of fossil fuels by 2050, including not only burning them to generate electricity, but also for transport. This program was launched, despite the country's favorable geographical location in relation to its energy-rich neighbors, from where Denmark can easily import electricity. For example, a large number of nuclear power plants in Sweden and hydropower from Norway allowed Denmark to feel quite comfortable. However, the political intentions of the Swedish authorities to close nuclear power plants and the increasing needs of the UK, with which it was necessary to share Norwegian energy imports, forced the Danish authorities to start a program to install wind farms in their country with the intention of raising their generation to half the required level by 2020. As you can see, this state program is close to its goal.
In March this year, the UK opened the country's largest coastal wind farm Keadby Wind Farm, consisting of 34 wind generators. The total cost of the project amounted to 98 million pounds, which was paid by a private company SSE. A little later it became known that the government will stop state subsidies in the field of wind energy by April 1, 2016. The same uncertain situation with alternative energy sources is observed.and in Germany: despite the declared transition to "clean" sources of electricity, the country is actively purchasing coal in Russia and opening new thermal power plants with the simultaneous closure of nuclear power plants. The latter occurs mainly under the pressure of the environmental community in the light of the tragedy at the Japanese Fukushima-1. The main reason for the return to "traditional" energy in Germany is the "instability" of wind energy, the effectiveness of which is highly dependent on the weather.
If you look at the site of the main energy operator in Denmark, where in real time in the form of visual and attractive animation is shownthe level of electricity generation and its export, it can be seen that the rate of generation of wind farms significantly exceeded the level of consumption. At the same time, the maximum capacity of the entire wind energy complex is declared at 4.8 GW - in other words, it still had a significant reserve.
Screenshot of TheGuardian
Previously, authorities in a country of 5.6 million people saidthat a state program has begun in Denmark to completely stop the use of fossil fuels by 2050, including not only burning them to generate electricity, but also for transport. This program was launched, despite the country's favorable geographical location in relation to its energy-rich neighbors, from where Denmark can easily import electricity. For example, a large number of nuclear power plants in Sweden and hydropower from Norway allowed Denmark to feel quite comfortable. However, the political intentions of the Swedish authorities to close nuclear power plants and the increasing needs of the UK, with which it was necessary to share Norwegian energy imports, forced the Danish authorities to start a program to install wind farms in their country with the intention of raising their generation to half the required level by 2020. As you can see, this state program is close to its goal.
In March this year, the UK opened the country's largest coastal wind farm Keadby Wind Farm, consisting of 34 wind generators. The total cost of the project amounted to 98 million pounds, which was paid by a private company SSE. A little later it became known that the government will stop state subsidies in the field of wind energy by April 1, 2016. The same uncertain situation with alternative energy sources is observed.and in Germany: despite the declared transition to "clean" sources of electricity, the country is actively purchasing coal in Russia and opening new thermal power plants with the simultaneous closure of nuclear power plants. The latter occurs mainly under the pressure of the environmental community in the light of the tragedy at the Japanese Fukushima-1. The main reason for the return to "traditional" energy in Germany is the "instability" of wind energy, the effectiveness of which is highly dependent on the weather.