If We (The U.S.) Could Be Like Denmark, Our Electrical Producing System Would Be Just as Admired.

Wind energy account 43.4 % of electricity in Denmark, sets new record in 2017 - NewsX

Denmark just set a world record for using wind power to drive its economy. According to the Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate, Wind power accounted for a record high of 43.4 % of the total electricity consumption in Denmark in 2017.

From article, (Wind power accounted for a record high of 43.4 % of the total electricity consumption in Denmark in 2017, according to official data released on Thursday. The new record surpasses the previous 2015 record of 42 %, keeping Denmark on track to reach its target of having 50 % of all electricity produced by wind power by 2020, figures from Danish Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate showed. “With the wind power production record, Denmark places a green flag on the world map.

We once again show the whole world that Denmark has the world’s best energy system,” Xinhua quoted Lars Chr. Lilleholt, Danish Minister of Energy, Utilities and Climate, as saying. “We have managed to accommodate large amounts of wind power and other green sources of energy while maintaining the high security of supply,” the minister said. In the coming years, higher records are expected as new offshore wind farms are developed in the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to further increase the Danish wind production.)

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