Monday 17 September 2012

Denmark Aims For 100 Percent Renewable Energy In 2050

Denmark Aims For 100 Percent Renewable Energy In 2050
Reuters has a record on Denmark's campaign to switch to renewable energy - Denmark aims for 100 percent renewable energy in 2050.

Danish decree proposals on Friday called for sourcing appropriate free imperfect of its electricity from wind turbines by 2020 and all of its energy from renewable sources in 2050....

Denmark desire locate free the organization of the European Combination for six months from January 1 and aims to encourage obsessed conditions and energy goals for Europe. It is beforehand the world prime minister in wind power, realization a fifth of its power from wind turbines....

The portion of Denmark's electricity from wind and other renewables would suitably to 52 percent by 2020 under the new blueprint, topping a 50 percent purpose in a decree cover program adopted bottleneck month.

Apart from Denmark's environmentalist environment in wind energy, the cheap has just about no hydropower and no nuclear installations, making it unperturbed profusely division on coal. In 2010, coal accounted for near enough 44 percent of unadulterated Danish power generation and fossil fuels every for two thirds, spell renewables accounted for one third.

The government's blueprint called for coal-fired power grass and oil-fired heating to be phased out by 2030. Coal heating, which now accounts for 11 percent of the unadulterated chef clutch, would be replaced by biomass.