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Is hydropower necessary to make wind work?

April 9, 2012 by Michael Giberson
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From time to time a promoter of wind power will encourage the U.S. to follow Denmark’s lead and aim for a much higher levels of wind power on the grid. (Recently Denmark’s legislature established a goal of attaining 50 percent of its energy from wind power by 2020.)A working paper by Johannes Mauritzen explains one of the key factors... [read more]

Denmark Commits to 100% Renewable Energy By 2050

March 28, 2012 by Joseph Romm
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Denmark is taking the lead when it comes to renewables once again! Think they'll be able to reach their goal? [read more]

Nuclear vs. Renewables: Two Countries, Two Paths, One Crucial Lesson Learned

January 27, 2011 by Barry Brook
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In the 1970s, two countries took two different paths in energy policy. Denmark pursued wind power, but failed to replace its fossil fuel power plants. It has among the highest carbon emissions per capita in Europe. France pursued nuclear power, and now has the lowest carbon emissions of any OECD country. Lesson learned. Nuclear power... [read more]

Denmark Aims to Be Carbon Neutral by Mid-Century

October 11, 2010 by Taylen Peterson
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On October 5, Denmark’s Climate Commission released a report showing that the country could be completely fossil-free by 2050. No more fossil-fuel generation plants spewing greenhouse gases, lead and noxious mercury into the air, and from there into water and soil. No more cars, buses and trucks spitting out equal or greater amounts... [read more]

Green VS. Green, Part 1

May 27, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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By Breakthrough Senior Fellow Siddartha Shome Denmark Dispute Greens tout Denmark as a renewable mecca, but Sweden -- powered largely by hydro and nuclear -- has a far less carbon intense energy mix. Here's a pop quiz. A, B, C, and D are four rich industrialized countries in Western Europe with similar living standards. Country A's... [read more]

Cape Wind Can Now Help America Start the Clean Energy Future

April 28, 2010 by Frances Beinecke
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America took one giant step into the clean energy future today when Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved the Cape Wind offshore wind project. Finally, we can move forward with this critical tool for addressing climate change. I spent every summer of my childhood on Cape Cod, digging for clams and collecting shells on Nauset... [read more]

COP15: The answer is blowin’ in the wind

December 14, 2009 by Marc Gunther
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1%, 4.5%, 20%, zero. Those numbers stuck in my mind after a boat tour of an offshore wind farm near Copenhagen. One percent is, roughly, is the share of global electricity generated by wind. 4.5 percent is the share of electricity in the EU that comes from wind. 20 percent is the share in Denmark, the world capital of the wind industry... [read more]

African nations in an uproar over leaked text

December 8, 2009 by Climatico Analysis
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Chaos has broken out in Copenhagen as delegates respond to leaked documents that reveal what is believed to be a draft of the agreement which will be signed next week by world leaders. This draft text strongly favors rich nations and threatens to sideline the UN’s future role in climate change negotiations. The document is being... [read more]

Wind Energy, The Case of Denmark: A Review

October 16, 2009 by Charles Barton
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The Danish Center for Political Studies, last month published a wide ranging critical study on the Danish wind generation power, titled Wind Energy: The Case of Denmark. The Danish Center for Political Studies would appear to be either conservative or Libertarian in orientation. Most of the Study was written by Hugh Sharman whose... [read more]

World's Largest Off-Shore Wind Farm - 209 MWe Peak Capacity for $1 Billion

September 18, 2009 by Rod Adams
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The Horns Rev 2 wind farm, which consists of 91 wind turbines each with a peak generating capacity of 2.3 MW of electricity, went on line with much fan fare off of the coast of Denmark on September 17, 2009. According to the news reports, the project cost somewhere between $700 million and $1 billion. The owner of the project, Dong... [read more]

Danish wind power report by IER, and views from the NRDC

September 16, 2009 by Michael Giberson
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Denmark has a lot of wind power capacity.  On that point, pretty much all observers agree.  Beyond that point, opinions diverge. The Institute for Energy Research, possibly in response to President Obama’s references to Denmark as a renewable energy model, has commissioned a report from Danish think tank CEPOS on the nature of... [read more]

Winning the Challenge to design a Cleaner Tuk-Tuk

July 14, 2009 by Jonathan Smith
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A more environment friendly auto-rickshaw has been the subject of several After Gutenberg posts. Via Andy Revkin, we learn of student teams from Dutch and Indian universities that took part in a competion to design the cleanest, cheapest and most practical upgrade kit to cut carbon emissions. Enviru, which is an environmental think tank... [read more]

Sorting out some claims about Danish wind power

May 15, 2009 by Michael Giberson
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A shortened version of Michael Trebilcock’s commentary on wind power, mentioned here the other day, was published in the Financial Post under the not so subtle title of, “Wind power is a complete disaster.” The Financial Post subsequently published a reply by Sigurd Lauge Pedersen, a Senior Adviser to the Danish Energy Agency: “Wind... [read more]

Denmark Launch

March 30, 2008 by ShaiAgassi
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I wanted to share with you my speech from our launch of Project Better Place in Denmark. I will have another post on why and how we got to choose Denmark as the second country, but in the mean time - this should be fairly self explanatory. You can actually see the launch itself as we archived the webcast on the ProjectBetterPlace.com... [read more]