Denmark’s wind power produced more electricity in one day than the country needed
On July 9 of this year, last Thursday, which turned out to be unusually windy, the power system of Denmark received from the wind power plants such an output of electricity that exceeded the level necessary for the whole country by 16%. At certain moments of the day, for example, in the early morning of Thursday, when electricity consumption naturally fell due to night time, energy production reached a figure of 140%.
If you look at the site of the main energy operator in Denmark, where the level of power generation and its export is shown in real time in the form of vivid and attractive animation, you can see that the rate of production of wind power plants significantly exceeded the level of consumption. At the same time, the maximum power of the entire wind power complex is declared at the level of 4.8 GW - in other words, it still has a significant reserve.
Screenshot of TheGuardian
Earlier, the authorities of the country, whose population is 5.6 million people, stated that Denmark launched a state program to completely stop using fossil fuels by 2050, including not only burning them to generate electricity, and for transport. This program was started, despite the successful geographical location of the country in relation to its energy-friendly 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 growing needs of the UK, which had to share Norwegian energy imports, forced the Danish authorities to start a program to install wind power plants in their country with the intention to bring their production to half the required level by 2020. As you can see, this government program is close to its goal.
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In March of this year, in the UK , Keadby Wind Farm, the country's largest coastal wind farm, was opened, consisting of 34 wind turbines. 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 would stop state subsidies to wind energy by April 1, 2016. The same uncertain situation with alternative energy sources is also observed in Germany: despite the declared transition to “clean” sources of electricity, the country is actively buying coal in Russia and opening new thermal power plants with simultaneous closure of nuclear power plants. The latter occurs mainly under the pressure of the ecological public 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 depends heavily on the weather.
If you look at the site of the main energy operator in Denmark, where the level of power generation and its export is shown in real time in the form of vivid and attractive animation, you can see that the rate of production of wind power plants significantly exceeded the level of consumption. At the same time, the maximum power of the entire wind power complex is declared at the level of 4.8 GW - in other words, it still has a significant reserve.
Screenshot of TheGuardian
Earlier, the authorities of the country, whose population is 5.6 million people, stated that Denmark launched a state program to completely stop using fossil fuels by 2050, including not only burning them to generate electricity, and for transport. This program was started, despite the successful geographical location of the country in relation to its energy-friendly 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 growing needs of the UK, which had to share Norwegian energy imports, forced the Danish authorities to start a program to install wind power plants in their country with the intention to bring their production to half the required level by 2020. As you can see, this government program is close to its goal.
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In March of this year, in the UK , Keadby Wind Farm, the country's largest coastal wind farm, was opened, consisting of 34 wind turbines. 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 would stop state subsidies to wind energy by April 1, 2016. The same uncertain situation with alternative energy sources is also observed in Germany: despite the declared transition to “clean” sources of electricity, the country is actively buying coal in Russia and opening new thermal power plants with simultaneous closure of nuclear power plants. The latter occurs mainly under the pressure of the ecological public 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 depends heavily on the weather.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/367651/
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