A pool of money that was set aside in 2022 in a plan to quadruple the production of solar and wind energy in Denmark has been shaved down. It is now only half of its original amount. This is reported by Jyllands-Posten.
The special pool was originally 355 million kroner and was to go to solar cells on roofs and along highways. The ambition was, among other things, to get solar cells closer to cities.
But in 2023 the pool was shaved down to 176.5 million kroner, reports Jyllands-Posten.
Instead, the government and a number of parties agreed to use part of the saved money on a new, large agreement on state-owned energy parks. Some of the money has therefore been used to finance the new solar cell and wind farms, of which 24 out of 26 have so far been located in Jutland.
According to the newspaper, the Ministry of Climate Change also states that no money has yet been used from the fund for roof and highway solar cells, and that they will not be implemented until 2025 - two years later than planned.
Breaking Denmark
This has triggered criticism from, among others, Susie Jessen, who is the rural district spokesperson for the Danish Democrats. She believes that it "breaks Denmark even more".
- You have a fund for solar cells on roofs in cities - and then you halve it before it can even get started. This shows that there is not much interest in the cities contributing in this area, she tells the newspaper.
Jyllands-Posen has asked Climate Minister Lars Aagaard (M) why the pool was halved - and why the money has not been used yet.
He emphasizes in a written response that the Danish Energy Agency's improvement work in relation to the pool showed that it was "difficult to get much extra solar installed".
That is why it was agreed to transfer the money to support the development of energy parks, he explains.
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