Citizens can now expect up to 38 minutes of power outages per year on average. This is an increase of two minutes compared to the previous target of 36 minutes and corresponds to an increase of five percent.
This is stated in a new planning target for the security of electricity supply, which Minister of Utilities Lars Aagaard (M) has set following a recommendation from Energinet.
With the adjustment, there will be power in the socket 99.993 percent of the time. According to the minister, the security of electricity supply in Denmark remains among the highest in the world.
- Even if we adjust the planning target slightly, we will also be incredibly high in the future. Danes must be able to trust that there is power in the socket both today and in the future, says the Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities.
In 2024, the average electricity consumer experienced 27 minutes of outages. This is a level that is above the average for the past ten years. This is mainly due to several weather-related incidents that have increased the outage time in recent years.
The increasing number of outage minutes in the electricity distribution network is partly due to the increased electrification of society, and partly to the fact that a large number of components are becoming old at the same time.
Electricity consumption has increased significantly partly due to the green transition and has overtaken expansion, which is pressured by long delivery times, bottlenecks, case processing and local resistance.
Energinet and the grid companies have initiated investments worth billions of kroner, but the industry warns that grid expansion risks becoming the biggest bottleneck for the green transition and for new investments in Denmark.
- I am keeping a close eye on the situation, and the government is busy looking at initiatives that can keep Denmark in a leading position in the world, says Lars Aagaard in the press release.
The government has initiated initiatives to be able to maintain that citizens will also have very few minutes a year without electricity in the future.
Among other things, preparations have been started for a mechanism that works by supplying electricity capacity or regulating down in situations of scarcity.
The industry has been called to a joint meeting to hear their views on both problems and solutions in relation to the expansion of the electricity grid.
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