19 billion DKK. that's how much companies and private customers can save on their electricity bills up to 2030, if the government brings forward the installation of wind turbines, which are already planned today. This is shown by a calculation that Ea Energy Analysis has made for the Danish Business Association.
To achieve the savings, the calculations show that two GW onshore wind and six GW offshore wind must be brought forward by two to three years, the business organization states in a statement.
The EU is currently mulling over plans to tax electricity producers' extraordinarily large profits and reform the electricity market. This is completely the wrong way to go, says CEO of the Danish Business Association, Brian Mikkelsen.
The business organization has therefore presented a proposal for an emergency package with six proposals for renewable energy that can help drive the green development of the electricity grid.
The six points in the Danish Business Council's emergency plan include, among other things, a desire for a green processing guarantee, so that renewable energy projects are approved in a maximum of six months, and that grid connection of new renewable energy production should be much faster.
- If a green processing guarantee is created, the incentive to invest will follow. If our proposal is implemented, there will be good conditions for a lot of wind turbines to be erected quite quickly, says Brian Mikkelsen.
Minister will not rule out case processing guarantee
To Finans.dk, Vestas' CEO, Henrik Andersen, welcomes initiatives to promote faster approvals. The situation is particularly unsatisfactory in the onshore wind sector, according to the wind turbine boss, who indicates that Vestas can deliver 500 onshore wind turbines by 2025 - which will also result in a large billion-dollar saving for electricity consumers.
"Therefore, the EU should also focus on lowering electricity bills for consumers by getting much more wind energy, instead of taxing what you want more of," he writes in an email to the media.
According to the Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities, Lars Aagaard (M), the government is working to remove the challenges to a faster spread of wind energy.
"I completely share the desire that we should eliminate barriers and unnecessary bureaucracy so that we can reduce the processing time. Therefore, I will not reject the idea of a green processing guarantee in advance," he writes in an email.
The Danish Business Emergency Package consists of the following six points:
- A green processing guarantee, so that renewable energy projects are approved in a maximum of 6 months.
- A new target for the expansion of renewable energy on land of at least 1 GW of wind and 500 MW of solar annually.
- The regulatory processing of the 13 GW of offshore wind, which is currently applied for via the previous open-door scheme, must be stepped up so that the projects can be approved as quickly as possible.
- The grid connection of new renewable energy production must be much faster.
- There must be clarity about the tariffs as soon as possible.
- Stable framework conditions for investments in renewable energy. Therefore, a government payment model from plants should not include onshore renewable energy. The revenue cap for renewable energy should be implemented carefully and not extended, while the European electricity market design should be maintained.
Source: Dansk Erhverv
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