The government will quadruple production from solar parks and onshore wind turbines by 2030. This is stated by Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen (S) at a press conference where the government's reform proposal "Denmark can do more II" is presented.
This is part of the government's ambition for Denmark to produce more green electricity.
- Now we are increasing our ambitions even further with more onshore wind, more solar cells, more offshore wind and more energy islands. We want to expand as much renewable energy as is possible in the smartest way, says Mette Frederiksen.
However, how much Denmark can increase production already towards 2025 is "difficult to put a figure on", says Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities Dan Jørgensen (S) at the press conference.
But the plan until 2030 will "hardly be possible to do within the existing ceiling" for setting up wind turbines on land - even if old turbines are replaced with new and more efficient ones.
The plan will require a doubling of the wind energy on land that is produced today.
Willing to engage in dialogue with municipalities
The government will engage in dialogue with municipalities to increase the expansion of renewable energy on land. There is a need to remove barriers and to ensure that the necessary areas are available, the reform proposal states.
Furthermore, the reform proposal states that "both solar parks and onshore wind turbines have fallen in price over recent years". Therefore, there may be "more and more examples" of them being built without government support.
The government also proposes that the expansion of green electricity that exceeds Denmark's needs must be built without support without "significant costs" for consumers and businesses.
Wants more energy islands
In relation to offshore wind, the government wants to initiate preparations for new energy islands in the North Sea.
The North Sea's "full offshore wind potential" must be "harvested", and by 2050 there is potential to utilize 35 GW of offshore wind from the North Sea, it says. This is a 15-fold increase compared to the current offshore wind capacity in Denmark.
It is also the ambition that Denmark will be a net exporter of green energy in 2030 and thus supply electricity to the rest of Europe. According to figures from the interest organization Green Power Denmark, the number of wind turbines in Denmark has been more or less constant over the past 10 years. In return, each wind turbine can produce more electricity.
The supporting party, De Radikale, calls the proposal a "beautiful vision catalogue".
- But there is still a long way to go before a concrete proposal is made. The big unanswered question after today's press conference remains: How does the government specifically envision that we will be able to build so much solar and wind power in the next eight years?
- The government still lacks concrete tools for municipalities and the state to jointly identify locations for the new energy, says Deputy Chairman Martin Lidegaard in a written comment.
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