Danes still top global leaderboard

Anholt will be fully operational by the end of the year

Anholt will be fully operational by the end of the year

Wind accounted for 30.1% of Danish electricity consumption last year – the highest proportion in the world.

That represents a rise of two percentage points on the 2011 figure, according to the Danish Wind Industry Association, maintaining the country's position at the head of the global leaderboard.

"An increase of two percentage points may not sound a lot, but it is on par with what we expect in order to reach the official target of 50% by 2020," says Sune Strøm, the association's chief economist.

"We will see a slightly bigger increase in 2013 as Anholt is completed, and then further increases when we connect the coming offshore Log in to read complete article.

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