Wind's share would have been even greater without outages at Anholt, said Energinet.dk

Danish wind sets new global benchmark with 42.1% power share

Denmark’s wind turbines in 2015 generated the equivalent of 42.1% of the nation’s power consumption – setting a new world record – said transmission system operator (TSO) Energinet.dk.

15 January 2016 13:16 GMT Updated 28 September 2016 9:12 GMT

By William Steel in Aarhus

Denmark’s fleet generated a total of 14.1TWh last year, while gross consumption was 33.5TWh.

The record caps off an extraordinary decade of growth in Danish wind, which at the end of September 2015 passed 5GW of installed capacity – 1.27GW of it offshore – according to data from the country’s energy ministry.

In 2005, the share of power consumption was 18.7%, rising to 22% by 2010 and 30% by 2012.

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