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Postcard from the Future: 122% Wind Power in Denmark
Postcard from the Future: 122% Wind Power in Denmark
America's Power Plan
December 11, 2013
Renewable electricity records are falling every day. In early October, Germany recently hit a 59 percent renewable peak, Colorado utility Xcel Energy peaked at 60 percent wind at the beginning of the year, and Spain got its top power supply from wind for three months leading into 2013.
But that’s chump change compared with Denmark. According to data from Energinet, the national grid operator, wind power has produced 30 percent of gross power consumption to date in 2013. This includes over 90 hours where wind produced more than all of Denmark’s electricity needs, peaking at 122 percent on October 28, at 2:00 a.m.
And Denmark has plans to get to 50 percent more wind by 2020, creating even bigger hourly peaks. Energinet predicts the country may hit as many as1,000 hours per year of power surplus.
To champions of renewables, this is validation that a clean energy future is possible and that the transition is already underway. These regions also give insight into what is to come in the U.S., and what needs to change to keep a reliable and affordable power system as clean energy grows....
America's Power Plan
December 11, 2013
Renewable electricity records are falling every day. In early October, Germany recently hit a 59 percent renewable peak, Colorado utility Xcel Energy peaked at 60 percent wind at the beginning of the year, and Spain got its top power supply from wind for three months leading into 2013.
But that’s chump change compared with Denmark. According to data from Energinet, the national grid operator, wind power has produced 30 percent of gross power consumption to date in 2013. This includes over 90 hours where wind produced more than all of Denmark’s electricity needs, peaking at 122 percent on October 28, at 2:00 a.m.
And Denmark has plans to get to 50 percent more wind by 2020, creating even bigger hourly peaks. Energinet predicts the country may hit as many as1,000 hours per year of power surplus.
To champions of renewables, this is validation that a clean energy future is possible and that the transition is already underway. These regions also give insight into what is to come in the U.S., and what needs to change to keep a reliable and affordable power system as clean energy grows....
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/blog/post/2013/12/postcard-from-the-future-122-wind-power-in-denmark?cmpid=WindNL-Thursday-December12-2013
About the source, "America's Power Plan"
Our nation’s electricity system is undergoing a rapid transformation. Market forces — driven by demand for cleaner, more efficient energy and technological innovation — are redefining America’s power sector. Yet these forces are being hindered by policies designed for the last century's technologies.
America’s Power Plan examines the challenges facing the country’s electric power system and proposes policy and market-design solutions. More than 150 top energy experts have contributed to this project, offering innovative recommendations on utility business models, finance, distributed generation, distributed energy sources, market design, transmission and siting.
America’s Power Plan examines the challenges facing the country’s electric power system and proposes policy and market-design solutions. More than 150 top energy experts have contributed to this project, offering innovative recommendations on utility business models, finance, distributed generation, distributed energy sources, market design, transmission and siting.
Find out more at: http://www.americaspowerplan.com/
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I almost universally ignore typos because my posts are packed with them, but given the context it was too good a chance to pass up.
