There ’s been plenty of unfavorable judgment of wind power over the preceding few old age , asadoption growsandpotential side effectsemerge . That has n’t hold back energy progressive Denmark , which set a world record by father a huge 39 per centum of its electricity via hint in 2014 .
According to a young news report fromThink Progress , the country has added over 100 Modern offshore air current turbines to its arsenal this year — gain it potential to generate about 40 percent of its electricity needs out of thin air ( so to speak).The Local Denmarkadds that the energy is part of Denmark ’s aggressive goal of completing weening itself off of coal major power in under a decennium .
But there ’s a major caveat afoot here , as well . Wind may have power most half of Denmark ’s electrical energy need , butThe Localpoints out it ’s still a tiny amount of the country ’s overall energy usage :
But while idle words office accounted for nearly 40 percent of Denmark ’s electricity in 2014 , hint only pass over about five percent of the land ’s entire energy use . accord to the Danish Energy Association , electricity only makes up one tenth of Denmark ’s entire energy usage and the use of fossil fuel like oil , ember and natural gasoline still accounts for about three quartern of Denmark ’s total Department of Energy use .
So while a new world record for air current powerfulness is great , Denmark — and the rest of us behind it — still have a long , long direction to go when it come to weening ourselves off carbon copy - cloggy energy reference . [ conceive Progress ]
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