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our 5.000 windmills only produce 2.6 % of our gross energy consumption (2006)
Denmark produced 25,800 TJ of wind power and consumed 121,857 TJ of electricity in 2007, which is almost 20% of gross electrical energy consumption [1]
Total renewable energy production is 130,200 TJ and total energy consumption is 668,846 TJ, which is almost 20% of gross energy consumption (same reference as above).
Yes, Denmark sells excess energy to Norwegian hydropower (used as mass energy storage of excess wind power when wind conditions are high), and Denmark buys back when wind power conditions are low, also reaping income from transferring power from Norway/Sweden to Germany and other destinations. To use a figure 2.6% is misleading, unless you provide the rest of the discussion.
The Danish "Energistyrelse" (Official Energy Department) gives us the correct figures of the windmills here:
http://www.ens.dk/sw14080.asp
The fact that Denmark only uses about 50 % of the current produced by windmills is proved here:
http://www.reo.dk/
The Danish "Energistyrelse" (Official Energy Department) gives us the correct figures of the windmills here:
http://www.ens.dk/sw14080.asp
That's the first link I provided above. Do you have any issues with the numbers I provided? If so, do you understand why the 2.6% figure you quoted is misleading?
The fact that Denmark only uses about 50 % of the current produced by windmills is proved here:
http://www.reo.dk/
I'm afraid I don't speak Danish, so can't read that site. It appears to be a pro-nuclear website that has a subscription.
I would not be surprised if Denmark directly used 50% of their wind power and indirectly used the rest when buying back from hydro plants in other parts of Scandinavia. Wind and hydro go well together, as excess wind can be 'stored' via offsetting or actual increase in the hydro reservoir, and then used when demand is higher than the current wind supply. Even excess nuclear power in the region is stored during the night in hydro for resell during the day.