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Installing solar power in Denmark is going faster than planned, and the country has already reached its goal of 200 megawatts of solar capacity. This amount was the goal that the Danish government had set to reach by 2020.
At present, the country is adding 36 MW of solar panels each month, and industry predictions are that there will be 1000 MW of solar panels (five times the goal) installed by 2020. Denmark has one of the highest levels of renewable power installed as a percentage of total power requirements. The national goals on that front are 35 percent (to be reached by 2020) and 100 percent (to be reached by 2050). More than 20 percent of Danish power is supplied from renewable sources at present.
The Danish energy market makes this an attractive option for homeowners and other building owners. “The demand for solar cells has increased dramatically since net metering was implemented in 2010. Net metering gives private households and public institutions the possibility of ‘storing’ surplus production in the public grid, which makes solar panels considerably more attractive.”
via: Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Release
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written by mike, October 11, 2012
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written by AGS Solar, October 12, 2012
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written by jackie, October 12, 2012
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written by David @ Solar Power Backpacks, October 13, 2012
I believe that we can get more benefits from this.
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written by haney @ Solar Power Backpacks, October 15, 2012
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written by Carol S., October 17, 2012
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written by Carol S., October 17, 2012
Hi, Philip, here's a link that confirms Denmark's "Green Car Campaign". I will find others if you want to put them on here in an article.
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written by Responder, October 18, 2012
Is it possible to upgrade panels when more efficient ones get developed?"
Yes you can add more solar panels using micro-inverters, one for each panel. In 5 years time it is like that some manufacturer add a micro-inverter already at the factory and thus you do not need a central inverter and each panel can be of a different size, make, model, etc without negatively impacting performance. At present micro-inverter technology is more expensive but that could change just like pocket calculators where expensive when first introduced but are cheap today.
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written by shoaib, October 18, 2012
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written by Nelson Henne, October 18, 2012
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written by Best Man, October 20, 2012
I live in Germany. Denmark is in the north. It is not really that sunny, but they still make money from the sun.
Shame on the rest of the world for not doing the same. It is really crazy that the solar energy is adopted in the north before it is adopted along the Equator.
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written by Marija, November 06, 2012
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written by mchlbk, November 14, 2012
The new rules will be less lucrative for home owners and it is feared it will put an emideate stop to new installations.
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written by Richard, December 23, 2012
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The problem is, according to the electricity companies, that homeowners are given incentive to invest in solar panels in a way that negatively influences the electric market in general. It is actually more expensive to produce energy because more solar panels are joining the system.
Our current government are trying to change this so new laws are in place as soon as two weeks from now, practically disincentivising consumers as it may no longer be economically feaseable to buy solar panels.
The good thing, however, is that those investing BEFORE will not be hit by the changes - that's what we've been promised at least.
Hopefully they will be changing the registration taxation system on cars soon, moving away from taxation based on prices and towards revarding low-emission cars instead of small cars.