Renewable energy covers 56% of Denmark's energy consumption
Around 56% of Denmark’s domestic electricity consumption is created through renewable energy projects, according to the Danish Energy Agency. In 2015, Denmark produced 89% of its energy needs, with coal, natural gas and oil consumption falling 30.4%. Wind power provided 41.8% of the energy needed, whilst biomass produced 11%, with the remainder being contributed by solar energy and other renewable sources. The ability to use so much renewable power is aided by the fact that the country can deliver excess wind energy to Sweden, Germany and Norway and purchase energy from the same countries should they require it.

The Danish Energy Agency has just completed the evaluation of the best and final offers received in the first tender of the CCUS subsidy scheme, a scheme designed to support Denmark's first full-sc