Denmark: Energy from the wind

A relatively new industry in Denmark is the industry producing windturbines, the windpower industry. The windturbines are used for producing electricity from the wind. You’ll find Danish manufactured windturbines all over the world. In India, U.S.A., Germany etc. and of course in Denmark where today they are supplying more than 20 percent of the electricy consumed.

In the seventies a small group of idealists in a school in Denmark was building the then biggest windturbine in the world. In general they were laughed at, and at the same time the official authorities in Denmark planned to build Nuclear Power Plants in the country. The windturbine was actually build, the idea about producing electricity out of the wind became popular, and out of the idea, a whole industry emerged.

The Tvind windturbine is still producing electricity, today, more than 20 years after it was build.

But the nuclear power plants were never build. Maybe thats the reason why the people from Tvind since then has been a bit unpopular by the government, media and politicians.