An energy analysis has determined that doubling the amount of windmill power would put an extra several million Danish crowns annually into the nation’s budget, Copenhagen Post reported on June 1. Government plans to double the capacity of the nation’s windmills to cover half of Denmark’s power needs would result in annual savings of 40 million crowns, according to a new study from research and consultancy agency EA Energy Analyses. The Liberal-Conservative government, which commissioned the study together with the Danish Wind Industry Association, has proposed increasing wind-power capacity to 6,000 megawatts by 2025 - twice the current output. The study indicated the project would require net-infrastructure investments totaling some 500 million crowns over 16 years.
The analysis indicated that 63 million crowns annually would be saved if a majority of the nation’s current coal-fuelled power was replaced by wind power.
The Danish Finance Ministry has put together its own estimate of the project’s costs and came up with a figure of five billion crowns annually.