Denmark Plans To Be Coal-Free In 10 Years

merbs writes "Earlier this year, Denmark's leadership announced that the nation would run entirely on renewable power by 2050. Wind, solar, and biomass would be ramped up while coal and gas are phased out. Now Denmark has gone even further, and plans to end coal by 2025.

Comments

Re:Breaking the stranglehold of other countries

[stephanruby]

Russia has demonstrated that it is unwilling to engage in above-board transactions for their fuel exports.

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It's a shame that Denmark can't get off of natural gas sooner than coal.

Thanks to the North Sea, Denmark is a net exporter of oil and natural gas. It's actually the coal they need to import. And compared to natural gas, it's actually the coal that is considerably dirtier. I personally don't see anything wrong with their plan. Few countries are in the position they're in, they will even benefit from what's going on with Russia right now.

I don't know what they are doing to burn coal now

[Crashmarik]

http://shrinkthatfootprint.com...

Denmark pays a whopping 41 cents per kilowatt hour.

OUCH !!!!!!!

3.5 times the avg cost in the U.S.

It really doesn't take much for other energy sources to beat that. Going out on a limb here I suspect renewables could be cheaper by just not being subject to whatever it is they do that makes their current energy sources ridiculously expensive.

Re:This is the future

[Barsteward]

A lot of the Scandinavian housing stock is highly insulated so less energy is used to heat it, keep it warm or cool it and keep it cool. If all houses where built to or close to the Passivhaus specification , energy use would drop and people would spend less on energy.