Danish Energy Policy: Renewable energy and the involvement of

citizen in the process and as investors

Jens William Grav

Coordinator

Baltic Sea NGO Network, Denmark

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Danish Energy Policy

• Policy for Danish Government • 2050: All energy supply from renewable energy• 2035:  All electricity and heating from renewable energy

• 2020: reduction of CO2 with 40 percent• 2020: 50 percent of electricity from wind turbines

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Political Agrement 2012

• Special presentation

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                 Citizens and energy 

• Why involve citicens?• How involve citizens?• Planning• Investor 

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Democracy/NGO

• Guild tradition: People going together to solve problem (e.g. wind turbine, agriculture). 

• Guild tradition gives ownership and responsibility

• Democracy – board is elected by members

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Law of promoting renewable energy

• Include all kind of renewable energy (wind, solar, geothermic, wave)

• Shares in wind turbines• Each citizen at the age of 18 or older, who have their permanent

residence not longer than 4.5 kilometres from a new wind turbine can buy a share in the wind turbine.

• If the chares are not sold to these citizens other citizens, who have their permanent residence in the municipality can buy the shares.

• The erector of the wind turbine shall advertise the project in local newspaper and offer at least 20 percent of the value (cost price) of the wind turbine to local citizens.

• As shareholder you are treated as the erector in respect of cost, income, risk and influence

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Small and big energy plants

• 6 Kwh/25 Kwh• Big plants• Tax rules and electricy duty• Solar Cells

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• Thank you for your attention

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