Windy circumstances in northern Europe have highlighted as soon as once more the rising worth of wind vitality, which supplied greater than 100% of Denmark’s electricity consumption for two days in a row in May.
Keen-eyed Twitter consumer Troels Christensen posted on May 28 a screenshot of wind power figures from WindEurope’s Wind Power Numbers Daily tracker.
Yesterday, #WindPower alone coated 108% of the #electricity consumption in #Denmark ????????#RenewableEnergy #WindEnergy #OffshoreWind #OnshoreWind
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— Troels Christensen (@tc_thrane) May 28, 2022
WindEurope, the area’s main wind vitality commerce affiliation, tracks wind era figures for Europe in addition to hourly electricity figures for a lot of European international locations.
As might be seen in the screenshot above, Denmark generated 94.9GWh value of wind vitality on May 27, which represented 108.1% of the nation’s power demand.
Similarly, as consultant of the day’s circumstances, the share of wind vitality in electricity demand for Western Europe was slightly below 24%.
Unfortunately, WindEurope’s archive knowledge doesn’t seem like obtainable at time of writing, however we will affirm the accuracy of WindEurope’s figures by taking a look at Danish transmission system operator Energinet’s figures.
What is outstanding is that May 27 was not even essentially the most spectacular exhibiting for Denmark’s wind vitality, as might be seen by the graph beneath.
According to Energinet, total wind vitality manufacturing on May 26 reached 57,224MWh for onshore wind and 36,526MWh for offshore wind, accounting for 111.5% of consumption.
This was almost replicated on May 27 with 56,305MWh of onshore wind and 36,526MWh of offshore wind, accounting for 106% of consumption – mainly the identical as WindEurope’s personal numbers.
Joshua S. Hill is a Melbourne-based journalist who has been writing about local weather change, clear expertise, and electrical autos for over 15 years. He has been reporting on electrical autos and clear applied sciences for Renew Economy and The Driven since 2012. His most well-liked mode of transport is his ft.