http://denmark.dk/portal/page?_pageid=374,610572&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL&ic_itemid=942671Winds blowing just off Denmark's coast could provide up to half of the country's energy needs, according to report published Tuesday by the Energy Ministry.
Coupled with current land-based sites, the offshore wind projects would bring the country's total share of renewable wind energy to over 75 percent.The energy minister, Flemming Hansen, emphasised that the offshore sites provided wind energy's environmentally friendly benefits without the zoning conflicts that often arise with land-based projects.
'I feel that offshore parks are the future of wind energy,' Hansen told Berlingske Tidende newspaper. 'Even though they are more expensive than land-based turbines, we should prioritise them out of consideration for local populations.'
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