Solar power in Denmark

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Solar power provided 1.4 TWh, or the equivalent of 4.3%{{cite web |title=5 energifakta, der er værd at bemærke {{!}} Dansk Energi |url=https://www.danskenergi.dk/nyheder/5-energifakta-er-vaerd-bemaerke |website=danskenergi.dk |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220104235346/https://www.danskenergi.dk/nyheder/5-energifakta-er-vaerd-bemaerke |archive-date=4 January 2022 |language=da |date=3 January 2022 |url-status=live |last1=Westphal Rasmussen |first1=Jonas}} or 3.6% of Danish electricity consumption in 2021. In 2018, the number was 2.8 percent.{{cite web | url=https://energinet.dk/Om-nyheder/Nyheder/2019/01/07/Solenergi-slog-rekord-i-varmt-2018 | title=Solenergi slog rekord i varmt 2018 |publisher=Energinet.dk |date=2019-01-07 |access-date=2019-03-16 }}

Denmark has lower solar insolation than many countries closer to Equator, but lower temperatures increase production. Modern solar cells decrease production by 0.25% per year.{{cite web |title=Solen satte rekord for strømproduktion sidste år |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/vejret/solen-satte-rekord-stroemproduktion-sidste-aar |website=DR |language=da |date=4 January 2022}}

2020

In 2020 The Danish Energy Agency announced 400 MW PV projects in the Nissum Fjord location.{{Cite web|url=https://list.solar/news/danish-fjord/ |title=Danish fjord to host 400 MW of solar|date=18 March 2020|website=List.Solar}}

2015

In 2015 only 6.3 MW was applied for out of a funding pool of 41 MW. The funding is valued at 1.02 DKK/kWh for 2015, and 0.88 for 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://finans.dk/live/erhverv/ECE8190075/Husejere-er-g%C3%A5et-kolde-i-solceller/ |title=Husejere er gået kolde i solceller|first=KURT|last=HEDEVANG |date=6 November 2015|website=FINANS}} In 2016, a German solar power auction was won by a set of projects with a combined capacity of 50 MW at a price of 5.38 eurocent/kWh, which is unusually low for Northern Europe. The projects are located in Denmark due to EU rules.{{cite web|url= https://www.bundesnetzagentur.de/cln_1411/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/DE/2016/161128_PVDK.html |title=Bundesnetzagentur erteilt Zuschläge in PV-Ausschreibung mit Dänemark|publisher=Bundesnetzagentur |access-date=30 November 2016}}

2013

In 2013 PV deployment reached 216 MW of new installations, down 32 percent from the previous year.

2012

In 2012, new photovoltaic installations had surged to unprecedented levels in Denmark. This twentyfold increase in photovoltaic capacity in only one year urged the Danish government to cut back its net-metering scheme. In December 2012, Danish parliament reduced the compensation period of net-metering from a yearly to an hourly bases and increased in turn the granted feed-in tariffs. This change in policy intended to reduce the overall attractiveness of further PV deployment while keeping up some incentives for small developments. It also reduced the loss of tax revenues for the government by shifting the costs directly to the electricity consumers.{{cite web|url= http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/energy/2013/06/20/chill-winds-at-borgen-can-the-danish-government-agree-on-how-to-handle-solar-power/ |title=Can the Danish government agree on how to handle solar power?|last1=Kitzing|first1=Lena |date=20 June 2013|website=blogs.exeter.ac.uk |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141112041312/http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/energy/2013/06/20/chill-winds-at-borgen-can-the-danish-government-agree-on-how-to-handle-solar-power/ |archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status= live |access-date=17 June 2014}}{{cite web |title=Energi-, Forsynings- og Klimaudvalget 2016-17 EFK Alm.del Bilag 221 |url=https://www.ft.dk/samling/20161/almdel/efk/bilag/221/1752889.pdf |language=da |date=10 April 2017 }}

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After years of decreasing costs and subsidies,{{cite web |title=Cost milestones show Danish solar is ready for subsidy-free, says govt |url=https://www.pv-tech.org/news/cost-milestones-show-danish-solar-is-ready-for-subsidy-free-says-govt |website=PV Tech |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200806023128/https://www.pv-tech.org/news/cost-milestones-show-danish-solar-is-ready-for-subsidy-free-says-govt |archive-date=6 August 2020 |date=6 December 2019 |url-status=live}} large companies paid to install new grid-scale photovoltaic power stations with several megawatt capacity without subsidies in rural areas, partially to supply data centers.{{cite web |title=Google investerer i fem solcelleparker i Danmark |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/google-investerer-i-fem-solcelleparker-i-danmark |website=DR |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201111211136/https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/penge/google-investerer-i-fem-solcelleparker-i-danmark |archive-date=11 November 2020 |language=da |date=20 September 2019 |quote=160 MW |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Villadsen |first1=Steffen |title=Nu åbner Google sit milliarddyre "grønne" datacenter i Fredericia |url=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/nu-aabner-google-sit-milliarddyre-groenne-datacenter-fredericia-1091699 |website=Version2 |publisher=Ingeniøren |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211118011150/https://www.version2.dk/artikel/nu-aabner-google-sit-milliarddyre-groenne-datacenter-fredericia-1091699 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |language=da |date=30 November 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Deruginsky |first1=Louise |title=Apple får strøm fra solceller i Thisted og møller i Esbjerg |url=https://www.tvmidtvest.dk/thisted/apple-faar-stroem-fra-solceller-i-thisted-og-moeller-i-esbjerg |website=TV MIDTVEST |language=da |date=3 September 2020 |quote=42 MW solar }}{{cite web |title=Sådan får 70.000 danskere grøn strøm uden en krone i statsstøtte|trans-title=This is how 70,000 Danes get green electricity without a penny in state aid |url=https://finans.dk/erhverv/ECE12838472/saadan-faar-70000-danskere-groen-stroem-uden-en-krone-i-statsstoette/ |website=Finans |language=da |date=17 March 2021}} Some use sheep to tend the land, a case of agrivoltaics.{{cite web |author1=Line Guldager Hansen |author2=Martin Littau Herlevsen |title=Får og lam er de mest effektive viceværter hos solcelleparker |url=https://www.tvsyd.dk/aabenraa/faar-og-lam-er-de-mest-effektive-vicevaerter-hos-solcelleparker |website=TV SYD |language=da |date=19 September 2022}}

A 37 MW facility with solar trackers opened in 2020.{{cite web |last1=Bernth |first1=Martin |title=Første kommercielle solcellepark med trackere er tændt i Danmark {{!}} GridTech PRO |url=https://pro.ing.dk/gridtech/artikel/foerste-kommercielle-solcellepark-med-trackere-er-taendt-i-danmark |website=pro.ing.dk |publisher=Ingeniøren |language=da |date=10 November 2020 |url-access=subscription }}

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Solar heat plants are widespread in Denmark,Holm (2012), slides 10 & 11. [http://www.solar-district-heating.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=0TUGQodrJt0%3d&tabid=69 Long Therm Experience With Solar District Heating] (presentation). with a combined heating capacity of 1.1 GW in 2019.{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Frederik Marcher |title=Solvarmekapaciteten i den danske fjernvarmeforsyning overstiger 1 GW |url=https://ing.dk/artikel/solvarmekapaciteten-danske-fjernvarmeforsyning-overstiger-1-gw-228351 |website=Ingeniøren |language=da |date=26 August 2019}}

A large solar-thermal district heating plant 55% of the year-round heating needs of the town of Marstal.Solar Thermal World, 28 July 2014.[http://www.solarthermalworld.org/content/denmark-23-mwth-cover-55-heat-demand-1500-households 23 MWth Cover 55 % of Heat Demand of 1,500 Households]. This is after an expansion of the original plant which supplied one-third of the heating needs,{{Cite web|url=http://www.aeroeisland.com/aeroe-map/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130150758/http://www.aeroeisland.com/aeroe-map/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=30 November 2015 |title=Aeroe Map}}SunStor-4 Project, Marstal, Denmark. [http://wk.bakuri.dk/filarkiv/solarmarstal.bakuri.dk/file/del_af_annex_1(1).pdf The solar district heating system], which has an interseasonal pit storage, is being expanded. The plant uses seasonal thermal energy storage (STES) in the form of a large lined pits that is filled with gravel and water as the heat storage medium. The storage, which is covered with a layer of insulation, enables solar heat collected primarily in summer to be used year-round. The system includes 75,000 m³ of heat storage pits, 33,000 m² of solar-thermal collector area, and a 1.5 MW heat pump. It also includes a biomass CHP plant for generating electricity and additional heat; however a spokesman said "If I were to calculate the economics for a project today, I would opt for a heat pump," because the cost of wood pellets has greatly increased. "At least, we can always count on solar energy to be free of charge." The expansion of the Marstal facility, completed in 2013, was part of the European Union's SunStore4 project, and can serve as a basic model for such heating plants elsewhere in Europe if local conditions are also taken into account.Euroheat & Power. [SUNSTORE4: 100% Renewable District Heating SUNSTORE4: 100% Renewable District Heating]. Our projects: July 2010 to June 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.euroheat.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/SUNSTORE4_Report.pdf |title=SunStore4 Final Report}}

In Braedstrup, the community's solar district heating system stores heat in a borehole STES (BTES) facility that uses 19,000 cubic metres of underground strata as a heat battery. It can hold 500 MWh of heat at a temperature of 65 °C. Two water tanks provide additional heat storage. When extracting heat, a 1.5 MW heat pump boosts the temperature to 80 °C, for circulation in the district heating loop. The present system is the first expansion of an original smaller system, and now provides 20% of the community's heat on an annual basis, from a solar collector area of 10,600 square metres. A second expansion is planned, to provide 50% of the heat demand from a total solar collector area of 50,000 square metres and using an enlarged BTES store. The remainder of the demand is provided by electric and gas-fired boilers.Solar District Heating (SDH). 2012. [http://www.solar-district-heating.eu/NewsEvents/News/tabid/68/ArticleId/216/Braedstrup-Solar-Park-in-Denmark-is-now-a-reality.aspx Braedstrup Solar Park in Denmark Is Now a Reality!] Newsletter. 25 October 2012. SDH is a European Union-wide program.

The Braedstrup system is designed to integrate with the national electric grid. The heat pump and electric boiler are used when there is surplus wind power available on the grid, contributing to the stability of the system and maximal use of the wind power. The natural gas boiler is used when this renewable electricity is not available.

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