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Denmark use more environmentally friendly energy

24th September 2012

The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has assessed the Danish energy usage for 2011 and determines that the following points were observed.

23.6 percent of Denmark's total energy consumption came from renewable sources from 22.1 percent in 2010.
Renewable energy covered 40.7 percent of Danish electricity consumption in 2011. Of this, wind energy reached 28.1 percent.
Actual energy consumption fell 6.4 percent accounted to almost at the level of consumption in 1990.
Energy efficiency was improved by 1.7 percent.
CO2 emissions from energy consumption fell by 10.6 percent to 44.3 million tonnes.
The Danish production of crude oil, natural gas and renewable energy fell 9.8 percent in 2011.
Denmark was the only EU country that was self-sufficient in energy. Energy production last year was 10 percent higher than energy consumption.

(Source: Energy Statistics 2011 from the Danish Energy Agency)