Table 1
Potential renewable energy sources in Denmark (Danish Energy Agency,
1996)
Renewable energy source Potential
Wind (onshore) 5–24 TWh/yr
Wind (offshore) 15–100 TWh/yr
Photo Voltaic (10–25% of houses, 100–200kWh/m2) 3–16 TWh/yr
Wave energy 17 TWh/yr
Hydro power 0 TWh/yr
Total electricity 40–160 TWh/yr
Solar thermal (individual houses) 6–10 PJ/yr
Solar thermal (district heating) 10–80 PJ/yr
Geothermal 4100 PJ/yr
Total heat 100–200 PJ/yr
Straw 39 PJ/yr
Wood 23 PJ/yr
Waste (burnable) 24 PJ/yr
Biogas 31 PJ/yr
Energy crops 65 PJ/yr
Total biomass fuel 182 PJ/yr