{"id":369259,"date":"2017-11-09T11:04:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T11:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=369259"},"modified":"2017-11-09T11:04:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T11:04:31","slug":"denmark-uses-40-wind-power-targets-to-cut-fossil-fuel-by-2050","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/denmark-uses-40-wind-power-targets-to-cut-fossil-fuel-by-2050\/","title":{"rendered":"Denmark uses 40% wind power, targets to cut fossil fuel by 2050"},"content":{"rendered":"
Denmark is on course to wean itself off the use of fossil fuels by 2050, according to a senior adviser at the Danish Industry Association, Hans Peter Slente.<\/p>\n
The Scandinavian country currently generates 40 percent of their total power output from wind, and is also targeting a rise in this total by 10 percent in the next ten years.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”LtMVcthkeN9ma2tuSoLgXUA6ImMsIXYx”]Speaking to the host of the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, Bernard Avle in Denmark, Hans Peter Slente admitted that, whilst it was impossible to say for certain how they would achieve their plan, it remains their central focus.<\/p>\n He added that they were on the \u201cright path\u201d and aim to become one of the world leaders in the use of renewable energy.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s 2050, so nobody knows exactly how to get there, but it\u2019s an ambition which drives the current green transition of our country which is on the right path, and at the right pace towards the end goal in 2050. We\u2019re not there yet and we have to invest time, effort and money into achieving it. But it\u2019s a trend that many countries in the world have embarked on. We would like to be part of it and in certain aspects be a leader in certain technologies and certain solutions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cNobody knows exactly how we\u2019ll achieve it. There might be fossil fuel involved in the future, but we need to develop renewables very fast and to be more efficient with the energy we use to achieve the end goal of fossil independence by 2050.\u201d<\/p>\n