“200,000 Danish households can expect to get their electricity supply from the offshore wind farm Horns Rev II officially opening today. The park, situated in the North Sea 30 kilometers from the shore, will produce 2.2 percent of the kingdom's total power.”
also Denmark will get even more attention about its wind and other sustainability initiatives as it hosts the UN Climate Change conference in December.
Hi Vinnie,
great column and definitely along the lines of creative destruction. copenhagen does indeed get a lot of press coverage due to the upcoming conference and there are hundreds of wind mills on both sides of the oresund bridge. however, there are quite a few (hundreds if not thousands) in eastern germany and the actual windmill model goes back hundreds of years, even though most of them are not operational. sustainability may not be as new as it seems.
Posted by: greg | September 21, 2009 at 09:46 AM
I spent a few months in windmill country - Netherlands...also remember Don Quoxite and windmills?
Posted by: vinnie mirchandani | September 21, 2009 at 11:40 PM
if you are interested in learning exactly how to generate power and reduce your bill then this is the perfect resource for you!
http://www.windpowercost.org/
Posted by: gerry thompson | November 02, 2009 at 06:27 AM