In the distance behind this man's dock, "Middelgrunden" is a 20 turbine off-shore wind farm, 3.5 km off the coast of Amager Beach— it supplies 4% of Copenhagen's power needs In the U.S., off-shore wind farm have been opposed by some coastal property owners ... but this man doesn't seem too concerned by the windmills The Danish Government aims for 50% of the country's electricity to come from offshore wind power by 2030 --More info HERE-- Samsø is one Danish island receives over 100%
of their energy needs from renewable sources (mostly from solar power) and sells the excess power generated Of course, the island only has 4,000 residents, BUT 1/10 residents owns a share of the wind turbines --More info HERE--
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