Nicolai Henriksen

@BenRiceM @marcoarment The native Markdown rendering has some major shortcomings. Bullets render quite horrible as an example.

@helge@mastodon.social @GeriAQuin@mstdn.social Right at this second our electricity is 55 % based on wind, probably mostly our own production. There are 6 % based on water, probably produced by Norway and perhaps Sweden. Another 12 % nuclear, my guess would be France. Coal based is at 5 % and I think most of that electricity must be imported.

@helge@mastodon.social @GeriAQuin@mstdn.social So my point is, the way the Danish energy production is structured today, while emitting much less CO2 when actually producing, is also highly dependent on import on non-windy days.

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@helge@mastodon.social @GeriAQuin@mstdn.social No, not anymore. I think we are down to very little coal based production as only to help stabilise the system. We do import coal based electricity from Germany and Poland.

@helge@mastodon.social @GeriAQuin@mstdn.social Aah sorry, misunderstood. No all coal was and is imported.

@helge@mastodon.social @GeriAQuin@mstdn.social You are talking about coal? I am talking about coal based electricity. We used to produce a lot of our electricity by burning coal - sourced from all over the world. Now under 3 % of our electricity comes from burning coal. But having 60 % of the electricity coming from wind makes us very reliant on our neighbours. When the the wind is not blowing we have too little capacity and must import electricity, e.g. from Germany.

@helge@mastodon.social @teslawf@mamot.fr @GeriAQuin@mstdn.social Nope. I was commenting on the original chart. When the electricity came mostly from coal we were 100 % independent. At any given day we could produce 100 % of the electricity used in Denmark. Today, we can produce 120 % on a windy day but on a gray day with no wind we need to import a lot of electricity from our neighbours.

@GeriAQuin@mstdn.social @helge@mastodon.social Part of the story is that we (Denmark) are now highly dependent on our neighbours. That has its downsides. The 60 % number is only true if you include exported and imported in the calculation. Fair to do, but still an important note.