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New tool to share Danish district heating knowledge
News • Sep 20, 2017 11:31 CEST
The Danish Energy Agency launches a new tool to evaluate costs and benefits of district heating compared to individual heating. Using the Danish experience and lessons learned in district heating this tool is a key instrument in transferring knowledge on heat planning to the rest of the world.
Denmarks Energy and Climate Outlook 2030 – now in English!
News • Jun 06, 2017 10:26 CEST
The annual Outlook report from the Danish Energy Agency, published in Danish in March 2017, is now available in English.
Wind project development workshop in Ethiopia reveals even bigger private sector project pipeline
News • May 18, 2017 14:10 CEST
Leading Danish and international wind power experts shared experiences on project development to ensure the implementation of a successful independent power producer (IPP) wind power tenders in Ethiopia
New publication presents Denmark’s unique experiences from offshore wind development
News • Apr 25, 2017 10:09 CEST
The Danish Energy Agency publishes a new offshore report presenting the Danish regulatory framework for offshore wind and the remarkable results achieved.
New Scenario tool analyses the benefits and cost of green transition
Press releases • Apr 06, 2017 08:01 CEST
The Danish Energy Agency launches the Balmorel Lite tool for assessment of the value of renewable energy in different electricity systems. Based on existing power plants, various scenarios can be simulated to represent potential system effects of various investments in renewable energy sources like wind and solar. It is a simple tool that can analyse the transformation of the power systems.
Energy consumption increased in 2016 due to less wind
Press releases • Mar 29, 2017 11:19 CEST
Colder weather in 2016, combined with lower wind power production and lower net imports of electricity meant that Denmark’s energy consumption and carbon emissions rose last year. This is confirmed by the Danish Energy Agency’s preliminary energy statistics for 2016.
New agreement is to provide Clean Heat to Beijing
News • Feb 21, 2017 14:16 CET
The China National Energy Conservation Center and the Danish Energy Agency signed an implementing agreement of a Sino-Danish pilot project on district heating and energy efficiency improvement in Beijing.
The Danish Energy Agency and The Government of Ethiopia sign the Implementing Partnership Arrangement
News • Feb 06, 2017 10:12 CET
A delegation from the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) headed by Mr. Anton Beck, Head of Division for Global Cooperation, and Dr Engineer Sileshi Bekele Minister of Water, Irrigation and Electricity of Ethiopia (MOWIE) have officially signed the Implementation Partnership Arrangement, which covers Government-to-Government Cooperation on wind power.
New “Energy Outlook 2016” with Danish technical assistance shows the way to a cleaner energy production in Indonesia
News • Jan 25, 2017 13:59 CET
The bilateral country cooperation between Indonesia and Denmark achieved another milestone as DEA and the Danish Embassy in Jakarta, assisted the Indonesian "National Energy Council" (NEC) with their future energy modeling and launched the “Energy Outlook 2016” today.
Indonesian delegation in Denmark to learn about energy modelling and integration of renewables
News • Jan 17, 2017 12:26 CET
An Indonesian delegation is visiting Denmark to learn how to meet the rapidly growing energy demand by utilising the potential of renewable energy.
Contracts in the first Solar PV tender in Denmark signed
Press releases • Jan 02, 2017 10:14 CET
The contracts were concluded on the 27th of december at the Danish Energy Agency as a result of the first Danish tender of aid for electricity generated at solar PV installations.
Historically low prices offered in Danish tender of aid for solar PV
Press releases • Dec 12, 2016 07:01 CET
The winning tenders in the pilot tender of aid for solar PV conducted by the Danish Energy Agency were for a premium of only 12.89 Danish øre per kWh. This result testifies that electricity from solar PV in Denmark can now compete with the cheapest sources of renewable energy.
Danish wind expertise to ensure growth and development in Ethiopia
News • Dec 09, 2016 14:24 CET
Denmark and the Danish Energy Agency contributes to sustainable energy expansion in Ethiopia by signing of cooperation agreement on wind energy
Renewables now cover 56% of electricity consumption
Press releases • Dec 01, 2016 07:00 CET
Higher electricity imports and much higher wind power generation led to a large drop in consumption of coal and other fossil fuels at power plants in 2015. This in turn meant that observed CO2 emissions fell by 6.6% in 2015, and that renewable energy now covers 56% of electricity consumption. These are headlines from Energy Statistics 2015, which were published by the Danish Energy Agency today.
Kick-start of Indonesian wind development
News • Nov 30, 2016 15:08 CET
Indonesia makes use of Denmark’s experience in integrating fluctuating sources of renewable energy in the power grid. Last week, the Danish Embassy, Jakarta, and the Danish Energy Agency organised a workshop specifically targeting the integration of wind power.
Call for tenders on aid for solar PV
Press releases • Nov 11, 2016 16:00 CET
The Danish Energy Agency calls for tenders from businesses and private individuals regarding aid for 20 MW solar PV. A part of the tender is cross-border as 2.4 MW will be open to solar PV projects located in Germany. At the same time Germany conducts a tender on support for 50 MW solar PV, which is also open to installations in Denmark.
Danish government announces historically low bid for offshore wind farm
News • Nov 09, 2016 12:05 CET
The Danish government published the winning bid in the Kriegers Flak tendering procedure today. The lowest bid came from Vattenfall Vindkraft A/S, who will establish 600 MW in the Baltic Sea at a tender price of 37.2 øre/kWh. This is an extremely low tender price - a world record for offshore wind turbines.
The Danish Energy Agency is introducing a new model for calculating economy of energy efficiency
News • Oct 11, 2016 10:26 CEST
To push forward the appreciation of economic advantages from tangible initiatives of energy efficiency, the Danish Energy Agency is now introducing a model for use in Denmark’s international cooperation on energy and climate. The model enables comparison of costs by reducing energy consumption to the corresponding costs by extending energy supply.
New activities in the Danish-South African Renewable Energy Programme
News • Oct 03, 2016 15:43 CEST
Call for proposals for two new projects in South Africa (Open Procedure). Deadline for proposals: 21 October 2016, at 16:00 Danish time.
Cooperation between IEA and IRENA on renewable energy in South Africa
News • Sep 30, 2016 14:10 CEST
The Danish Energy Agency is supporting the Department of Energy in South Africa on energy data where IEA and IRENA have come together in an international training activity.