Wind Energy - pros and cons Ă˜stervangskolen, Denmark
NIMBY NIMBY is slang for Not In My BackYard. Which basically means that people think that something is a great idea, you just don’t want it anywhere near yourself. You can use NIMBY on things like: Windmills, nuclear power stations, highways and homes for people with mental disorders, criminals etc.
DN DN: DN is “Danish Environmental Preservation Association.” Denmark has a lot of wind in the air, which is the reason that we have a lot of windmills. In 2040 the plan is that all Denmark, will be powered by windmills, or that’s the plan at least. We’re beginning to place the windmills in the water mostly because it doesn't annoy anyone and there's also a bit more wind.
Windmills and noise
Survey Survey from 2011 in Denmark* 88% wanted more power from wind energy. 72 % wanted the wind mills placed in the water 14 % wanted the mills on land. 8 % replied ”don´t know” *TV2/Megafon 2011
Survey 2012
(Jysk Analyse, 2012)
•Building of new windpower in Denmark (Danmarks Vindmølleforening og Vind-mølleindustrien 2009 and www.energistyrelsen.dk) 2008 2020 •Windpower, of DK energi consumption Ca. 3 % 8, 5 % •Windpower, electricity alone Ca. 20 % 50 % •All in all Windmill effect Ca. 3200 MW 6400 MW •Number of mills Ca. 5100 3400 2008: 4900 stk. (4685 on land and 215 on the sea) 2020: 3400 stk. (2650 on land and 750 on the sea)
Vestas Vestas was founded in 1945, by the person of the name Peder Hansen. Vestas is the manufacturer of windmills in Denmark, it has around 17.000 employees around the world.
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