History of Danish Wind Power - Wind Power for the World: The Rise of Modern Wind Energy - page 89

Danish electricity consumption (30% in 2012) can truly not be
challenged by other countries in the nearest future.
The development of modern Danish wind power has some-
times been described as the “Danish wind power adventure”. In
my Oxford Dictionary, an adventure is described as “an unusual,
exciting and daring experience”. This is surely a true description
of what happened in Denmark in this period. But parts of it also
come close to the famous fairytales of Hans Christian Andersen.
What happened for instance with “the ugly duckling”—the small
wind power test station, that in 1978 was manned with a few
long-haired young enthusiasts and placed at Risø among all
the nuclear lobbyists? Today, the nuclear test reactors at Risø
have been decommissioned, and in 2012 DTU (Danish Technical
University) Risø was reorganised—there are two new departments
established—DTU Wind Energy and DTU Energy Conversion as
well as a new centre—DTU NUTECH, with wind power research
as one of the main activities. This could be the happy end of one
of Andersen's fairytales.
References
1. Benny Christensen. “Danish Windmill Production before and after
Poul la Cour—and the First “Golden Age” of Wind Power 1900-1920”
in “Wind Power—The Danish Way”, The Poul la Cour Foundation 2009,
pp. 24-31.
2. Danmarks Statistik. Statistiske Meddelelser, 4. Række, 34. Bind, 2.
Hæfte. København 1910.
3. Povl-Otto Nissen. “The Scientist, Inventor and Teacher Poul la Cour” in
“Wind Power—The Danish Way”, The Poul la Cour Foundation 2009,
pp. 6-11.
4. Therese Quistgaard. “The Experimental Windmills at Askov 1891-
1903” in “Wind Power—The Danish Way”, The Poul la Cour Foundation
2009, pp. 12-17.
5. Jytte Thorndahl. Electricity and Wind Power for the Rural Areas 1903-
1915” in “Wind Power—The Danish Way”, The Poul la Cour Foundation
2009, pp. 18-23.
6. Danmarks Statistik. Statistiske Meddelelser, 4. Række, 72. Bind, 3.
Hæfte. København 1925.