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stagnation in installed wind power from 2002 is mainly
due to a shift to a conservative/liberalistic government in the fall
of 2001. This government discarded
The
most of the previous govern-
ment's support for RES and changed to a policy relying on
market forces. The stagnation has remained during the whole
period of this government until a new centre-left government was
elected in September 2011. The new government has published an
ambitious plan for wind power and other forms for RES. If these
plans are realised, Denmark may return to its pioneering role.
6.7
Conclusions
The strategies for promotion of wind power have been diferent for
diferent European countries (Meyer, 2007). From the early 1990s
three countries relying on some variation of the feed-in scheme
have been dominating: Denmark, Germany and Spain. However,
in a historic perspective a number of other factors than the tarif
scheme have also been important. Thus, the Danish strategy for
promotion of wind power in the period from the mid-seventies to the
end of the nineties has combined a number of diferent elements:
• common sense precautionary strategy with gradual increase
of turbine capacity
• local co-operative ownership of wind turbines and careful
selection of sites
• investment subsidies in the early period of development
• long-term government support for research, development
and demonstration
• national tests and certification of wind turbines
• government sponsored wind energy resource surveys (wind
atlases)
• feed-in tarifs and other regulations of electric utilities
• priority to wind electricity in the grid
• government energy planning and official targets for wind
power
The combination of these constructive wind policies may ofer
an answer to the introductory question in this article about the
background for Denmark's pioneering role in the history of modern
wind power.
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