The Ministry of Climate and Energy has a green scheme which can
provide subsidies for initiatives launched to promote local
acceptance of new wind turbines on land.
Danish municipalities can
submit an application for subsidies under the green scheme to
Energinet.dk. The subsidies are granted to projects which
strengthen the landscape and recreational opportunities in the
municipality, and they are granted to cultural and information
activities. Examples include subsidies for establishing a nature
path and for preparing teaching material about the climate and
energy.
The size of the pool which the municipality may have at its
disposal depends on the specific number of new wind turbines that
are erected and their size. The pool will include about DKK 200,000
per turbine, depending on the turbines’ size.
Energinet.dk, which is responsible
for operating the electricity grid in Denmark, is managing the
scheme.
The regulations on the green
scheme in the Promotion of Renewable Energy Act entered into force
on 1 June 2009. A statutory order on the management of subsidies
under the scheme entered into force on the same date.