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Electricity

Gas supply

Natural gas supply in Denmark came about as a consequence of the 1973-74 oil crisis. In the years following the oil crisis, reducing Denmark’s dependency on oil supplies from abroad became an important energy policy goal.

Heat

Renewable energy

There are more than two and a half million domestic heating installations in Denmark. Many of these, one and a half million, are district heating (DH) installations. Thus, district heating dominates the heating scene of Denmark.

Denmark is a country with a long expirience within renewable energy. Energy from renewable sources is CO2 neutral, because it, opposit fossil based energy sources, doesn't cause CO2 emissions to the atmosphere.

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