Danes Majorly Into Renewables

One in three Danes wants Denmark’s electricity to come exclusively from renewable energy sources within the next five years, with only 10% of the country’s population willing to wait 15 years or more for this to happen, according to a survey commissioned by DONG Energy.

Almost 77% of respondents prefer energy from solar cells or wind turbines over coal, oil and gas, the survey has shown.

79% of those surveyed believe Denmark should be above average or lead the way among industrialised countries in terms of the green transformation.

Dong commissioned the survey to increase knowledge on attitudes towards the green transformation, and the figures show that Danes have particularly high green aspirations.

Morten Hultberg Buchgreitz, Executive Vice President of DONG Energy, said: “DONG Energy has been working for several years to move Danish energy from black to green, and we’re pleased to see that our customers and Danes in general support this strategy. It gives great value to our work with offshore wind energy, conversion of power stations to biomass, energy consultancy and similar activities that we know that Danes are ambitious and want to see a greener Denmark quickly.”

The survey also found that over 80% of respondents take an interest in their electricity consumption, and three out of four remember to save power ‘always’, or ‘mostly’.

“I’m in no doubt that customers save electricity largely in order to save money. But the survey shows Danes also take an interest in energy savings because they take the climate challenge seriously,” Buchgreitz said.