Number of active wind power turbines in Denmark 2010-2022

The number of active wind power turbines in Denmark increased every year from 2011 until the peak in 2022, when it reached 6,296. In 2020, the number had decreased slightly, down to 6,217 active wind turbines. Most of the active wind turbines in Denmark were onshore, around 5.7 thousand compared to 630 offshore.

Wind power coverage

   In 2022, over 53 percent of the total electricity consumption in Denmark was covered by wind power. This was an increase from the previous year, when the coverage had reached 43.7 percent. Except for a drop in 2016, 2018, and 2021, the share of wind power coverage increased markedly since 2009, when only around 19 percent of Denmark’s total electricity consumption was covered by wind power.

Wind power production

   How much wind power was produced to cover the large share of the electricity consumption? In 2022, 19 terawatt hours of wind power were produced in Denmark, which was an increase compared to the previous year. That year, the highest production was in December when it reached around 1.8 terawatt hours, and the lowest in June, when 836 gigawatt hours were produced.