In accordance with the Energy Agreement published on the 29th of June 2018 and supported by all political parties in the Danish Parliament, the Danish target by 2030 still is that 55% of the nation’s energy needs are met by renewable energy, mainly wind and solar.

With the political climate agreement of 22 June 2020, it was decided to initiate the work of realizing two energy islands, and in November 2020, the Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities decided to reserve the gross areas in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea for the world’s first energy islands.

2020 was a year in which the German neighbors to a much greater extent than before paid Danish electricity producers – including many wind turbine owners – to periodically reduce production. The German electricity grid has not been expanded sufficiently in line with the installation of large amounts of wind and solar. The green power from Denmark and northern Germany cannot reach consumers in southern Germany, as congestion occurs in the high-voltage grid. Danish wind turbines were shut down even more due to stricter requirements to make capacity available on the West Danish-German border, while there are still expansion projects in the electricity grid on both the German and Danish sides, which during the construction period reduced the capacity of the wires – just as when motorway extensions create bottlenecks for traffic.