The Use of Coal in the Danish Energy Sector
Article from: OGEL 3 (2005), in Coal & Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Introduction
For many years coal has been the main fuel in the Danish energy production. However, in the 1990's focus was strengthened on environmentally friendly energy and the energy production in Denmark began to change from a production based on oil and coal to a production based on natural gas and biomass. The framework for the future structure of the Danish energy production sector was expressed in a political agreement of 20 March 1990 the aim being partly to reduce the emission of CO 2 and partly to ensure the economy in the development of the natural gas system. Although the ...