To understand the worldwide success of Danish wind turbines
over the last decades, it is essential to look back at the last 150
years of wind power history in Denmark. With more than 7 000 km
of coastlines that are located close to the North Sea, Denmark has
extraordinary wind resources. But until the middle of the 19th
century, the level of wind energy use in Denmark was very similar
to other European countries like Germany, the Netherlands, France
and Great Britain. The establishment of new windmills had during
centuries been strongly regulated by the crown, but from 1852 to
1862 these restrictions were gradually ...