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Denmark (almost) completed its first full calendar month running entirely on renewable electricity – UPDATED

April 13, 2026/

Correction: Setting the Record Straight on Denmark’s Electricity Grid
An article published on MATR.net claimed Denmark completed its first full calendar month running entirely on renewable electricity in March 2025, with Energinet confirmation. This claim contained incorrect information, and we have updated it.
As recently as September 15, 2019, Denmark had its first single day ever where wind turbine production exceeded total electricity demand Denmark – not a full month, and not without imports https://denmark.dk/innovation-and-design/clean-energy
A reader based in the EU – flagged the error and provided documentation directly from Energinet’s own live monitoring dashboard, which shows that Denmark continues to import significant electricity from Norway, Sweden, and the UK. According to Energinet’s data, Denmark imported 9.2 TWh from Sweden and 6.4 TWh from Norway in 2024 alone. Wind and solar represent approximately 69% of generation, not 100%, and fossil fuels still contribute roughly 8% of the electricity mix.

Denmark is a genuine world leader in renewable energy – wind and solar combined with bioenergy covered about 87% of generation in 2024, and the country is on a credible path to 100% renewable electricity by 2028–2030. That achievement deserves accurate reporting. We are reviewing our content workflows to prevent this from happening again. We thank Peter K. for his diligence in correcting the record.

Sources Referenced in This Correction

Low Carbon Power — Denmark 2025 Electricity Mix

Enerdata — Denmark Energy Information

Danish Utility Regulator National Report 2024 (PDF)

Wikipedia — Electricity Sector in Denmark

Wikipedia — Renewable Energy in Denmark

Wikipedia — Wind Power in Denmark

Denmark.dk — Clean and Renewable Energy

World Resources Institute — Denmark’s Power Sector Transformation

David Toke / Substack — Denmark’s Soaring Renewable Success (2025)

Energinet Live Dashboard — energidataservice.dk


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1 Comment

  1. Russ Fletcher on April 15, 2026 at 2:21 pm

    Many thanks to Peter K in Danmark for bringing the errors of this post to our attention. While apparently an AI developed story, we do hope that some day Danmark can achieve 100% renewable and clean energy generation as we hope for the rest of the world.
    Russ

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