Samsoe: A role model in self-sufficiency

Malene Freudendal-Pedersen — Wed, 13 May 2009 08:24:24 +0000

In 1997, Samsoe won a competition launched by the Danish Ministry of the Environment to become Denmark's Renewable Energy Island. Interested participants were provided small amounts of money to complete their proposals. Samsoe won with a 10-year plan aiming at 100% self-sufficiency in renewable energy by 2008.

Copenhagen: Waste-to-Energy-Plants

June-Catherina Starling — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:50:22 +0000

Like many other European countries, Denmark has radically changed its waste management strategies in the last 10 to 20 years. Landfills, which used to be the general solution, now only accept only 3% of Copenhagen's total rubbish. As an alternative, 39 % of all material the city collects is incinerated in "waste to energy" plants that generate power for thousands of households and make use of the valuable energy contained within the city's trash.

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Samsoe: A role model in self-sufficiency

Copenhagen: Waste-to-Energy-Plants