Stephen Gadd, CPH Post Online
Summary
New figures for the first nine months of 2018 released by the Energistyrelsen energy agency reveal a drop in energy usage of 0.6 percent in comparison with the same period last year.
However, it may not last. The estimated consumption of the new data centres built by Apple, Facebook and Google alone in 2030 would be 7.5 Terawatt-hours – the equivalent of the power used by 1.9 million households.
According to Jyllands-Posten, Dansk Energi estimates it will be necessary to build 700 new turbines on land or 200 at sea to provide enough green energy just to power them.
Revving up with electricity
Energy will also be needed to power the government’s new drive towards 1 million electric or hybrid cars on the road by 2030.
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