The Land of the Giants



Wind Farms as seen from the train on the bridge from Malmo

From the moment we crossed the bridge on the train into Copenhagen we saw them. Huge, white, turning in syncronized motion and lined up in rows in the waters seperating Denmark and Sweden. The tall white giants which are the basis of Denmark's wind energy; the wind turbines and wind farms.

Down the road from the farm we are
staying at, we found these turbines.

Interesting how they look when they are
all lined up in a row.

  They are everywhere dotting the landscape of the city and countryside alike. Wind energy provides most of the electricity to this area. Most of the wind turbines are owned and regulated by the government but you will sometimes find one owned privately by a land owner. Besides, wind energy, the area we are staying in Hostelbro also utilizes biogass or biomass energy. How many of you know that in Texas we get some of our electricity from wind turbines like these?  Where in Texas do you think you would find them? 

Lemvig Biogas Facility in Lemvig

 Today we visited the Lemvig Biogass plant where huge storage tanks collect the biomass collected from the area. Since 1992, Lemvig has been the largest biogas facility in Denmark.   They process the excess materials and waste from homes and farms thus eliminating the need for waste disposal plants and public landfills. There are no greehhouse gasses that are emitted from the facilitiy so it is a natural choice for being eco-friendly to the environment. They are located near a harbor in Lemvig and can accept between 200-10,000 tons of organic waste at a time.  While the processing plant may not look that impressive you can certainly tell you are there by the smell in the air. Do you think biogas could be produced in our area?  Did you know that in some areas of the United States they are building biogas plants. Think of all the landfills that could be eliminated if we utilized this type of energy.

They also utilize solar energy at the
biomass plant/

Ms. Edge indicates how it smells near
the holding tanks. 

Tomorrow we will be visiting the Energy Museum outside of Viborg, Denmark to see what we can discover about other forms of renewable energy with their many interactive exhbitss, displays and demonstrations.