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Growth in clean <strong>and</strong> reliable energy productionMore global focus on increasing dem<strong>and</strong> <strong>for</strong> energy <strong>and</strong> on <strong>the</strong> use of fossil fuels <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>effects of CO2 on <strong>the</strong> climate increases <strong>the</strong> pressure to finding new ways to supplyenergy on a reliable basis. The EU has introduced <strong>the</strong> objective to reduce CO2 emissionsby 20% compared to 1990, increase use of renewable energy to 20% <strong>and</strong> decreaseenergy consumption by 20% in 2020. In Denmark, <strong>the</strong> political vision is energyindependence of fossil fuels in 2050.Today, reliable energy is produced at <strong>the</strong>rmal power stations based on fossil fuels suchas coal <strong>and</strong> gas <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>se fuels emit CO2 in <strong>the</strong> conversion process to heat <strong>and</strong>electricity. With increasing production of electricity from renewable sources as wind, <strong>the</strong>emission of CO2 is reduced. But, wind as an energy source is not reliable. As anintegrated energy company DONG <strong>Energy</strong> sees <strong>the</strong> increasing focus on CO2 reductionas well as <strong>the</strong> increase in renewable energy as opportunities to create new business areas.DONG <strong>Energy</strong>'s vision is to provide clean <strong>and</strong> reliable energy.The vision is to be fulfilled by changing DONG <strong>Energy</strong> share of CO 2 -emitting heat <strong>and</strong>power production in 2006 from 85% to only 15% in 2040.The basis <strong>for</strong> realizing this vision is a strong capability in development <strong>and</strong>establishment of new offshore wind, increased use of biomass <strong>and</strong> use of gas to secureflexible power production. The energy sector is currently in a process of major change toenable it to provide a more sustainable <strong>and</strong> more reliable energy supply. DONG <strong>Energy</strong>is taking an active part in this transition through its strategy <strong>and</strong> an aim to halve its CO2emissions per kWh by 2020 compared to 2006. With emissions of 524 g CO2 per kWhgenerated in 2010, <strong>and</strong> with <strong>the</strong> corresponding figure in 2006 being 638 g CO2/kWh,DONG <strong>Energy</strong> is well on <strong>the</strong> way to meeting this target.Wind energy plays a significant role in <strong>the</strong> transition to clean energy but DONG<strong>Energy</strong>'s strong capabilities in <strong>the</strong>rmal generation will also be instrumental in ensuringthat <strong>the</strong> ambitious targets <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> reduction in CO2 emissions can be met. This will beachieved by converting coal-fired power stations to biomass <strong>and</strong> reducing <strong>the</strong> coal-firedpower station capacity. Phasing out of coal-fired units from ten to five has alreadyreduced coal consumption from 6 million tonnes in 2006 to 4 million tonnes in 2010.Continued phasing out <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> expected conversion of coal-fired units to biomass areexpected to reduce coal consumption by a fur<strong>the</strong>r 2 million tonnes by <strong>the</strong> end of 2014.Figur 2 Realization of vision 85/15 <strong>and</strong> capacity development until 2014The conversion of <strong>the</strong>rmal generation in <strong>the</strong> period 2006-2010 has contributed to areduction of 6 million tonnes in CO2 emissions, equivalent to 13% of Denmark's totalCO2 emissions (2009) <strong>and</strong> 44% of <strong>the</strong> reduction to which Denmark has committed (under<strong>the</strong> Kyoto Protocol). And with <strong>the</strong> continued conversion of <strong>the</strong>rmal generation, DONGRisø International <strong>Energy</strong> Conference 2011 Proceedings Page 19

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