Samsø – Denmark’s Renewable Energy Island Samsø Danmarks Vedvarende Energi-Ø

In 1997 Samsø won a national competition and became Denmark’s Renewable Energy Island. The challenge: To be 100% energy self-sufficient within ten years. The island succeeded, and by 2007 the island was self-sufficient due to a combination of windmills, biomass district heating plants and improvements in transportation and energy conservation. The island has therefore agreed on the shared goal that coal, oil or gas used for energy and transportation will gradually be phased out by 2030.