Denmark energy mix & electricity

Electricity generation in Denmark reached 33.3 TWh in 2025. That puts it in the same league as Ethiopia. Wind power dominates the mix with 57.7%, followed by bioenergy at 20.1% and solar power at 13.4%.

91.2% of the country’s power came from renewable sources: 16th of 158 countries (in the top quarter). That is 57 points above the world average of 33.8%. It is also above the average for Europe (41.6%). That beats the EU-27 average of 47.7%. The carbon intensity of electricity is 114 g CO₂e/kWh; the global average is 458 g/kWh. By world standards this is a very clean grid. In the cleanest-grid ranking, Denmark is 24th of 158.

Over the past decade wind power added more generation than any other source (+5.1 TWh since 2015, plus 8.6 percentage points of share). In share terms the biggest gainer was solar power (up 11.3 percentage points). The biggest decline came from coal (−6.2 TWh). The net effect: renewables gained 25.4 percentage points of share since 2015. Total generation grew by 4.5 TWh over the same period. Carbon intensity dropped from 314 to 114 g/kWh, a 64% cut.

The coal phase-down is well under way: 24.7% of generation in 2015, 2.7% by 2025. In absolute terms, coal generation peaked in 1996 at 39.7 TWh and has since fallen 98%.

Solar (13.4%) and wind (57.7%) now add up to 71.1% of generation; the global figure is 17.3%. Per person, that is 741 kWh of solar electricity a year, 2.2× the global average. In solar electricity per person, Denmark ranks 24th in the world. Wind adds 3,200 kWh per person, the 3rd-highest figure of 156 countries. Solar first passed 1% of the mix in 2013.

Generation per person is 5,548 kWh a year, 1.4× the world average of 3,860 kWh. Denmark is a net importer of electricity, buying 7.4 TWh more than it sells, about 18% of its demand.