" … inhabitants on the small Danish island of Samso have … become one of the first industrialised places in the world to qualify as being totally energy self-sufficient … Denmark … can now boast a region that can be used by the rest of the planet as the blueprint for future green energy production … started in 1997 when Samso won a competition … to become Denmark’s "Renewable Energy Island" by presenting a 10-year plan to convert its energy consumption from oil and gas to clean technology … 21 wind turbines have been built on Samso …"
" … houses in Samso’s 22 villages are heated by power plants that rely on furnaces fired by wood chips and straw and farms of man-sized solar panels inhabit the fields … project also creates new jobs as … island’s plumbers and carpenters have now all become experts in energy-saving home conversion and insulation techniques, and even get the opportunity to carry out installations in mainland Europe and the US …"
For more on this project check out this video …
Via: Power and Energy News LINK