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How a Tiny Danish Island Became the Most Productive Energy Community
The Danish island of Samsø is home to just 3,700 people, yet it generates more renewable energy than it consumes and exports excess power to the mainland. This episode unpacks how community ownership, cooperative governance, and local investment turned Samsø into a global model for energy productivity. Lucas and Luna explore the specific mechanisms — the 21 onshore turbines, the district heating plants, the biomass conversion — and explain why Samsø's per-capita renewable energy output exceeds that of entire countries. They also examine whether the model scales beyond island communities…
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