Editing Samsø (section)

==Renewable energy==
[[File:Samsø - The Energy Self-Sufficient Island.png|thumb|Renewable energy on Samsø]]
In 1997, Samsø won a government competition to become a model renewable energy community. At the time, Samsø was entirely dependent on oil and coal, both imported from the mainland.<ref name=time/> Therefore, Samso became the worlds first renewable energy island.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fdiintelligence.com/article/80324|title=Doing green right}}</ref> 

Many different projects were started to realize the plan. An onshore [[wind farm]] comprising 11 turbines were built. The first turbine was erected and on-line in 2000. In addition to that, 10 offshore turbines (making a total of 21 altogether including land-based windmills), were completed in 2007, funded by the islanders.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/danish-island-is-energy-self-sufficient/ |title=Danish Island Is Energy Self-Sufficient|author=Melissa McNamara |publisher=CBS News |date=8 March 2007|access-date=13 October 2017}}</ref> The people of Samsø heat their homes straw burned in a central heating system and they power some vehicles on [[biofuel]] which they also grow. The island has four district heating plants in total. Now 100% of the island's electricity comes from [[wind power]], with surplus electricity exported to the mainland grid, and 75% of its heat comes from local [[solar power]] and [[biomass energy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/danish-island-is-energy-self-sufficient/ |title=Danish Island Is Energy Self-Sufficient |publisher=CBS News |access-date=2013-11-14}}</ref> An Energy Academy, the Samsø Energiakademi, has opened in the town of Ballen. It is a community hall for energy concerns and a meeting place for energy and local development. The academy is currently working towards making Samsø 100% [[fossil fuel]] free by 2030, which is 20 years earlier than the national goal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/user/Denmarkdotdk?v=SIRRIGIsJdk&feature=pyv&ad=8532946588&kw=energy |title=Video about Samsø's use of energy |publisher=Youtube.com |access-date=2013-11-14}}</ref>
[[File:Carl Frederik Sørensen by J. Petersen &amp; Co.jpg|140px|thumb|Carl Frederik Sørensen, pre-1879]]