While the municipalities in South Zealand and Lolland-Falster continue to approve new solar panel installations, wind turbines have completely disappeared from local planning. This is shown by a new report for the second quarter of 2025 on renewable energy projects, where a local plan has been adopted.
The figures come from a freedom of information request from the Danish Energy Agency and show that solar energy continues to dominate municipal planning. In total, 1,258 megawatts of solar panels are planned in the three municipalities - and 0 megawatts of onshore wind.
Solar grows in all three municipalities
Lolland Municipality remains in the lead with 644.6 megawatts of planned solar capacity, while Guldborgsund Municipality now reaches 385 megawatts. Vordingborg Municipality has 228.8 megawatts under planning. Thus, solar capacity has grown by over 220 megawatts compared to the report from the first quarter of the year.
The development means that solar projects not only dominate planning - they are also growing significantly in scope, while wind has completely disappeared from the municipalities' energy work. In 2024, not a single wind turbine was erected in the three municipalities.
Solar also dominates nationwide
Nationwide, the picture is almost unchanged. According to the report for the second quarter of 2025, local plans have been adopted for 5,543 megawatts of solar energy and just 412 megawatts of onshore wind. This corresponds to municipalities planning about 13 times as much solar as wind.
The development confirms that solar energy continues to dominate municipalities' planning of new renewable energy projects. Only a few new wind projects have been added since the first quarter of the year, while solar projects continue to grow in number and size.
Professor warns
Professor Brian Vad Mathiesen from Aalborg University has previously pointed out that the local focus on solar can create an imbalance in the electricity supply.
- Solar and wind complement each other. When you focus solely on solar panels, you get production that peaks in the summer but almost disappears in the winter. We risk a less robust energy supply and an increased need for imports, he said in the spring to FemernBusiness.
He emphasised at the time that municipalities' planning should eventually have a more balanced approach, where wind turbines once again have a place in the local landscape.
