sidered it.
Even back in 2002,Denmark took climate change warnings
seriously.They drew up policies,aiming to cut fossil-fuel emis
sions (by 20%,which they did via renewable energy in-
vestment.Some of the world's largest companies in the field-in-
cluding Vestas,which builds turbines(涡轮机),and Orsted,
which specializes in offshore wind projects-are Danish,so the
country has an impact beyond its borders.
The huge impact of Denmark's wind industry is important.
But Denmark is a small country,so while almost 50%of its elec-
tricity from wind is admirable,it's also minor in terms of entire
global impact.While Denmark gets half its electricity from 5,758
megawatts (MW)of capacity,Spain's 23,000 MW covers just 18