from smart grid to smart cities

Smart Cities

From Smart Grid to Smart Cities

The Danish Opportunity

The smart track to Smart Grid is the fast track!

2012 Volvo V60 Plug-In HYBRID Diesel

Smart City Visions

Taking Smart Grid to the next level

Audi and Danish architect Bjarke Ingels

IBM and the City of Portland,Oregon. Systems Dynamics for Smarter Cities uses 3,000 algorithms to measure data, model activities and predict probable outcomes.

A 1.2 trillion $ market?

The Danish opportunity

Where should we focus?

The cleantech focus in Denmark

Wind Energy

Biofuel

Smart Cities

The Kalundborg Smart City

project

The Smart City Hub

The current grid structure

Kalundborg, SEAS-NVE & Spirae

Smart City Project

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Smart City Kalundborg (SCK) Hub

Why Kalundborg?

World-known for their Industrial Symbioses, Novozymes, Ibicon etc.

A lighthouse for the regional Green Growth Society 2020 program

Alignment and cooperation with Smart City Copenhagen

Politics & Framework

Conditions

The key to new cleantech markets!

Incentives for investing in Cleantech solutions

Various tax incentives for investments in Cleantech projects

Subsidies/grants (tax exemption)

Reduced corporation tax rates

Tax holidays

Investment allowances and tax credits (tax reductions based on the amount of investment and granted in addition to normal depreciation)

Accelerated depreciation (allowing businesses to write off depreciation more rapidly)

Dynamic Pricing

The Danish solution

Reference: ENERGY TAXATION IN EUROPE, JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES

from Finnish Energy Industries

Politics & Regulations

PURPA in California

The German Experience

The Canadian Experience

The Goodwill Ambassadors

Corps

How can we support you?

The Goodwill Ambassadors

Market experience and successful track records

High level business and political contacts

Assist you in saving time and money when you develop new markets

What did I do?

Swiss Heat Pump user pioneer in 1980 - Due to 50 pct. lower power prices during night time

Wind Power Plant pioneer 1983 - 90. 11 wind power plants in California with 1250 WTG’s

Clean City pioneer developer in former Eastern Germany from 1990 to 2000

Smart Grid and Smart City developer since 2008

The goodwill ambassadors

World class experience