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THE DANISH ENERGY INDUSTRIES FEDERATION – SpEcIAl ADvERTISING SUpplEmENT

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2050Denmark

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Tomorrow’s energy system

Industry potential

Focusing on cleantech

Andrea Balasiu is Sales Manager at Siemens, one of the companies striving to meet future energy system challenges with green energy.

Three companies give their opinion on how Denmark’s energy industry can best exploit its potential.

The Danish government has formulated an energy policy which will create growth in the energy industry.


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Hans Peter Slente Director, The Danish Energy Industries Federation

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By 2050 the world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion. Due to improved health and infrastructure worldwide, their stand-ard of living will be good.

But the world’s natural resources will come under heavy pressure. Agricultural land, water, raw materials and energy will become increasingly valuable as demand increases, reserves dwindle and access be-comes more difficult.

In the Nordic countries there is exten-sive experience in using resources wisely, and this has created a fertile environment for innovative companies which develop, manufacture and market cleantech prod-ucts and services at home and worldwide.

In Denmark there is broad political agreement on achieving freedom from de-pendence on coal, oil and gas by 2050. In March 2012 an energy policy was agreed that focuses strongly on improved energy efficiency, renewable energy and intelligent grid infrastructure, designed to accelerate progress in the period up to 2020.

With its ambitious and forward-looking energy policy, Denmark is a living labora-tory and workshop for tomorrow’s energy and environment technology, to the ben-efit of research and innovative companies around the world.

Denmark has a world-class energy in-dustry, which is eager to engage in the de-velopment of products and services for an energy-hungry world.

The aim of the energy agreement is not only to switch over to green energy, but also to create growth and employment. Where do you see the greatest potential?

In terms of wind turbines, we have two world-leading manufacturers carrying

out research, development and some of their production in Denmark. Danish companies are well advanced in estab-lishing and operating offshore wind farms. Investments will also extend to biogas and biomass.

The agreement can also create jobs in energy companies, for consultants and for manual workers who will have a prominent role in helping companies and private households to save energy.

What are your expectations of Danish in-dustry in relation to the implementation of the energy agreement?

The industry has waited patiently for the negotiations to be finalised, and we are now doing everything we can to get the legislation adopted as quick-ly as possible. I hope the industry will

The government has made a broad agreement in the Danish Parliament on Den-mark’s future energy supply, and also on creating growth and employment in the green energy industry. The Minister for Climate and Energy Martin Lidegaard gives his view on the agreement’s significance for the industry.By: Bente Dalsbæk

A green future

Martin Lidegaard

MINISTER FOR CLIMATE, ENERGY AND

BUILDING

The Danish Energy Industries Federation

On 22 March 2012, the Dan-ish government entered an en-ergy agreement with a broad coalition in the parliament, which applies to the period up to 2020.

THE ENERGY AGREEMENT IN BRIEF:

ENERGY supplY – By 2020, 35 percent of Den-mark’s energy requirement will be generated from renewable sources.

BIOMAss – The use of coal and gas for heat and power production will to a large extend be replaced by bio-mass.

WINd TuRBINEs – By 2020, a 600 MW offshore wind farm will be installed at Kriegers Flak in the Baltic Sea, and a 400 MW offshore wind farm at Horns Rev in the North Sea. An additional 500 MW of onshore wind turbines will be installed up to 2020.

BIOGAs – The use of biogas is being ex-panded, with subsidy being in-creased.

sOlAR ANd WAvE pOWER – EUR 13,4 million over four years is being allocated to sup-port new renewable energy tech-nologies for electricity produc-tion including solar power and wave power.

sMART GRId – The Danish energy infrastruc-ture will be upgraded with new technologies, to further optimise the integration of renewable en-ergy recourses.

pRIcE – In 2020, an average household will pay EUR 175 more annually for energy. Companies will pay EUR 26,80 more per employee. In total the agreement will cost EUR 470 million in 2020.

”Briefly stated, my most important political vision is to build a broad po-litical alliance with companies and green organisations, so that Denmark can play a leading role in addressing climate challenges and demonstrate that there is no contradiction between a tightly formulated climate profile and increased welfare,” says Climate and Energy Minister Martin Lidegaard on the ministry’s website.

exploit the fact that we are in a unique position in Denmark with a long-term, stable energy policy which provides every opportunity to focus on green development. I hope that companies will strive to manufacture their prod-ucts with as little energy as possible, and that they seize every opportunity for creating green jobs. If the ambition level of the energy agree-ment is met, what do you see as the next step for Denmark’s green industry?

It will not end in 2020. The objec-tive is for Denmark to become inde-pendent of fossil fuels by 2050. I am convinced that the rest of the world will follow our example. We will see a strongly increasing market for re-newable energy and energy-efficient products. An almost boundless mar-ket awaits companies that seize the opportunity. ·

Source: The Danish Ministry of Climate and

Energy


which types of production plant are producing energy, how much renew-able energy there is in the system, and what the pattern of energy consump-tion and level of demand look like.

”Every house will be equipped with a home automation unit, which can plan and control energy use in the dwelling and minimise electricity bills by adjusting electricity use according to price and availability. Consump-tion can also be controlled by using a web portal or smart phone app, so you don’t even have to be at home to con-trol electricity consumption in your house,” says Balasiu.

Eu suppORT NEEdEdIn order to realise these visions for

Powering your house with electricity from your car

Somewhere in Denmark, an electric vehicle (EV) arrives home to a house with solar panels on the roof and its own wind turbine. There is still plenty of power in the EV battery, which is plugged into the house’s own electrici-ty grid. Because it is a time of day when many householders are operating electrical equipment and electricity is

more expensive, the householder uses electricity from the EV battery. During the night, when electricity is cheaper, the EV battery can then be charged up from the grid.

”What can make this scenario a fu-ture reality is that every house will be equipped with an intelligent electric-ity meter which enables electricity to be sold to or bought from the grid de-pending on whether the house is gen-erating more or less electricity than it needs. At the same time, the usage of electricity inside the house can be made more intelligent,” says Andreea Balasiu, Sales Manager at Siemens.

HOME AuTOMATIONSoftware applications will need to be developed for electricity companies so that they can constantly monitor

In the smart grid of the fu-ture, private dwellings will be equipped to produce renewable energy as well as consume it, so householders can both buy and sell electricity to the grid. One of the companies working to make this a reality is Sie-mens.By: Marianne Sommer

”In comparison to other countries, much of Den-mark’s energy production is already decentralised. Around 30 percent is re-newable energy, and up to 50 percent of intrinsically fluctuating wind energy will be integrated into the grid by 2020. It is clearly an advantage to have this ex-pertise, which we can use to lead the way in creating development and growth,” says Andreea Balasiu.

tomorrow’s energy system, politi-cal support is needed. ”The EU plays an important role in the financing of demonstration projects, and also has an eye to formulating standards. All member states need to be part of the standardisation process so that systems are established which oper-ate across borders. It wouldn’t make sense to have an EV that can only be charged up in one country – the sys-tem must function across borders, just as mobile phones work anywhere where there is a network connection,” says Balasiu.


KEEpING THE BIlls dOWNCalculations from Energinet.dk show that when heat pumps are deployed in the future, and petrol- and diesel-engined vehicles have been replaced with EVs, electricity consumption by a typical family will treble, but the cost of it will not.

”Although consumption will in-crease, the electricity bill will be 10-15 percent lower because we will become more attentive to when it is cheapest to use electricity,” says Kim Behnke,

head of research and environment at Energinet.dk.

Old electricity meters have already been replaced with digital meters in half of all Danish households. Energi-net.dk forecasts that the transition to tomorrow’s energy system, where a device will be coupled to the digital electricity meter to provide automated control of electrical equipment in the home, will gradually take place over the next three to five years. ·

Denmark makes extensive use of the en-ergy contained in household waste by com-busting it in combined heat and power sta-tions, all of which are connected to the lo-cal district heating system.

”Our use of energy from household waste is 100 percent, because the steam in the combustion flue gases is condensed and reused for heating. This has the ef-fect of keeping our use of coal and gas to a minimum,” says director of technology and marketing Ole Madsen of Babcock & Wil-cox Vølund, a leading international suppli-er of knowledge, equipment and technol-ogy for power plants which produce envi-ronmentally friendly energy from the com-bustion of household waste and biofuels.

Denmark has cutting-edge knowledge and expertise in waste-to-energy technolo-gies. The industry employs several thou-sand specialists engaged in optimising energy production in an environmentally- and climate- friendly way, and has great potential for creating exports and green growth.

”Life Cycle Analysis shows that energy production based on the combustion of waste is in most cases the most environ-mentally friendly and cost-effective way of using available technologies. This has been documented by researchers at the Techni-cal University of Denmark in their assess-ment of a new state-of-the-art power sta-tion in Copenhagen,” says Madsen. ·

In Scandinavia, combustible household waste is fully used as a valuable and cost-effective resource for producing electricity and district heating.By Maren Urban Swart

Turning waste into climate-friendly energy

”It will be smart to let the large energy users, take the lead, They will realise significant eco-nomic benefits by saving on en-ergy at the right times,” says Kim Behnke.

WAsTE-TO-ENERGY plANTs IN dENMARK:


Annual revenues and invest-ments in the water industry worldwide total a mind-boggling EUR 337 million. Danish com-panies are gaining a slice of this market on account of the strong competences and leading posi-tion they have in this area.By Maren Urban Swart

Since 2009, Danish Water Forum (DWF) network companies COWI, Danfoss, DHI, Grundfos, Siemens Turbomachinery and Water Centre South, together with the En-vironmental Protection Agency and the Danish Embassy in India, have strength-ened cooperation between Denmark and India on water and environment.

”Our first focus area was wastewater treatment. As a spin-off from that project, the Indian authorities have also shown an interest in our knowledge of how to handle residual wastewater sludge when wastewater has been treated,” says Jesper Goodley Dannisøe of consulting and re-search organisation DHI.

With their strong Danish knowledge base which they jointly promote in India, the Danish companies have encountered considerable interest and have created contacts as well as environmental and commercial results. The Indian authori-ties are not the only ones who have be-come aware of Denmark’s strong position in the water industry; private sector com-panies have also made the discovery.

“An Indian contractor is very inter-ested in collaborating with Danish com-panies since they know we have abili-ties that they do not yet possess. DWF has also signed an agreement with In-dia’s largest industry conglomerate Tata Group. The nature of the water-related projects at Tata will be specified at the beginning of May,” says Dannisøe. ·

Danish competences improve water management in India

In 2005, the 40 largest cities in the world forged an agreement to reduce CO2 emissions by accelerating the in-troduction of climate-friendly tech-nologies. Although Copenhagen is not among the world’s 40 largest cities, the capital was selected in 2011, along with a number of other cities, to be an associated partner because it excels in green energy.

”We have been affiliated because we have good solutions to many of the chal-lenges that cities face. Across the world, other cities are impressed with our bicy-cle culture, and by the fact that Copen-hagen has bathing quality water in the harbour. On the more technical side of

things we have our wind turbines, and 97 percent of our households are con-nected to the district heating system, which utilises energy in an amazingly efficient way,” says the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen.

Besides the wind turbines and dis-trict heating, Copenhagen also receives praise for its district cooling, geother-mal energy and the city’s water supply system, which is very efficient with low losses. It also has excellent wastewater treatment plants, as evidenced by the numerous harbour swimming baths that are so popular with Copenhageners and tourists alike during the summer. Copenhagen also differs from many other cities in its utilisation of house-hold waste for energy recovery.

”As part of C40 we gain a unique opportunity for marketing the solu-tions Copenhagen has implemented, thereby attracting companies and in-vestments to the city, and perhaps also helping Danish cleantech firms to gain further export opportunities,” says Frank Jensen.

GOING GREEN Is GOOd FOR BusINEssA city’s economy is a good place to start when trying to convince mayors worldwide to make climate-friendly investments. Copenhagen has become the head of a network of cities from C40 which will explore green growth.

”When we invest in bicycle lanes in Copenhagen, we do more than just reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality. For every kilometre peo-ple in Copenhagen choose to cycle in-stead of driving, the city saves around 8 US cents in terms of reduced con-gestion, accidents, noise and wear and tear on infrastructure,” says the Lord Mayor. ·

Copenhagen has been af-filiated to the Large Cities Climate Leadership Group (C40). This will help promote the Danish capital’s green initiatives and create growth nationally.By Maren Urban Swart

”OECD’s calculations show that every 100 green jobs in the capital create 20 extra jobs in the rest of Denmark, says the Lord Mayor of Copenhagen, Frank Jensen.

International branding for green Copenhagen

THE plAN:The mission is to reduce CO2 emissions by 20 percent by 2015 compared to the 2005 level. The vi-sion is to become the first CO2 neu-tral capital in the world already by 2025. Copenha-gen Municipality aims to achieve 75 percent of the to-tal CO2 reduction from its energy supply emissions, corresponding to 375,000 tons of CO2.

There’s something green in the city of Elsi-nore: a strategy to renovate the city’s old buildings in an energy and climate friendly way and to educate builders how to do it.

This will – besides maintaining Elsinore’s reputation as an extraordinary beautiful city – mean that Elsinore will be creating green growth for all-ready existing business and attract new business, new employment and new citizens:

“It is important to us that our climate strategy reflects that we build upon an al-ready well-preserved city with many histor-ical and cultural attractions. Our vision is to preserve rather than just tear down, but at the same time to be among the most climate friendly cities, not just in Denmark,” says Head of the Climate Division at the City of Elsinore, Karen Marie Pagh Nielsen.

Elsinore has already made a lot of climate renovation in the city’s many cultural and public buildings and thereby made a signifi-cant reduction of CO2 emission. In the last three years alone the reduction has amount-

ed to a total of 7,7% through energy man-agement in buildings, climate renovations, greening of the energy supply by turning to more direct heating and renewable energy and by green procurement policy:

“The key factor in achieving this and to keep moving forward towards a green city, is the cooperation between the business and industry, the municipality and the citizens. There is support both from the politicians, the citizens and the business. We all share the same ambitious goal: we want our city to grow, but we want the growth to be green,” Karen Marie Pagh Nielsen says.

Climate friendly Culture YardAnd wherever you turn in charming Elsi-nore you will see that this cooperating cli-mate strategy has set its mark on the city: Take The Culture Yard, the new cultur-al centre created in the old shipyard at the harbour, renovated and rebuild in a climate friendly way with solar cells on the roof and groundwater cooling as just a couple of the climate actions taken in the renovation. The Culture Yard houses Elsinore’s main library, a large and a small stage, the Yard Museum, exhibition hall, eatery, arcade, meeting fa-

cilities and workshops: “We took an existing building, the old ship

yard, and renovated, rebuild and changed it in to something that are used and enjoyed every day by a large number of people – both citizens and visitors. That is in essence what we try to do with in Elsinore: recycling in a large scale.”

The world famous city of Elsinore is situated by the blue sea, but the future vision is green.

Green City – Green Growth

Karen Marie Pagh Nielsen is Head of the Climate Division at the City of Elsinore.

the Municipality of elsinore has agreed to many binding partnerships on the climate area: they are one of the climate municipalities in danish Society for nature Conservation and obligated to reduces CO2 emission by 2% a year up until 2025. They are also Climate Part-ner with dong energy and a member of the Covenant of Mayors

FACTS:

helsingorkommune.dk


The demand for energy is increasing globally in line with the inexorable rise in global population. In order to avoid adverse effects on the Earth’s climate, it is essential that energy ef-ficiency is improved. One example of this is Denmark’s unique achieve-ments in district heating.

”We have achieved this position be-cause we do not use resources to cool down the hot water that is created in

electricity production, but instead chan-nel it into the district heating system,” says COO Kim Fausing of Danish indus-trial company Danfoss.

Only nine percent of the heat gener-ated globally in electricity production is utilised. If this figure was increased to 12 percent, it would equate to the energy generated by all the wind turbines in the world. This statistic helps explain why many countries worldwide are now look-ing towards Denmark and its compe-tences in district heating. ”We are estab-lishing new systems and are improving the efficiency of already existing systems worldwide,” says Kim Fausing.

KEEpING cOOlDanish engineering and consultancy company Rambøll has also noted the international interest. ”We see it in

the UK for example, which is estab-lishing an increasing number of iso-lated district heating systems due to sustainability requirements when new urban districts are built,” says Tho-mas Rand, energy director at Ram-bøll.

Rambøll’s system can provide both district heating and district cooling in a more energy-efficient way. ”We see a need for this not only internation-ally, but also in Denmark, where there has not previously been a demand for district cooling. The demand has oc-curred because of an increased focus on comfort in for example office build-ings, where computers are creating a warm indoor climate,” says Thomas Rand. The energy efficiency of district cooling is five to ten times higher than air conditioning systems. ·

60 percent of household heat-ing in Denmark is generated from energy-efficient district heating plants. If this technol-ogy were introduced globally, CO2 emissions would be sig-nificantly reduced.

By: Maren Urban Swart

Climate friendly heating and coolingFAcTs:District heating is a sys-tem for distributing heat generated in a central-ised location for resi-dential and commercial space- and water-heat-ing requirements.

“District heating has great potential, and is supported by EU plans to ensure that waste heat from electricity production is recovered and utilised,” says Rambøll energy director Thomas Rand.


Lars Grønbæk is often met with scep-ticism regarding the product he sells – simply because it sounds too good to be true. He is acting CEO at Danfoss Solutions, which allows companies to analyse their energy consumption and subsequently introduce self-financing energy-saving initiatives. In just a cou-ple of years, customers benefit from savings of typically 15-20 percent. The service Danfoss provides is called ES-CO, which stands for Energy Service Company, and Danfoss Solutions has 10 years of pioneering experience in the area.

”Companies want to make sav-ings on their energy bill, but they often give it low priority because of lack of resources, or because money is needed for replacing machinery or for a strategic investment. The advan-tage of ESCO is that companies do not need to pay up front. They do how-ever need to spend time and resources on the project – but significantly less than if they received no help from us,” says Lars Grønbæk.

At the start of the project, Dan-foss consultants and the customer

conduct an initial analysis of energy consumption, which takes a couple of months. The consultants then sug-gest a number of areas where the com-pany can make savings and offer to carry out the energy-saving projects, while guaranteeing savings within a defined period of time, typically a couple of years.

cOMpETITIvE AdvANTAGEThe Danish biscuit and cake produc-er Bisca is among the companies that have made use of Danfoss Solutions’ offer to analyse energy consump-tion. Bisca invested EUR 675,000 in energy-saving initiatives, and with annual savings of more than EUR 405,000, return on the investment was achieved in just 18 months.

”We have made continuous ef-forts to minimise energy costs and CO2 emissions, but Danfoss Solu-tion conducted a complete analy-sis in 2008 which provided us with a greater overview. We have saved about 30 percent of our costs since then. Around half of the savings have been made from employees changing behaviour,” says the director of Bisca Michael Budtz Berthelsen.

”The savings are very important to our competitiveness. If we do not do something to save on energy, our cakes will increase in price due to ris-ing energy costs,” says the director, who has subsequently appointed a full-time employee to continue the work of finding energy savings. ·Read more about ESCO on danfoss.com/Solutions

Self-financing energy-savingMany companies benefit from implementing energy-saving initiatives. In just two years, they gain a saving of 15-20 percent on their energy bill.By: Marianne Sommer.

”Danish companies can increase their competitiveness if they implement energy savings. Danfoss Solutions has the capital and can help organise it,” says sales director Lars Grøn-bæk.

By: Maren Urban Swart

Five years ago, the members of the think tank FUTURA SYD set the objective of creating growth in the energy industry, which gave rise to ProjectZero which aim is to make the Sønderborg area CO2 neutral by 2029, while creating a number of green jobs.

“Many of the sub-projects have al-ready been carried out, and 50 green jobs have been created in the construction in-dustry in association with investments in heat pumps, district heating, insulation and new windows,” says Peter Rathje, managing director of ProjectZero.

“In the next two or three years the en-ergy efficiency improving project – ZE-RObolig – will create an additional 300 new jobs among manual workers and in the construction industry.”

cOMpANIEs WITH A GREEN MINdsETProjectZero is supported by more than 100 companies and shops forming part of the ZEROcompany programme, which involves setting a strategy for re-ducing their CO2 emissions by a mini-mum of 10 percent in a year.

“It is clear to see that the companies who are taking a leading position in thinking green are also becoming more attractive to their customers,” says Pe-ter Rathje. ·

Project Zero creates green growthA regional think tank in the town of Sønderborg in southern Jutland has launched a project with the aim of making the area CO2 neutral by 2029 and create growth and green jobs. Many positive results have already been achieved.

pROjEcT zERO:More than 100 com-panies and shops take part in ZERO-company learning programmes

More than 500 house owners have joined ZEROhouse and are saving en-ergy and money

ProjectZero has re-cently been accept-ed into the Clinton Foundation’s Cli-mate Positive Devel-opment Project

ProjectZero col-laborates with cities and universities in the Nordic coun-tries, Germany, Chi-na and USA

In 2007-2010, Søn-derborg municipal area reduced its CO2 emissions by 12.6 percent

ProjectZero is sup-ported financially by SE, Danfoss (Bit-ten & Mads Clau-sens Fond), Sønder-borg Municipality, DONG Energy and Nordea Fonden

Read more on

www.projectzero.dk

Kirstine Bille, Mayor of the Municipality of Syddjurs in Jutland.

Mayor Kirstine Bille has a pair of bird-watch-ing binoculars in her office, because Ebeltoft Town Hall is located amid beautiful scenery with an abundance of bird life.

The mayor has great interest in safeguard-ing the environment, as well as ensuring that the municipality’s ambitious climate plan is more than just noble intentions.

“Empty words achieve nothing. We seek results and have described what our actions as a municipality need to be,” says Kirstine Bille.

One example is that the municipality’s own buildings must become as energy efficient as possible.

“In all our administration buildings, we have set up screens so that staff can monitor ener-gy consumption. This helps us all remember small things such as switching off lights and computers. And it works. We can see it clear-ly in our energy consumption. It demands an

effort too, because our aim is to save two percent on electricity, water and heating con-sumption annually up to 2025,” she says.

Energy efficient solutions are also being incorporated whenever the municipality reno-vates or constructs new buildings – and the same applies to citizens.

Kirstine Bille emphasises that the climate plan must help create growth:

“We have many small and medium-sized enterprises in the municipality, including car-pentry firms, blacksmiths and engineering companies. Many of them are implementing energy efficiency initiatives, and we need to support them so that we can safeguard the climate and create jobs for our citizens.”

Syddjurs has many villages, open country-side and around 8,000 holiday homes. In or-der to achieve the objective for energy saving and the introduction of renewable energy for these areas, the municipality needs collabo-ration partners.

“We have many district heating stations which use locally produced biomass. But we have a challenge with our holiday homes which are typically heated by electricity and wood-burning stoves. So we will enter cli-

mate agreements with businesses, associa-tions and organisations which can help us reach the objective.”

It is important to the mayor that citizens and businesses see the sense of the climate plan.

“We must avoid a them-and-us situation, and achieve results together,” says Bille.

Doing something for the climate is not just idle words in the Municipal-ity of Syddjurs in Jutland. The aim is ambitious but the way to achieve it is based on common sense.

“We set climate goals we know we can reach”

• The Municipality of Syddjurs is one of the Danish Conservation of Nature As-sociation’s climate municipalities, which have committed themselves to reduce CO² emissions by at least two percent annually until 2025

• The municipality has also joined the EU Covenant of Mayors, where the municipal-ities commit themselves to higher ambi-tions than the EU’s own climate objectives

FacTS:

Hovedgaden 77 · 8410 Rønde · tlf. 87 53 50 [email protected] · www.syddjurs.dk

www.syddjurs.dk

Hovedgaden 77 · 8410 Rønde · tlf. 87 53 50 [email protected] · www.syddjurs.dk

www.syddjurs.dk

What to do when extend-ing the sewers is expensive and in some cities virtu-ally impossible? When cli-mate changes make it rain

too much some places and some periods and far too lit-

tle in other periods and other parts of the world? Reusing the rainwater is a well-proven idea, but Copenhagen University professor Marina Bergen Jensen is now test-ing how to locally drain the storm water in cities. She has invented the idea of dual porosity filtration of storm water runoff from roads, which means that the storm water is lead through a multistacked fil-ter, cleaning the water by every me-ter of filtration without blogging the filter and without any use of energy or chemicals:

What we end up with is water so clear and clean, that you want to drink it, which you can if you boil it. This means that this system can make an impact on a global market. Both in terms of climate change adaptation. And in terms of providing water for households.

At the moment the filter is being tested in a part of Copen-hagen in cooperation with The City of Copenhagen.

Copying what the atmos-phere does to clean the air by photochemistry and downsizing it to be used as a cheep and environmen-tally friendly way to solve indoor air pollution. That is what Copenhagen Uni-versity professor Mathew S. Johnson has invented and is now testing under the name ‘Green Air’ as part of the Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster project:

You might say I stole the idea from nature and made it faster, says the professor and explains how the de-vice purifies the air using natural chemistry and UV light. At the moment a device is being tested in full-scale in corpo-ration with several companies in the windmill and container industry and the potential is enormous since it will be able to replace normal, expensive and not so eco-friendly heating-, ventilation and air conditioning systems:

The test results up until now are formidable and the market is already reaching out for this, so corporation with the indus-try will take Green Air to a new level in the coming years.

ITS RAINING GREEN

GREEN ISIN THE AIR

Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster is a eU regional Fund project and one of the largest global clusters dedicated to providing necessary business conditions to aid cleantech research, development and implementation. University of Copenhagen is one of eleven partners.

University of Copenhagen has a strong green profile covering both cleantech, sustainability, climate change and

mitigation. The University hosts Sustainability Science Centre - a cross disciplinary centre

FACTS:

As part of Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster, University of Co-penhagen has its say in how our future is going to look or rather smell or taste: How are we going to clean our air and our water in the most clever and most environmentally safe way? Copen-hagen University is about to find out. The gap-funding part of Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster has 579.000 EUR available for promising cleantech inventions by researchers at University of Copenhagen. And new inventions are already well on their way:

“Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster has every potential of put-ting Denmark on the map as a cleantech metropolis,” says Pro-ject Leader Birgitte Neergaard, University of Copenhagen.

A clean futureuniversity of copenhagen plays an important role in solving our environmental challenges through copenhagen cleantech cluster.

Nørregade 10, DK-1165 Copenhagen K+45 35 32 26 26www.ku.dk


Exploiting our potential

Denmark has a unique posi-tion in cleantech, which can be exploited to create growth and a better climate.

clAus ANdREAssON – BWE”Through the impact of decisions by the Danish government, we have been forced to innovate in various technol-ogy areas, for example by making our coal-fired power stations unrivalled in terms of efficiency and emissions. We have also developed cleantech in Denmark to an advanced level,

and have become leading suppliers of technology in both fossil and re-newable energy,” says COO of Bur-meister & Wain Energy (BWE), Claus Andreasson.

”If we maintain these technolo-gies and use them as points of refer-ence, Denmark will stay an energy-technology showcase internationally

which can create significant exports. Power stations with low efficiency and far bigger emissions than those we can supply are being built today in countries all over the world. With our help, these countries can implement Danish technologies in coal power which are far more environmentally-friendly and energy-efficient.” ·

søREN ø. søRENsEN – GRuNdFOs”The cleantech industry represents one of Denmark’s strongest compe-tences for ensuring future growth and sustainable jobs. New and innova-tive technologies in energy efficiency improvement, water and wastewater treatment have been developed in the

decades since the first oil crisis in the 1970s. And the industry has realised strong growth both nationally and internationally,” says Søren Ø. Sø-rensen, group executive vice president of Grundfos.

”This positive trend will be further strengthened through attractive frame-

work conditions embedded in an am-bitious energy and climate policy and water plan, and Denmark can set the agenda here, especially in the EU. The world’s climate and water challenges must be met in a close interplay between commercial driving forces and ambitious laws.” ·

OlE sANdER – scHNEIdER ElEcTRIc”Compared to many other countries, Denmark has gone from seeing clean-tech solely as green idealism to seeing it as business potential. We are fortunate that Denmark has an ambitious energy policy which can create opportunities

and jobs with the commitment of the corporate sector,” says Ole Sander, man-aging director of Schneider Electric.

”It doesn’t take large investments to reduce costs and make production more efficient. Energy efficiency im-provement is therefore good business

both for those who sell the products and those who buy them. If you go about it in the right way, this can help improve competitiveness. I am con-vinced that the Danish government’s goal can be a driver for development and exports in this area.” ·

Biogasthe municipality collaborates with the farming industry. One of the reasons for this is that they aim to solve the problem with CO2 emissions in this way, and they also seek to develop the farming industry as a supplier of green energy.

a report has been prepared that charts the biomass potential in thisted Municipality.

Wind turbinesthisted municipality is planning more wind turbines.

plan about district heatingenvironmentally correct heat supply is being planned in the form of district heating for more houses in the municipality.

solar energythisted heat supply is establishing a large solar energy system as a supplement to the heat supply in Thisted town.

visit us and be inspiredthe municipality often travels abroad to spread the message about how it is possible to become self-sufficient with energy. Many delegations and tourists visit the municipality.

40 ‘energy locations’ are ready to receive business people, scientists, students and groups that would like a close look at how Thisted Municipality is approaching the issue of energy supply.

Please read more here about Thisted Municipality’s holistic energy plan: www.thisted.dk/energiplan

Thisted is the centre of sustainable energy

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Cleantech is a gold mine

The Danish cleantech industry is a goldmine, but in order to fully ex-ploit its potential , political initia-tives should be introduced which make it even more attractive to in-vest in the industry, thinks invest-ment expert Gregers Kronborg.

“The government deserves praise for starting to address the industry’s challenges concern-ing growth. Two new initiatives have been introduced: a tax credit scheme and the opportunity to take up growth loans. It signals that the industry’s challenges are being ac-knowledged,” says Kronborg.

The investment experts thinks however that more can be done po-litically to optimise the industry’s

growth potential. There is a two-fold challenge: one is that the time it takes from investment to return on investment is long, needs capital and is risky. The other is that other countries offer tax credits, growth loans and other schemes which are more potent than those offered in Denmark.

The UK, US and France give tax benefits, subsidies and low-interest loans to research and development conducted by companies. Investors also gain tax benefits when they in-vest in cleantech, which provides a financial motivation.

“Competition for knowledge-in-tensive jobs is tough. An increasing number of countries are cultivating their cleantech industry and cre-ating attractive environments for research, development and produc-tion. Denmark has a range of ben-efits which provide the basis for the development, production and uti-lisation of tomorrow’s energy sys-tems. We must make sure that we translate these benefits into addi-tional growth by strengthening our status as an international cleantech powerhouse.” ·

Political initiatives have been launched in Den-mark to help the clean-tech industry to prosper – but investment expert Gregers Kronborg would like to see more initiatives to exploit the industry’s growth potential.By: Marianne Sommer

More political initiatives should be introduced to make the cleantech in-dustry more attractive to invest in, thinks co-own-er of Northzone Venture, Gregers Kronborg

BWE holds three world records that makes Earth a greener place and helps global growth. The records have to do with the ef-ficiency of power stations, and the company has developed a unique technology that provides Denmark with the most efficient power stations in the world. The technique also represents a lead in terms of producing heat by means of a mix of biomass and fossil fuels or by the help of bio-mass only. This is a valuable ex-port item, observes COO Claus Andreasson from Burmeister & Wain Energy (BWE). He says:

“Today around 40 per cent of the world’s power production is based on coal, and this type of energy will be with us for many decades to come. So what we must do is to optimize the utiliza-tion of coal until we’ve developed more green solutions.”

“According to figures from 2010, the average efficiency of

the world’s coal-fired power sta-tions is 30%. In Denmark, we have Nordjyllandsværket pow-er station, which efficiency is 47%. If the entire world decided to replace their coal-fired pow-er stations with Danish ones, the world’s total CO2-emissions would drop by 33%.”

Biomass means independenceThe transition to green types of energy is reflected in the company’s development of the world’s largest multi-fuel boiler. This boiler can produce power and heat by the help of both bio-mass and fossil fuels. By gener-ating energy by means of power station boilers capable of utiliz-ing pure biomass, the emission of C02 is reduced to zero. Claus Andreasson adds:

“What really occupies minds in Europe is how we can become independent of foreign energy suppliers, and biomass such as straw and wood chips are good alternatives. Many countries don’t have coal themselves, but biomass is something you can find in most countries. And why would you burn straw in the fields if you can use it for produc-ing energy?”

Denmark is number one in the world when it comes to power generation efficiency at coal-fired power sta-tions and producing heat by means of pure biomass and a mix of biomass and fossil fuels. This means money in the public purse and a greener Globe.

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COO Claus Andreasson from Burmeister & Wain Energy (BWE).

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A citizen in City of Aalborg emits almost 25 % less CO2 than does an inhabitant in an aver-age Danish municipality, and almost a third of the municipality’s energy supply currently comes from sustainable energy.

According to Alderman for Health and Sustainable Development Thomas Kastrup-Larsen, the Danish Social Democrats, the reason for the municipality’s success is that the municipality has acted in a very climate conscious way for many years. He explains:

“A lot of our citizens are connected to the district heating system, and a big part of that heat is surplus heat from the company Aal-borg Portland or is produced by our almost C02-neutral waste incineration system.”

The council recently adopted an action-

oriented climate strategy, which means sus-tainable energy must make up 60 % of the mu-nicipality’s energy supply by 2030. In 2050, wind and solar energy, geothermal heat and biomass are to replace fossil fuels completely. Thomas Kastrup-Larsen adds:

“Others have climate visions as well as we do, but we’ve acted on them. This year we’ve allocated DKK 10 million for replacing sys-tems in the municipality’s buildings that aren’t energy-efficient and DKK 5 million for the setting-up of solar cells. We’ve been ac-tive in the field of transport for a long time, and we’re now going to transform our street lighting into energy-friendly LED lighting. All new buildings in the municipality must comply with energy requirements that are more strict than what the law requires.

Green business developmentIn order to save energy and achieve changes in behavior, the technical service manag-ers in the municipality’s schools have been trained as energy managers. Thomas

Kastrup-Larsen says:”Everybody must help reduce energy con-

sumption by 40-50 % over the coming 40 years. When children learn to cut back on their en-ergy consumption, they’ll influence their par-ents. An important part of the climate strate-gy is green growth, and Aalborg Municipality, Aalborg University and business are involved in a range of networks that are to strengthen collaboration between the private and the pub-lic sector on an energy-conscious municipal-ity.”

“We’re in a position of strength globally because Aalborg University, with its compre-hensive research on sustainable energy, at-tracts researchers and industry, and because we have many companies that are skilled in development and production of sustainable energy.”

An action-oriented policy and close collaboration with industry and Aal-borg University mean that the citizens of City of Aalborg emit less CO2 than the average for Danish municipalities

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Alderman for Health and Sustainable Development Thomas Kastrup-Larsen, City of Aalborg attaches great importance to ensuring that the municipality’s climate and sustainability strategy is underpinned by a range of networks with participation of business in northern Jutland and Aalborg University.

Scan and see aalborgMunicipality’s Climate Strategy:

Aalborg Municipality is involved in the following networks:

Hub north – a business net-work whose objective is, among other things, to de-velop collaborations between sub-suppliers to the wind turbine industry.www.hubnorth.dk

FleksEnergi – the aim of this network is, among other things, to phase out fossil fuels from the collective heat supply.www.fleksenergi.dk

NBEN – Network for Sustainable Business develop-

ment in Northern Denmark. This network has the aim of im-plementing sustainability into companies’ business plans.www.nben.dk

With a staggering 30% organic growth in 2011 due to technological innovation, Denmark based Kamstrup is the epitome of Danish cleantech.

TRUE TO OUR SPIRIT

CEO of Kamstrup, Per Asmussen:

The infrastructure of energy supply becomes increasingly complex, not least due to more sustainable but unpredictable energy sources. Kamstrup develop and produce the innovative metering solutions which form the backbone in modern smart grid management.

This is an industry as dynamic and rapidly developing as we only find it in advanced electronics.

Kamstrup has own offices in 20 dif-ferent countries and export 85% of its 1180 MDKK turnover in 2011. Still Kamstrup has decided to develop

and produce all its electronic com-ponents in its own factory in Den-mark and export it to 60 countries all over the world, even to China.

Per Asmussen explains: “To produce electronics in a high cost country requires fully automated produc-tion lines. However, the greatest advantage of this is not the savings in labour costs, but the high quality level, which we could never reach in any manual production”.

Denmark is an obvious choice for Kamstrup to develop the future busi-ness. As Per Asmussen expresses: “Kamstrup is heavily dependant on continuous development and technological leadership. 25% of our colleagues work on technologi-cal development, and the future growth, we need the best skilled people in our team. Denmark has leading competencies in cleantech and green energy”.

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