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What energy goals has the government set for 2020 and how will they be achieved?The new energy policy has received broad politicalsupport to enable a very ambitious transition to agreen uture, and sets out the path to achieving the2020 goals:

1) Hal o Denmarks electricity will be generatedby wind energy

2) CO 2 emissions will be reduced by 34 percentin relation to 1990

3) Energy consumption will be reduced by 12percent in relation to 2006

4) Renewable energy will account or over 35percent o energy consumption

These goals will be reached by improvements inenergy utilisation in businesses and private house-holds. Wind energy will be expanded, coal will bereplaced by biomass at centralised power stations,and biogas will replace natural gas at decentralisedpower stations.

The energy policy also includes the developmento other orms o renewable energy such as solarand wave energy, together with prospective urtherutilisation o the natural gas network. These initia-tives will put Denmark on course to achieving thegovernments aim o transitioning the entire energy

system to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050.What role does wind energy have in the govern-

ments vision o a country operating on 100 percent renewable energy by 2050?Wind is Denmarks best energy resource because wehave excellent wind conditions, especially o shore.So wind energy naturally plays a key role in our en-ergy policy, which includes a substantial expansiono wind energy. By 2020, 50 percent o Denmarkselectricity will be generated by wind, comparedwith more than 25 percent today.

What do you see as the greatest challenge in integrating wind energy into the energy system?All new systems are inevitably accompanied by newchallenges, and this will obviously be the case whenmaking wind energy such a large part o Denmarksuture energy system.

Wind is a uctuating resource, so at times thewind arms will generate surplus power, and at other

times not enough. Thats why we need a exibleand intelligent electricity grid a smart grid

which allows the shi ting o electricity consumptionto times when the wind is blowing more.

Work has long been under way on making newsystems that integrate wind energy into the grid, and

EWEA 2012

t e ome o t e w d du tMOrE ThAn 30 yEArs have assed si ce he f s w i d i es e a s l yi elec- ici y o Da ish co s e s. Si ce he , o h he i d s y a d he i es have ow , a dDe a k ca e o d o i s leadi i e a- io al osi io i wi d e e y. A iva lled28 e ce o De a ks elec ici y is owe e a ed y wi d i es.

ThE DAnish MODE L is ow ei s diedy co ies which a e i c easi hei oc so wi d e e y, while a he sa e i eDe a k, wi h a ew e e y olicy, is s ivi o achieve a ea e oal 50 e ce cove -

a e o i s elec ici y eeds o wi d e e yy 2020. to each s ch a a i io s a e , iis i o a ha all laye s i he i d s y oio ces o develo he ech olo y o he -

e. I his co ex i is a i yi o see -ecede edly hi h e s o o h Da ish

a d i e a io al a e dees a EWEA 2012 iCo e ha e .

i AM grATi iED TO sEE E o es la eswi d e e y eve is o ce a ai ei held i he ho e o he ode wi d i d s y. I issy olic ha wi h De a k hos i he co -e e ce, we ex ec o see he i es evea ici a io o Da ish co a ies. I hel s

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ha wi d e e y is eceivi se ves o ce-e i s i o a ce. this yea s EWEA will eo e ed y De a ks p i e mi s e Helletho i -Sch id a d HrH C ow p i ceF ede ik, i he co a y o he E o eaE e y Co issio e g he Oe i e . A

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Please address enquiries toCommunications Manager Peter Alexandersen

Tel: (+45) 22 25 90 72Email: [email protected]

www.windpower.org

About the Danish Wind Industry AssociationThe Danish Wind Industry Association has more than 240 membenationally. The organisation comprises wind turbine manufac-turers, energy companies and a broad range of rms supplyingcomponents, service and consultancy in the wind energy area.

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www.aau.dk

A wind turbine is a complex system that re-

quires special knowledge rom many felds.At the Faculty o Engineering and Scienceat Aalborg University, researchers rom fvedi erent departments there ore collaboratein a network called Wind Energy System andTechnologies WEST.

WEST coordinator Pro essor JohnDalsgaard Srensen, the Department o CivilEngineering, says:

The wind energy researchers have experi-ence and special knowledge o their individualpro essional felds, where theyve tested theirknowledge in various contexts. Weve been inon the act rom the beginning and collaboratedwith the industry all the time.

WEST takes part in national and interna-tional projects. Currently, they are the expertsin the o shore wind project NORCOWE,which is unded rom Norway and whose aimis to develop knowledge in Norway about o -shore wind turbines.

The collaboration with the industry beginsalready during training, where students o en-gineering carry out problem-based and project-based assignments.

Pro essor John Dalsgaard explains:Many projects are prepared in collaboration

with the industry, which means our students usetheir theoretical knowledge to solve specifcproblems instead o dealing with theoreticalexamples that weve prepared or them. n

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AAU gathers togetherspecial s ills in windturbine researchResearchers rom fve departments atAalborg Universit collaborate in theWEST networ

A 45 metre blade is in uenced by orces that can becompared to a human being holding a car in an out-stretched arm at a distance o 1.3 kilometres. So itsimportant how materials are combined. Were leadingin the feld o composites, and were involved in thestructural design o blades in close collaboration withlarge players in the market, says Erik Lund, who isa pro essor at the Mechanical and Manu acturingEngineering department at Aalborg University.

He compares composite materials with a tree:The fbres o a tree dont run in the same di-

rection. They have direction-oriented properties;otherwise the tree would snap. We provide theblades with the required strength and sti ness bycombining di erent materials such as glass fbreson the basis o the same principles.

At the moment, Aalborg University is participat-ing in 15 large national and international researchprojects about composite materials and, among other

things, heads a large EU project that examines i it is

possible to rein orce the core material o blades by

the help o nanotechnology. n

Pro essor John Dalsgaard Srensen, AalborgUniversit , is a coordinator o WEST, which is agroup o wind energ researchers rom the

universit s engineering p rogrammes. Thisgroup attracts students and PhD studentsrom all over the world.

Econom , strength, sti ness and weight are someo the critical parameters that Pro essor Eri Lundand his colleagues have to ta e into considerationwhen the experiment with composite materialsand their use or wind turbine blades.

Wind turbine researchers romAalborg University are headingEuropes biggest group o research-ers in o shore oundations and are

currently taking part in the worldslargest o shore wind project so ar.

The School o Engineering and Science has or10 years been developing a new oundation, theso-called Btten (the Bucket), which is kind tonature and budgets and which was recently selectedamong 104 solutions or an o shore wind projecton Dogger Bank.

Pro essor and Director o Research Lars Bo Ibsensays:

The Bucket is sucked silently into the seabedby the natural vacuum. By flling the oundation withwater, we can achieve the opposite e ect and pull theBucket up again when the turbine has been worn out.

The main part o a monopile remains in the sea-bed - a loss o many tonnes o steel.

The Bucket is kind to fsh and other animalsand can be used at greater water depths than cantraditional oundations; its also a lot cheaper to in-stall partly because the intermediate piece doesnthave to be attached to the oundation on the seabed.We also have precise documentation proving thatthe Bucket will remain in a plane parallel to theplane o the horizon by an accuracy approaching0.25 degrees even a ter many years at sea.

Universal Foundation, that manu actures theBucket, has just won the competition Carbon Trust,organised by the British Government. The aim is todevelop o shore wind arms that do not incur greaterexpenses than do coal-fred power plants. One o thesewill have 1,800 turbines with a total e ect o 9 GW

and will be the largest o shore wind arm in the world.This is also where the Bucket will be tested. n

In August, Universal Foundation will install the twofrst oundations at a new wind arm at Dogger Ban .

And Pro essor Lars Bo Ibsen expects to help developprotot pes o the Buc et or turbines with an e ect

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Mads Grundahl says:In any case, we know weve designed a tool

that Siemens can develop.His partner Jeppe Mllenbach Mortensen

adds:Our project isnt just about an imaginary

situation. Being involved in something that canbe used in real li e is incredibly motivating.

The two students are in the tenth and fnalsemester in the Mechanical and Manu acturingEngineering department and are doing a fnalproject o ered by Siemens Wind Power. Theyare analysing how a wind turbine blades rootsection reacts when the blade is astened tightlyto the hub.

The collaboration is a win-win situation:Weve more time to look at th ings in depth

than Siemens own engineers have, and thecompany has the right to use our results. Wevechosen the ocus o the project ourselves, andthe collaboration gives us the opportunity tobase our work on a real-li e problem, saysJeppe Mllenbach Mortensen. n

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Motivation throughreal-li e problemsWhen Jeppe Mllenbach Mortensenand Mads Grundahl hand in their f-nal project to Aalborg Universit thissummer and can call themselves me-chanical engineers with specialt inDesign o Mechanical S stems, the

will have solved a problem that canpossibl be used b Siemens WindPower immediatel .

Jeppe Mllenbach Mortensen (right) and MadsGrundahl are preparing their nal project on theengineering programme at Aalborg University

in collaboration with Siemens. They expect thiscollaboration will be an advantage to themwhen they will soon be looking or jobs.

Research into wind energy is done at thefollowing departments at Aalborg University:

Department of Development and Planning Department of Energy Technology Department of Electronic Systems - Section for Automation & Control

Department of Mechanical and ManufacturingEngineering

Department of Civil Engineering

When the wind hits a turbine, the blades spin. However,a computer in the turbine tells the blades when to turnagainst the wind and when to turn away again.

Jakob Stoustrup, pro essor at the Department o Electronic Systems at Aalborg University, explains:

The wind varies constantly, and its power is im-mense. In order to avoid damage to blades, towers andmechanical parts, the blades must turn away romthe wind when its too strong. A programme ensuresthe optimum balance that makes the turbine produceas much power as possible without being damaged.

The departments research is based on math-ematical models developed in collaboration withresearchers worldwide.

Jakob Stoustrup says:Our research makes turbines very e fcient when

it comes to reacting to the in ormation provided byour models. I the computer is the turbines brain,then were the best to make the brain more intel-

ligent.

Researchers make wind turbines wiserThe department collaborates with Vatten all

to utilise its special knowledge in a project aboutincreasing turbine up-time.

We structure and analyse all the data Vatten allreceives rom its many turbines, and our a im is to beable to diagnose a disease in a turbine be ore it breaksout. When we succeed, turbines can be repaired be-ore they break down, says the pro essor. n



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c al to co t ued w d e e e ea c a ddevelopme t De ma k. T e Da w de e du t look o wa d to t e -

au u at o o t e wo ld la e t te t ce t eo w d tu b e te ld, De ma k.

The village o sterild in northern Denmark ishome to a rather unusual object a giant peppermill. But it will soon be home to something evenlarger. In spring 2012, the largest wind turbine testcentre yet built will be taken into use and operatedby the Wind Energy Division o Denmarks NationalLaboratory or Sustainable Energy, Ris DTU(Technical University o Denmark).

We want to help create ertile conditions or windenergy research, testing and education in Denmark. Sowe need sites where manu acturers can test their windturbines. By o ering the best technological environ-ment and test acilities we can retain Danish compa-

nies and make it attractive or oreign companies toestablish a presence in Denmark, says Peter HaugeMadsen, who heads Ris DTU Wind Energy Division.

Te t eed paceRis DTU owns and operates three o the spacesat sterild test centre, while Siemens Wind Powerand Vestas Wind Systems own the other our. TheMinistry o the Environment selected the area,whose wind conditions are appropriate or testingwind turbines.

For companies to develop wind turbine tech-nology, they need to test them thoroughly be orelaunching them onto the market. The wind turbinesthat will be tested at sterild can be up to 250 me-tres (820 eet) high defnitely not things you cantest in your back garden, says Peter Hauge Madsen.

But it is not only wind turbine manu acturers thatwill beneft rom sterild.

Much o what will be done at sterild is the test-ing o manu acturers prototypes. But we also plan touse the acility or research into atmospheric condi-tions, wind speed measurement in extreme weatherconditions and the measurement o e ects on the elec-tricity grid. In addition, there will be collaborationwith companies on research and development whereinstalled prototypes can be included, says Madsen.

good ac l t eOne o the companies that has taken a space at sterildis the Chinese company Envision Energy, which estab-lished a Danish development division in 2010. Their3.6 MW o shore wind turbine is under construction

and will be installed on the quay at Thyborn on the

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west coast o Denmark in summer 2012. EnvisionEnergys next wind turbine will have a larger capacityand will be installed and tested at sterild.

It will be larger than a 5 MW wind turbine andaround 175 metres high, so it needs to be installedwhere there are good acilities and enough space. Atsterild there is su fcient space to test new technol-ogy, and at the same t ime it is attractive to be closeto Ris DTU, which has many years o experiencein this feld. We see it as a competitive advantageto be challenged by global players like Siemensand Vestas, which also test their technology in theDanish Wind Power Hub, says the Director o

Envision Energy, Anders Rebsdor .

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tem, w e e e ea c e a e wo k to c eate a e c e t a d ecu e - tem ba ed o a p opo t o o w d e e .

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o seve al e e y ech olo ies i he elec ici- y id, i a ic la wi d e e y.the i c eased se o e ewa le e e y

ea s ha i he e we will cha e o e - i e e e y s ly sys e . I will ecessi a e

ch o o e e y ei d aw o he id,si ce a y o he e ewa le e e y ech olo-ies od ce elec ici y. A ala ce eeds o ec ea ed e wee od c io a d co s ioo elec ici y, says p o esso jacos e aa d, who heads powe La DK o e o he wo lds os adva ced la o a o ies i -volved i es i o o ows e e y sys e s.

powe La DK has si la o eq i e hasi la es bo hol s e e y sys e , which e-sea che s ca se o es va io s sce a ios a dco d c ex e i e s which ca o e ca iedo i ac al ac ice. the es l s o hese es swill e sed o develo ew sol io s.

lex b l t t e dbo hol was chose o seve al easo s.the isla d is al eady ee , wi h wi d e e ys lyi a o a hi d o i s elec ici y eeds,a d he ai is ha e ewa le e e y will cov-e 77 e ce o elec ici y co s io y2025. bo hol is also a le o c io as ae i e closed sys e , si ce he de -seaca le which s lies he isla d wi h elec ici yo Swede ca e disco ec ed. thaakes bo hol a o vio s lace o es ai elli e elec ici y sys e o S a g id,which ca i e a e elec ici y s lied o

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When it comes to doing surveys o the seabed, theconsulting engineering company GEO is one o theleading players. The company can o er tailor-madeequipment and experienced sta , and it is renownedor its fexibility, e ciency and ability to adapt.

Be ore work to set up new o shorewind turbines can start, a widerange o conditions needs to beanalysed, and GEO is responsible

or carrying out the geotechnicaland geophysical surveys needed toselect the optimum place to locatethem.

Jens Brink Clausen, DepartmentDirector o Marine Survey atGEO, says:

Weve been involved eversince the very frst o shore windturbine was established in Vindebyin 1991.

And since then weve been parto 3540 o shore wind projects allover northern Europe.

When GEOs clients, who in-clude E.ON, Vatten all and DONGEnergy, ask or surveys o the sea-bed, GEO sends out its competentpeople and the highly specialisedseabed and drilling equipmentdeveloped by the company itsel .

Jens Brink Clausen adds:GEO is a company o special-

ists, who build their own equip-ment which they can then adaptquickly, e fciently and in accord-ance with the customers needs.As all our sta members possess

At GEO we mainl emplo permanent sta most o them have beenwith us or ears and are ver lo al to the compan . We believe that per-manent sta members are much more committed to their job than con-tract wor ers. And when the re not at sea doing surve s, the maintainand urther develop our equipment, sa s Jens Brin Clausen, who isDepartment Director o Marine Surve at GEO.

a wide range o competences, theyare o ten able to improve the e -fciency o work processes.

Read or the utureWhen per orming surveys o theseabed, GEOs sta memberso ten spend several months at sea,working round the clock. O ten theclient is there as well, monitoringthe surveys, which allows us tomake adjustments to the number o tests or the way they are conductedduring the process.

Jens Brink Clausen explains:At the moment were operating

in the German Bight, and weve just made an agreement with aDanish ship owner wholl providea ship that we can then place ourdrilling equipment on.

He adds:Until now weve used jack-up

plat orms to carry out our surveys.But many o the uture wind tur-bines are planned to be erectedso ar rom the shore that surveyshave to be per ormed rom a drill-ship. Thats why we also needto have ships at our disposal, toremain competitive and stay oneo the leaders in our feld. n

He emphasises that it is better to veri y the designin Denmark than or example in China, where theacilities are not the same. Rebsdor also mentionsthe advantage o the synergy o collaboration withRis DTU.

We pay Ris DTU or the calculations atsterild, and they also collect a mass o measure-ments which can show whether the calculationsmade during the design phase were correct.

Envision Energy has a space reserved at sterildor 8 years and will probably test the installed windturbine or 34 years, and subsequently replace someo the components with upgraded versions or test-ing.

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Central Denmar Region is Denmar sWind Power Hub and ormidable in termso research, development and manu actur-ing. Vestas and Siemens large developmentdepartments as well as their Danish produc-tion acilities are located in the region, thatis also the home o a wide range o compe-tent suppliers to the wind industr .

All the companies and competencesrequired or manu acturing wind tur-bines are within a radius o only 100kilometres in the Central Denmark Region. Everything is to be oundhere rom education, research and de-

velopment through to manu acturingo wind turbine components, towers,blades, control systems, etc.

Bent Hansen, chairman o CentralDenmark Region council, observes:

You might say were the SiliconValley o wind energy, which is whyour region attracts attention not onlyrom Danish, but also rom oreignwind companies wanting to establishthemselves in Denmark.

Networ s and a good li eIn its capacity as a public authority,the region makes a sincere e ort tomake sure international pro essionalsare well taken care o . One initiativeis the establishment o networks thatmake li e easier or the global sta inthe wind industry.

Bent Hansen explains:Specialists rom abroad may bring

their amilies with them to Denmark,so its important that we, as a publicauthority, make sure theyre receivedwell. This involves many things suchas establishing networks or wivesor husbands as well as ensuring in-ternational schools are available orchildren.

Bent Hansen addsthat a success ul stayor oreign experts isabout more than thetime they spend onthe job.

From wind tur-bine to consumerDenmark is unique inthe feld o integrationo wind energy into the power grid.

Bent Hansen observes:Nowhere else in the world does

similar experience and expertiseexist o integrating wind energy intothe power grid and o exploiting windenergy in the very optimum ashionthat were capable o in Denmark.And this knowledge is very interest-ing to many o the countr ies that haveonly recently begun to develop windenergy.

New nowledge centreSurveys indicate that a close relation-ship between manu acturing and de-velopment is critical and, by the help o a new centre at Aarhus University, theregion supports development withinthe feld o wind energy. Furthermore,tailor-made courses and competencedevelopment programmes or employ-ees in the wind energy industry ensurethe industrys pro essionals possessthe right competences. n

www.regionmidtjylland.dk

50 percent of Central Denmark Regions energy consumption is to come fromsustainable energy by 2025. Today, this gure is already as high as 24 percent.

Two thirds of total Danish turnover and export within the energy and environ-mental eld is generated in Central Denmark Region.

15,000 out of 25,000 people employed in the Danish wind energy industryare to be found in Central Denmark Region.

DID yOU kNOW THAT:

Nowhere else in the world can all the competences be found that are requiredto develop and build a wind turbine within such a limited geographical area. Central Denmark Region offers tailor-made courses and competence develop-

ment programmes in the eld of wind energy, which means the industry hasaccess to professionals with the right competences.

Strong collaboration takes place between the wind energy industry and educa-tional establishments and research institutions.

The region offers access to good test facilities for testing wind turbines andcomponents.

This is the very centre of Denmarks prolonged and profound experience of wind energy industry and integration of wind energy into the power grid.

25 percent o the wind companies in Denmar are alread owned b oreign companies becausethey have an interest in being a part of the Danish wind energy cluster, says Bent Hansen,chairman o Central Denmar Regional Council.

THIS IS WHy CENTRAL DENMARk REGIONIS THE SILICON VALLEy OF THE WIND INDUSTRy

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DONG Energy is one of the leading energy groups in Northern Europe. We are headquartered in Denmark.

Our business is based on procuring, producing, distributing and trading in energy and related products inNorthern Europe. We have approximately 6,000 employees and generated DKK 57 billion (EUR 7.6 billion)in revenue in 2011. For further information, see www.dongenergy.com.

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nd energy, nd ncre sed use of b om ss nd n tur l g s, e expect toreduce our C 2 em ss ons per kwh gener ted by 50 per cent by 2020.we closely mon tor our progress, nd e re ell on our y.

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Its one thing to install a wind turbine at sea andconnect it to the electricity grid, but quite anotherto integrate wind energy into the energy system andutilise its economic potential. This is an area whereDenmark has considerable expertise.

Last year in Denmark, wind energy accounted oran average 28 percent o electricity consumption, whichis higher than that o any other country. There are sev-eral reasons why we have managed to accommodatethe energy into our system, explains Vice President,International Relations, Energinet.dk Peter Jrgenseno Energinet.dk, an independent state-owned companywhich owns the electricity grid in Denmark, as well asthe gas supply network.

He mentions that the strong cross-border connec-tions to Norway, Sweden and Germany allow theexchange o large amounts o electricity, both whenthere is plenty o wind-generated production andthus surplus power in the grid, and when the oppo-site is the case. Denmark also has a unique, exibleproduction system which can be quickly regulatedup or down depending on how much power the wind

turbines are producing.In relation to power stations seen in other coun-tries, ours are highly exible. They can be set rightdown and then quickly brought up again to keepthe energy system in continuous balance. This hasbeen developed in parallel with larger amounts o wind energy coming into the system, says the VicePresident.

P oact ve at e t a eact veJrgensen sees the Danish way o operating theenergy system as a key reason or the country be-

ing a pioneer in integrating wind energy into theelectricity grid.

Energinet.dk operates the entire electricity gridin Denmark and develops new tools as the propor-tion o wind energy increases. These tools enableorward planning on the basis o wind orecasts,he says.

Brie y stated, we have taught ourselves to think proactively rather than reactively. Many other coun-tries adopt a reactive approach, and take last minutedecisions to adjust the requency up or down. Thisis not a good way to do things rom an economicperspective.

The more closely we can gear production to con-sumption in the uture, the better we can organiseour purchasing and planning, and choose the mostcost-e ective power stations.

But continued development o the entire energysystem is still needed as the proportion o windenergy increases by 2020 the target is 50 percent.According to Jrgensen, three things are necessaryto make it happen. The frst is a strong internat ional

transmission grid to enable energy balancing overa large area. The second is continued improvemento exibility on both the production and consump-tion side. The third is the development o a smartgrid that can automatically regulate production andconsumption so that all the interconnected elementsin the energy system operate optimally together.

The government, companies in the industry andEnerginet.dk are working hard to meet these chal-lenges. Energinet.dk is also exporting its expertisethrough a consultancy division and a number o collaboration partners. Strong interest is being

registered both in Europe and internationally in thebest and cheapest way o generating green electric-ity with wind turbines.

Tomo ow e eI a allel wi h he i c easi o o io o wi d e e y, E e i e .dk hasdevelo ed e hods o c ea i i e lay ac oss he e i e id a d o i-isi he ilisa io o s s ai a le e e y.

C e e e ee ca lea a lot om t eDa cou te pa t , t k step e Z u,w o wo k t e Da ovat o depa t-me t o C e e w d tu b e ma u actu eE v o E e . h ma job to opt m ek owled e a betwee C a a dDe ma k.

The Chinese work hard the Danes work smart.That is how Chinese engineer Stephen Zhu de-scribes the di erence in approach to wind turbinetechnology in the two countr ies. He works or wind

turbine manu acturer Envision Energy, which was

ounded in China our years ago. Two years ago,the company ventured into Denmark, attracted bythe nations competences in wind energy, and es-tablished an innovation centre in Silkeborg. As asenior engineer in unctional design with a PhD inautomation, Stephen Zhus main task it to optimiseknowledge sharing between China and Denmark.

In China we have to work hard to fnd solutions,at the risk o moving in the wrong direction. Herein Denmark, you have extensive knowledge andexperience in wind energy, so you work smarter. Iwould like our Chinese engineers to catch up with

their Danish counterparts, says Stephen Zhu.

The time di erence means that he is o ten in con-tact with his Chinese colleagues during the night and then continues with his Danish colleagues whenthey come to work in the morning. But despite thelong hours this involves, he values his key positionin knowledge sharing.

Be ore my appointment in Envision, I workedor an international wind company in China. But be-ing in a large organisation reduces the in uence youcan have in your job. I have greater in uence here,which is one o the benefts o a career in a smallercompany, concludes the 37 year old engineer.

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AH I d s ies: The wind turbine industrysstrong partnerAs the wind turbine industr s partner, we ocus on the most recent technolog andvalue-creating processes or the customer, and our cra tsmanship and manu acturing aredeepl ounded on decades o traditions, sa s CEO Ste en B. Jespersen, AH Industries.

AH Industries is one o the leading suppliers o large com-ponents or the wind turbine industry and o all servicesrelated to large components such as mounting, logisticsand cost-optimisation solutions. In the past ew years, thecompany has evolved rom being a manu acturer andsupplier o components into a supplier o systems andthe wind turbine industrys strong, global partner.

Ste en B. Jespersen observes:Our business is based on large, complicated

steel parts. However, in the past seven years, weveadded value-creating processes, and were also atruly global partner. This sets us apart rom othercompanies in the feld.

Handles the impossible tas sAH Industries has a global purchasing and logisticsnetwork and, by being present in other industries,the company can also deliver partly mounted mod-ules and systems to customers.

Ste en B. Jespersen gives a big smile and says:We handle everything thats large, unwieldy and

cumbersome and is to be delivered to inaccessiblelocations in the world.

He stresses that AH Industries ocuses on value-creating sparring with customers all the way throughand adds:

We ask value-optimising questions about tech-nology used by customers, and were involved indeveloping wind turbines together with some o thelarge players in the wind turbine industry such asSiemens and Vestas.

Ste en B. Jespersen goes on to say that AHIndustries believes there are great opportunities orgrowth i the company brings this expertise andother types o expertise with it into the Asian market.

Li ting assignments o shoreAH Industries is also a strong partner in li ting as-signments to do with mounting and installation o wind turbines o shore. The company o ers li ting

equipment, control o li ting equipment and sitemanagement on ships and in harbours. Furthermore,AH Industries has invented equipment that sur-passes other equipment in terms o its ability to li t

things in strong winds. This means the companysinstallation vessels are able to carry out work at seaor several more weeks than has hitherto been thecase, which is o great value to customers. n

www.ah-industries.com

Facts about AH Industries AH Industries is known all over the world for its precision products for the wind

turbine industry, the cement and mineral industry plus the offshore, marine andmachine industries

The company has production facilities in Denmark, Germany, the US and China,sales organisations in Finland, Spain, the US and China plus purchasing organisa-tions in Denmark, Germany, Turkey, Poland and the US

AH Industries has obtained the system certifcations ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS18001 plus customer assessments and approvals based on TS16949 and EN/AS9102

The company employs 460 highly quali ed staff globally

Ste en B. Jespersen, CEO o AH Industries, states: Were a part o the entire value chain rom sparring aboutdevelopment o products through to establishing whats the best wa in which to deliver them to customers.We ocus ver strongl on cost-optimising wind turbines in order to reduce manu acturers energ costs asmuch as possible. In this wa the CEO accentuates the compan s slogan: Improving solutions together.

Did ou now that ... AH Industries has supplied components for more than every tenth wind

turbine in the world AH Industries processes more than 175,000 tonnes of steel a year,

corresponding to 24 times the amount used to build the Eiffel Tower AH Industries handles components that weigh up to 100 tonnes and

measure 5 x 14 metres with a tolerance of 0.002 mm AH Industries sponsors the Danish handball legend Lars Christiansen, who

recently helped Denmark win the European championship



indUstry collaboration

Denmark is currently the international leader in o -shore wind energy, but to protect that advantage theindustry must constantly improve. Since 2006 the

industry partnership Megavind has or-mulated strategies or research, test-

ing and demonstration o windenergy involving both researchorganisations and commercial

players. In 2010 Megavind pub-lished an o shore strategy, whoseaim is to make o shore windcompetitive with ossil uel-basedelectricity production by 2020.

We have to be united in orderto ensure that the Danish windindustry keeps its leading position,because there is plenty going onin the countries around us, saysMegavind chairman Per HessellundLauritsen, who is also ResearchManager at Siemens Wind Power.

Collabo at ve uppl c aIt is estimated that by 2020 thecombined installed capacity o wind arm projects in the EU will

be 40 GW (gigawatts), the loca-tions being primarily the BalticSea, the North Sea and Britishcoastal waters.

They are attractive projectswhich will attract many bidders.So we need to improve our com-petitiveness, and we can best dothat by bringing down the price o electricity generated by o shorewind turbines. The aim is to hal the price by 2020 through collabo-ration on optimising the turbines,

st on e o e hthe Da ish wi d i d s y colla o a es ex e sively o o i ise o sho ewi d i es, i o de o ai ai i s leade shi adva a e i he a ea.

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ta e t at Ve ezuela co ulta t D a aMa cela Lla o Ca cedo a e job at aDa w d tu b e compa .

Denmark, the UK or Germany. These were theonly possible destinations or Diana Marcela LlanosCaicedo, once she had taken her masters degree inrenewable energy and was ready to put her skillsto commercial use. Her husband, who is also romVenezuela and specialises in wind energy, thought

the same.

These are the countries that are most advancedin this area, and we chose Denmark, where myhusband got a job at Vestas. I was later employedas a consultant in supply chain management in kk-electronic, which is a sub-supplier in the industry,says the 29 year old.

One o the advantages o working in Denmark,she says, is the act that the country has a lot o windenergy experience and knowledge concentrated ina small geographical area, while at the same timehaving an international working environment. Shealso likes the management style.

The management is open and relaxed, and when

I speak to them, I eel as i we are on the same level.It means that I eel com ortable, and that the ideas Ipresent are taken seriously. One month a ter I startedin my job, some o my proposals had already beenimplemented, says Diana Marcels Llanos Caicedo.

How long she and her husband plan to stay in thecountry is an open question.

We are both happy about being in Denmark, andplan to stay here another fve years. Perhaps more.It is a good place to establish a amily because theliving standards are high, she says.

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One o the most important locations in Denmark where many players in the supply chain can col-laborate on testing and developing wind turbines iswestern Jutland, where there is already one acilityor testing large wind turbines at Hvsre, and soonthe worlds largest test centre or wind turbines willopen at sterild in the north-west part o Jutland.

It is important or us to test and validate our tech-nological development, and so together with severalsub-suppliers we have set up a wind turbine at Hvsreto test our ideas, both within the supply chain and withour customers, says Frank Viren eldt Nielsen, Chie Technology O fcer o LM Wind Power, which hasmade a third o all the wind turbine blades currentlyin operation worldwide.

Nielsen adds that there is yet another dimension tointegrated product development:

During the last ten years we have become skil ul attesting aerodynamics and mechanics at the same time.So instead o us fnding out ourselves how to optimisethe blades, we have the opportunity to optimise theblades in an integrated design process involving bothour sub-suppliers and customers. We can test what itcosts or the additional construction and how it a ects

the li etime o the wind turbine when we make changesto the blades. The result is more energy per unit o money invested and a more reliable wind turbine, saysNielsen.

Back at Siemens Wind Power, the chairman o Megavind has a positive outlook on the continuingcollaboration.

It is always good to sit down with people who younormally wouldnt get together with. We are at thesame time competitors, collaboration partners and col-leagues. But we have set ourselves the task o defningour common interests, and that is our ocus, he says.

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Ove t e ext 40 ea , Eu ope expected to ee a te old c ea e elect c t e e -ated b w d e e . T e w d du t w lleed to ma ta co t ued ovat o ,w c t e p c pal t eme o a Eu opeaw d e e co e e ce Cope a e t atw ll att act 10,000 dele ate .

O shore and onshore wind energy currently sup-plies just over fve percent o Europes electricity, butthat fgure will greatly increase in the uture. Windenergy will generate around 15 percent o Europeselectricity by 2020, rising to around 50 percentby 2050. The reason why wind energy has gainedsuch signifcance in Europes ambitions to becomeindependent o ossil uels has much to do with theindustrys ability to innovate. In just a ew decades,the industry has succeeded in creat ing a reliable en-ergy technology. But in order to achieve the requiredgrowth, it will be necessary to continue along thesame innovative path. How to achieve this will bethe principal theme when the industry gathers at aEuropean Wind Energy Association (EWEA) con-erence to be held in Copenhagen 16-19 April 2012.

EWEAs objectives are political, commercial,technological and scientifc. It is important that thewhole industry gets together, including manu actur-

ers, sub-suppliers and fnance companies, says theCEO o EWEA, Christian Kjr, on the phone romhis o fce in Brussels.

C a keep t e du t o t toeCopenhagen is an obvious place to meet, sinceDenmark is a pioneering country in wind energy.The country has produced around 90 percent o theworlds o shore wind turbines and at the same timethe country has one o the worlds most progressiveenergy policies.

It has signifcance or the industry that Denmark is a leading nation. More than 25 percent o Denmarks electricity is generated by wind energy,

and the aim is to double that fgure by 2020, saysKjr.

At the end o 2010, Europe accounted or 84 o the 197 gigawatts o wind energy installed world-wide. Looking beyond Europes borders, China ismaking signifcant advances in wind energy, andthis has been noted by the whole sector.

Chinas problem is that it lacks electricity, andits wind industry is growing by 100 percent everyyear. Chinese manu acturers are producing or theChinese market, but they will emerge onto the worldmarket. It will create healthy competition which willmake us all stronger, says the EWEA chie , whocompares the situation with Japans auto manu ac-turers decades ago.

Back in the 1980s, we thought Japan would takeover the automobile market. It didnt happen itis still in Europe where the best cars are made. Sorather than seeing wind turbine manu acturers inother countries as competitors, we should concen-trate more on beating the real competition by replac-ing coal, gas and nuclear power with wind energy,he thinks.

This is a challenge that wind turbine manu actur-ers, sub-suppliers, governments, investors, developersand many others are ready to take up. Sharing knowl-edge is part o it such as at the EWEA con erence.

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In 2009 DONG Energy made a momentous decisionto trans orm itsel rom a company that primarilydelivers ossil uel-based energy to one that suppliesits customers with energy rom renewable sources,with wind energy rom o shore locations aroundDenmark playing a major role.

Our energy production was85 percent based on coal, while15 percent came rom renew-able energy sources. In 2009we set ourselves the objectiveo turning those fgures aroundwithin 30 years. In practice itmeans that 85 percent o ourenergy will be produced romwind and biomass, with theremaining 15 percent comingrom gas, says DONG Energy

constituted CEO Carsten Krogsgaard Thomsen,who adds that the company is progressing well to-wards its aim and expects to be hal way to its goalin eight years.

Most o the renewable energy will come rom

wind arms in the North Sea, where the companysten pioneering years o experience in installing o -shore wind arms has made them market leaders.The CEO believes that o shore wind will continueto be a major business area in the uture, and thecompany is constantly striving to improve its posi-tion on the market.

We are making signifcant e fciency improve-ments to the entire process. Hitherto it took twoyears to set up an o shore wind arm; we want tohalve that time in the next couple o years and arealready well advanced towards achieving it, saysKrogsgaard Thomsen.

Mak w d e e compet t veTo optimise the installation o wind turbines andbring down costs, DONG Energy has acquired twoshipping companies, one o which is the specialisto shore wind turbine installation frm A2SEA. Thecompany has also entered collaboration agreementswith other industry players, and additionally beneftsrom being in geographical proximity to the Danishsupply chain.

The part o an o shore wind turbine visibleabove the waves represents only 40 percent o thecosts. The other 60 percent is everything else, andthere are many Danish companies who are leadersin supplying it. We collaborate with a broad under-brush o sub-suppliers to make it all happen, saysKrogsgaard Thomsen.

One key actor in ensuring the success o thenew generation o North Sea wind arms is thatthe electricity is supplied to customers via an

e icient European grid. Another is to reduce

the end user price o wind energy.As things stand today, it costs more to produce

electricity rom o shore wind than it does romcoal. The long-term aim is to bring down the costo o shore wind energy; within th is decade we wantto reduce costs by 40-50 percent, so that it will nolonger be more costly to produce clean energy thanenergy rom ossil uels, concludes KrogsgaardThomsen.

How the costs comparisons will look is dependent

on the price o ossil uels. But all the indications are

that ossil uel prices will rise, while it is certain thatwind will remain eternally ree.

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indUstry collaboration

It is well known that the Danish wind industry, withits chain o wind energy companies and educationalprogrammes, has a leading position worldwide. It isless well known however that within Denmark, theindustry has a particularly strong position in centralJutland. About 14,400 o the industrys 24,700 jobsare located in this region, and that is a competitiveadvantage, thinks vice president Thomas Ballegaardo AH Industries, which supplies components andservices to the wind industry.

It is unique that there are so many years o experi-ence in a relatively young industry located in one place.Many have been present rom the very beginning andthis applies to all links in the value chain. It meansthat there is a short distance to qualifed labour, andgood conditions or training new people and conduct-ing research. Other advantages include easy access toexchange o knowledge and testing o products, both ormanu acturers and suppliers, says Thomas Ballegaard.

ABB, which specialises in technological know-

how and components or industrial companies aim-ing to increase their productivity while loweringtheir energy consumption, shares this view.

Nowhere else has a wind industry located inthe area where it all started. The act that you havea long history with knowledge, development andexperience as well as the ull chain o sub-supplierswithin reach means that the industry is unifed andhas common interests this applies to citizens,government and industry. And it is important to theindustry to gain support rom all interest groups,thinks ABB managing director Claus Madsen.

P ox m t a adva ta eBoth o these sub-suppliers point out that thegeographical proximity and the common culturalbackground provide ertile ground or opennessthroughout the supply chain, which results in excel-lent collaboration on supplying complete solutionsinstead o individual components. Companies also

make use o the short distances to exchange experi-ence in areas such as competence, quality controland logistics management, with lower transportcosts and exibility as spillover e ects.

Sometimes, when a manu acturer has phonedbecause it has run out o a component and has askedwhether we can deliver earlier than agreed, I havelooked at our stocks and have seen that two o thecomponents which we were to deliver next week,were already there. I have then phoned the painter toask whether he can paint them straight away so wecan deliver be ore time. In that way, our customersavoid production halts, and this exibility meansthat the manu acturer generally saves on storagecosts, says Thomas Ballegaard.

So although the world has become smaller becauseo good transport and communication, both direc-tors think that the competitive advantages o shortdistances, without cultural and linguistic barriers,should not be underestimated.

geo a hic oxi i y c ea e compet tm ch o he Da ish wi d i d s y is loca ed wi hi a adi s o a ew h d ed kilo e es, a d his has a oco e i ive adva a es, i cl di o o i ies o k owled e sha i a d e wo ki .

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c o e De ma kg eat expe t e, t o ovat o ,pol t cal ocu a d a educat o -al level t e w d e e du t .T e e a e t e ma ea o ws eme c o e to e tabl a p e -e ce De ma k back 2004.

Whe Sie e s decided o oade i s si-ess a he s a o he ew ille i o i -cl de wi d e e y ech olo y, i was o vio s o look a he co y which had he lead i his a ea, a d had eve y hi he co a yeeded o eco e es a lished a d c ea eow h.

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io a d ex e ie ce i wi d e e y, a d o i si ova ive owess. A d he e was a e o -o s eed o i i he i d s y, i o de oake wi d i es chea e a d o e e f-cie . I addi io , he e was a hi h ed ca io -al level, says he a a i di ec o o Sie e s Wi d powe , ja K s aa d, whoadds ha al eady a decade a o, De a k hadai ed oli ical oc s o s s ai a le e e ya d es ecially wi d e e y.

the aze o he a a e e a Sie e sse led o he Da ish co a y bo s E e y,which a he i e was a o he fve leadiwi d i e a ac e s wo ldwide. theco a y was acq i ed i 2004 a d e a edSie e s Wi d powe .

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i ahead. Clea ly, i hese ac o s had oee sa isfed, Sie e s wo ld o have o eahead wi h he chase, says K s aa d.

Amb t ou t k I 2004 whe Sie e s acq i ed bo sE e y, he co a y had a s a o 850. Si ce he hi s have develo ed a idly. todaySie e s Wi d powe has ove 8,000 e loy-ees wo ldwide, a d his has hel ed he co -a y achieve a leadi i e a io al osi ioi o h he o sho e a d o sho e wi d i ei d s y.

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COnnIEhEDEgAArDthe E ro ea Co issio er or Cli a e Ac io , Co ie Hede aard, hel sse he o e or a ree er world where wi d e er y will lay a esse ial role.

What is the status for the objectives in Energy Roadmap?In December last year, the Commission presentedits communication on a roadmap or the energysector up to 2050. This communication is currentlybeing discussed in other institutions, including theCouncil o the European Union, where the Danishpresidency is playing an important role in broaden-ing the debate. The Commissions roadmap containsan analysis and a number o scenarios that can beused or urther work.

What are the greatest challenges to achieving the goals?Concerning the long-term target o achieving analmost CO 2- ree energy sector by 2050, the frstnecessary steps are to reach political agreement andacknowledgment o the need or new targets andramework conditions, including the period between2020 and 2050. The roadmap clearly stresses that in-vestors and companies in the energy sector need morecertainty about the uture ramework conditions. Anobvious opportunity would be to repeat the successthat the EU has had in adopting targets or renewable

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energy by 2020, and I certainly think this is some-thing we should consider very seriously we can seethat even large energy companies increasingly ask politicians to set such targets and provide certainty.

What are the greatest benefts o Europe shi ting over to renewable energy in addition to the en-vironmental benefts?It would be a great beneft i we could gradually

become less dependent on imported, ossil energy.

Today, Europe is dependent on imported coal, oiland gas to an extent that is really damaging to oureconomy. In 2011, we imported oil at a cost o EUR315 billion. Our total trade defcit in the same yearwas about EUR 150 billion. In other words, oil im-ports eat away the trade surplus in other industries.I instead we could invest some o that money inbetter energy gr ids, energy e fciency and renewableenergy, we would not only strengthen some o ourmost competitive industries, but also create jobs in

or example the construction industry, which hasbeen badly a ected by the crisis.

What role will wind energy play in reaching targets and subsidiary targets?Since wind energy is currently the most competitiveorm o renewable energy, it will play an essentialrole in almost in any uture scenario. Wind energyis no longer a marginal orm o energy in 2011,

more than 21 percent o all newly installed electricity



production capacity in the EU was based on windenergy, and i solar cells and other renewable energyorms are included, the fgure was more than 70 per-cent. So renewable energy is becoming a mainstreamcomponent in the European electricity system. As apioneering country in this area, Denmark continuesto be well ahead o other countries in terms o theproportion o wind energy but continued growthis expected across most o Europe or many years

ahead. When the o shore wind industry succeeds

in reducing costs urther, we can expect a new wavein that area rom those countries with the potentiali.e. the countries bordering the North Sea and BalticSea, and along the coastlines o the Atlantic Ocean.

What importance will wind energy have in connection with Hor izon 2020 ?In the Commissions 2011 budget proposal, wesuggested earmarking EUR 6.5 billion or research

into energy-related challenges in society, and EUR

1.1 billion to increase access to venture capital orprojects under the Strategic Energy TechnologyPlan (SET Plan). This is clearly assigning greaterpriority to the SET Plans priority technologies, o which wind is one. Although fgures are not al-located in advance to each technology, more moneywill be given to wind energy i member states andthe European Parliament ollow the Commissionsproposals when the new budget ramework and

Horizon 2020 are adopted.

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The very frst o shore wind arm was built inDenmark over 20 years ago and is still in operation.Its wind turbines were modelled on those on land,but as the deployment o o shore wind arms hasprogressed, the industry has developed accordingly.Much has changed since the early days.

In 2004 we installed 30 wind turbines in twoyears at North Hoyle, one o the UKs frst o shorewind arms. In 2010, we installed 100 o shorewind turbines in 100 days at Thanet Wind Farm,says Chie Operations O fcer o Vestas O shore,Flemming Ougaard.

This acceleration is due to greater e fciency andincreased cooperation in the supply chain, all theway rom the company that lays the sub-sea cablesto the wind turbine manu acturer itsel . The COOmentions that the ships involved have undergoneconsiderable modifcation. In the early days theycarried only a pair o wind turbines at a time,whereas today the specially built vessels can ac-commodate up to ten at a time.

i ve to wa t ope at o al el ab l tBut although the markedly increased e fciency inthe industry has benefted the cost o energy, it isstill more expensive to produce electricity romo shore wind arms than rom ossil uel-fredpower stations. The challenge or the o shore windindustry remains that o bringing down the price.

We have learned a lot and have become moree fcient in all parts o the supply chain, but i thisindustry is to succeed, we have to urther optimise,industrialise and specialise with one aim in sight to bring down the cost o energy. For it is clearthat establishing an o shore wind arm is a costly

the ba le o get costsToda , elect c t om la d-ba ed w d tu b e co t compet t ve w t coal- edpowe tat o . T e ext b tep to opt -m e all pa t o t e uppl c a to b dow t e co t o e e o o o e w d

tu b e , a d De ma k lead t e wa .

T e oppo tunity to take t e wo ld f t Msc inWind Powe sy tem att acted t e romanianen inee Adelina A ap to Denma k. Today ea a ca ee in o o e wind ene y.

A notice at a university in Romania caused AdelinaAgaps li e to take a signifcant turn in 2007.

I was in my last year as an engineering studentand didnt know what to do when I had completedmy studies. But then I read on a notice board thata lecturer rom Aalborg University would visit ouruniversity to provide in ormation about opportuni-

ties or studying wind energy in Denmark. I decided

to attend since renewable energy has always inter-ested me, says the 28 year old.

The lecturers presentation o Denmark and theworlds frst MSc in Wind Power Systems interestedAdelina Agap so much that she decided to applyor the two year course. And in autumn 2007, shehopped on an aircra t to Denmark.

She remembers her studies as one o the best peri-ods in her li e. She met many di erent nationalitiesand acquired unique knowledge. To fnance her MSccourse, she had parallel work at Aalborg Universitythat was relevant to her study.

Today Adelina Agap works or Vatten all

Vindkra t, a leading energy producer in NorthernEurope and the largest operator o onshore windturbines in Denmark. She is a project engineer oro shore wind energy and has plans to continue hercareer in Denmark.

Working conditions in Denmark are really good,and there is lot o knowledge and experience con-centrated in one place, she says.

There is another reason why she wants to stay inDenmark. She has moved together with her uturehusband, who is French and also works in the in-dustry. So her studies in wind power systems have

brought her more than she expected.

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business. And while a wind turbine represents only30-40 percent o the investment, it is responsible orproducing 100 percent o the energy, says Ougaard.

Having said that, it is a strength o the industrythat costs are alling while the price o our uel theree wind will be the same in the uture as it istoday, in contrast to the price o ossil uels, whichcan only rise over time, adds the COO, who notesthat at some point the two curves will cross eachother.

One actor that is att ractive to investors is opera-tional reliability. But there is more to it than that. Forwhile confrming that operational reliability is a key

actor when investors calculate the risk, FlemmingOugaard points out that in order to achieve it, allparties in the supply chain have to work togetherto develop their services. Such a collaboration istaking place today in the industrys internationalworking groups. Denmark is well-placed in thisregard, because the whole sector is concentrated ina small geographical area, and the experience rommany years o oil and gas extraction in the North Seacan be trans erred to the o shore wind industry. Onthe manu acturers side, changes have been madein the way that wind turbines are developed, whichincreases security or investors.

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Both companies and universities can help makeDenmark greener. Aalborg University is collabo-rating with several o leading Danish wind energycompanies on the research programmes.

On the educational side we have created speciali-sation in wind, energy and electronics. At the momentthere are 80 PhD posts established in the wind area.Some o them we fnance ourselves, but the vastmajority are set up in collaboration with companies.About a f th are industrial PhD students who areemployed in a company, says the Dean o the Facultyo Engineering and Science, Eskild Holm Nielsen.

Clo e collabo at o w t r Tec calU ve t o De ma k (DTU)Most PhD students are a fliated to research projectswhich are shared between a company and the univer-sity or with consortia, where the project is fnancedor example with unds rom the Danish Councilor Strategic Research or the Energy Technological

Development and Demonstration Programme.

Many consider Denmark to be a knowledge hubin wind energy research, where the hub consists o Ris DTU and Aalborg University. Wind energyresearch in Denmark is exclusively conducted intechnical science and engineering aculties, so thetwo main players are the Technical University o Denmark (DTU) and Aalborg University. We haveestablished a consortium in wind energy research,and in most areas we complement each others re-search, says Eskild Holm Nielsen.

re ea c eededSince the wind energy industry is essential in relationto the major climate challenges and the Danish gov-ernments 2020 target o 50 percent o electricity be-ing generated rom wind energy, Eskild Holm Nielsenexpects there will be a need or even more research.

Research is needed into how production can bemade more cost-e ective, and how the size and weighto materials can be reduced so that the costs o the entire

installation are reduced, he says.

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the e d i he wi d i d s y is o have ew-e s lie s, ex lai s He ik Sillese , Sales &ma ke i ma a e o Hyd a-g e e. I heea ly 1980s, he co a y s lied a ew s allco o e s o he wi d i d s y, i hasow cha ed co se a d od ces a d as-se les co le e sol io s a o d he clock

si o o ech olo y.these days we s ly co le e sol io s

s ch as i ch sys e s, l ica i a d coolisys e s a d fl e la s. We e acc la o sa d coole s o s -s lie s, a d od ce he fl e la s o selves. I akes s a sys- e s lie o ia k i s o he w i d i d s- y, says He ik Sillese .

D v o ceHyd a-g e es acka e sol io s ake heco a y a ac ive o he a ke eca sec s o e s avoid havi o kee ack o l i-le s -s lie s, while also se i he o eo s -s lie s o e i o he a ke .

S -s lie s a e well awa e ha i ca e

di fc l o e e he a ke wi h a si le co -o e . So hei way i o he a ke is o oa o a co le e sol io whe e we ake hees o si ili y a d do he calc la io s, says

he a ke di ec o .b i s o o ly Da ish wi d i e a -

ac e s ha e ef o Hyd a-g e esacka e sol io s.

De a k is a d ivi o ce i he wi d a -ea, a d we have cha elled his o ei e a io ally y es a lishi de a e s iChi a a d I dia whe e we also s ly sys esol io s wi h co o e s o Da ish s -s lie s, says He ik Sillese .

I his way Da ish co a ies s ill e efo ei o De a k, a d we hel each

o he as a e wo k. I Chi a o exa le oo fce is loca ed ex o o he Da ish s lie si he i d s y, so we ca disc ss hi s o-e he a d sha e so e o he ad i is a ivecos s, says He ik Sillese .

He rik Sillese oi s o ha he mid Vi de work, which exis ed e wee 2008 a d 2011a d was es a lished y he Da ish Wi d I d s ryAssocia io , e era ed a rea deal o k owled eshari . Co s l i was o ered o how s allDa ish co a ies ca ake he s e o eco ia lo al layer. So e o his k owled e colla ora- io has ee ra s erred o he ew VmI-Vi dne , which is ar o he Da ish Wi dI d s ry Associa io s readj s e a d develo -e rojec . I his co ex , Hydra-gre e is aro a e work wi h i e o her co a ies ro he

wes er ar o De ark.

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owt o he a e daOve he las 20 yea s Aal o u ive si y has co d c ed esea ch a ds aw ed a e o phD os s i colla o a io wi h he wi d e e y i -d s y. the Dea o he Fac l y o E i ee i a d Scie ce, Eskild Holnielse , ex ec s his colla o a io o e ex a ded i li e wi h he ove -e s a e o wi d e e y acco i o 50 e ce o he co yselec ici y co s io y 2020.

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