A seminal moment in Denmark's ambitions to become a trailblazer in the brave new world of EV (electric vehicle) mass transport came over two years ago, in March 2008 to be precise, when Shai Agassi's high profile Renault/Nissan backed Better Place EV scheme announced that Denmark would be its European launch country. A similarly high profile CEO in the shape of ex-Microsoft senior executive and Dane-by-birth Jens Moberg took over the reins of the Danish operation, and there was talk of half a million EVs gliding along Denmark's roads by 2020. Better Place's announcement had an electrifying effect. In the months that followed, a whole convoy of auto manufacturers from around the world announced plans to move in for a slice of the action in Denmark's pioneering EV market. And with Copenhagen playing host to the massive and much-hyped UN Climate Change Conference COP15 at the end of 2009, Denmark offered the perfect shop window for all these jostling players to showcase their clean green mass-transport solutions in the halogen glare of global publicity.
The City of Aarhus, EV network and services supplier Better Place and energy company NRGi have teamed up to promote the use of EVs and to establish charging stands and battery shift stations in Aarhus, Denmark's second largest city. The news is reported in a press release from NRGi. The Mayor of the City of Aarhus, Nicolai Wammen, says: "We are delighted with the new EV collaboration because it supports the city's ambitious objectives in the climate area. The agreement also involves the opportunity to replace significant parts of the city's own municipal fleet of cars with EVs." The parties will map potential locations for charging stands and battery shift stations, taking into consideration environmental requirements in the city. They will also collaborate on a pilot project concerning the use of EVs in the fleet of municipal vehicles.
Rømø Harbour on the North Sea coast of Jutland, is one of the quieter spots on the Danish map - or at least it has been up until now. With the North Sea offshore wind industry now billowing out into a major business, Rømø is preparing to seize its share of a very lucrative future market. Harbour master Mikkel Gleerup has a clear vision of Rømø's role as a well placed spot for shipping offshore wind turbines out to the North Sea destinations, and for ferrying the armies of installation crews , technicians, and maintenance personnel needed to keep the blades of this new green energy sector turning. He told financial daily newspaper Børsen: "We will soon begin building a 410 metre (1,345 ft) quay with 125,000 square metres of wharf space, which will be complete in the first half of next year," adding that from Rømø it will be a shorter distance out to the wind farms than the port of Esbjerg, which lies further south on the Jutland coast.
China is the now the world's leading production centre for wind turbines, and if you want to profit from this hugely expanding market as a sub-supplier you have to have a local presence. Danish sub-suppliers to the wind industry are well aware of this fact, and professional journal Ingeniøren (The Engineer) reports, five such companies have banded together to establish a 5,000 m2 factory in Tianjin, near Beijing. "In China it makes good sense to have a local presence in the country and create local jobs. So we expect that the factory will help expand and improve our contacts with the Chinese wind turbine manufacturers," says Ulrik Ritsing of CC Jensen, a manufacturer of oil filter systems for ships and wind turbines, and one of five companies. The other four companies are Hydra-Grene, which manufactures hydraulic components; Dafa, which makes styrofoam and rubber protective components for wind turbines; Lund & Sørensen, which manufactures electrical heating systems for wind turbines; and Resolux which makes lighting systems for wind turbines and nacelles. All five companies have ambitions to make it big in China in the next two years, and perhaps open their own separate factories at some point.
The Danish based Linak group, which specialises in electronic actuator systems, plans to spend DKK 15.3 million to convert its factory in southern Jutland to green production, reports financial daily newspaper Børsen. The company is also changing all its products so that they consume little or no electricity when on standby. Bent Jensen, the MD of Linak who owns the group together with his family, says: "I think we have an obligation to do something for the sake of the climate. Just look what is currently happening to the weather around the planet. We also have to acknowledge that for many years we have discharged a lot of CO2 in connection with our production."
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