With its central geographical location in Europe and an increasing need for green technology, the Czech Republic is an obvious target for Danish companies specialising in this area , says the Danish Chamber of Commerce. The news is reported by financial daily newspaper Børsen. Renewable energy sources only account for a tiny share of the Czech Republic's total energy production, but the government has set the ambitious objective that 8% of the country's total energy production must be generated from renewable sources by the end of this year. Ascha L. Pedersen at the Danish Chamber of Commerce told Børsen: "As in many other European countries, the Czech energy sector is currently seeing major growth at the same time as the EU is making increasing demands to a greater share of total energy production coming from renewable energy. It means that in the future there will be good opportunities in the Czech energy sector for Danish companies in areas such as biomass, solar energy and especially wind energy, where there is major potential awaiting."
A Danish delegation with representatives from eight leading companies has been to Washington in the US to promote district heating, one of Denmark's largest energy technology successes, reports Energy Supply DK. Under the heading 'Danish Days on Climate Issues", the delegation met representatives from the US Department of Energy and several energy organisations including the American Council on Renewable Energy. Jes Christensen, the director of the Danish Board of District Heating, said:"We expect a lot from the USA as a market for Danish district heating technology in the future. The Americans have seriously discovered the need for choosing energy efficient solutions and so the potential for district heating solutions is enormous."
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) President and CEO Rhone Resch today released the following statement on the appointments of two member companies from SEIA's Board of Directors to the President's Export Council. The Dow Chemical Company President, Chairman and CEO Andrew Liveris and Dow Corning Corporation Chairman, President and CEO Stephanie A. Burns were appointed today to join business and labor leaders from across major industries on the Council to advise the President on how to promote U.S. exports, jobs and growth. "President Obama is right to pick solar industry leaders to help him with the task of exporting more U.S. goods and creating more domestic jobs. As recently as 2007, the U.S. was a net exporter of solar energy equipment. President Obama has rightly challenged our country to regain its global leadership in this area. In addition, the U.S. is the world's largest supplier of polysilicon, a key component of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules and is expected to produce more than half (49,000 metric tons) of the world's supply (82,000 metric tons) in 2010 even though the U.S. will account for less than 10 percent of demand for solar energy equipment. Despite a the recession and slow recovery, U.S. solar grew in 2009 and created 17,000 domestic jobs and is poised for a break-through year in 2010."
With an aggregated export of 41.7 billion kr. (exceeding 5.6 billion euro) in 2009 the Danish wind industry maintained the high export figures from record breaking 2008 despite the financial crisis. The wind industry exports account for 8.5 per cent of total Danish exports in 2009 compared to 7.2 per cent in 2008. "We have maintained the high export figures from the record breaking 2008. Today, the Danish export of wind power technology accounts for 8.5 per cent of the total Danish exports as compared to 7.2 per cent in 2008. The industry has felt the financial crisis because the markets were depressed resulting in lower employment rates," says Jan Hylleberg, CEO of The Danish Wind Industry Association and continues: "Looking ahead the industry expects employment rates to increase by 8 per cent in 2010 to a total of approximately 26.700 employees. Thereby half of the workplaces lost in 2009 will be recreated, and it is most gratifying that the companies expect to reemploy as many people." The wind industry expects the Danish nearby markets to grow from 35 GW at present to a minimum of 117 GW by 2020 equivalent to a growth by more than 10 per cent a year.
The Danish wind turbine industry is the world's wind hub and the center for knowhow of wind energy. But if this position and the resulting high export must be maintained, there are two main challenges that must be met. "The wind industry has an urgent need to test and demonstrate its technology in Denmark. It is therefore crucial for the industry's future, that there are the right places for testing prototypes and enough of them very soon", says Jan Hylleberg and adds "We also hope that there will soon be a renewed long term political focus when it comes to planning for renewable energy towards 2020. We need the support for the Danish development of wind power to be reconfirmed and translated into concrete planning so that our industry again can show the newest and best technologies at work on Danish soil as an integral and effective part of the Danish energy supply, and last but not least, wind turbines are essential in order for Denmark to realize its EU renewable energy targets."
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