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By Lars Guldager Dyhr
A UNITED

ENERGY FRONT

Energy Innovation Cluster marks the creation of a
new, strong cluster aiming at maintaining Denmark's
strong position within the energy production of the

future

Whereas New Year resolutions often suffer a sad fate much more of the work we did in Offshoreenergy.dk,
a new initiative launched at the beginning of this year but the difference is that now we do not limit our efforts
seems to be a more viable construction. The recently to offshore only. In that way we shall be able to ensure
deceased organisation, Offshoreenergy.dk, has been much more coherence, and we have to realize that there
replaced by a new organisation named Energy Innova- is some truth in the old expression: "big is beautiful,"
tion Cluster, founded, too, in cooperating with branch Glenda Napier smiles expecting to increase her staff by
organisations like the Wind Power Industry and OilGas 20% and seeing an increase in her project portefolio of
Denmark as well as several of the national Danish re- DKK 400 million.
gions. Hereby a number of strong players have gathered
for a very good reason. WATCHED BY INDUSTRY
Supporting the new hub organisation and innovation
"The industry has wished for a strong partner who can network are in addition to the Wind Power Industry and
coordinate their innovation in order to avoid internal OilGas Denmark heavy companies like Total, Siemens
competition. By concentrating all efforts of innovating Gamesa, MHI Vestas, Semco Maritime, Bladt Industries,
within the energy production at one place we obtain Ørsted (former DONG) and Vattenfall, and with such a
a weight and a volume making us able to compete backing, naturally, demands for innovation run high."A
internationally,” states Glenda Napier, CEO, Energy large, united industry is backing us up and watching us,
Innovation Cluster, having set up offices at four different so we are in a strong position, but we are also exposed
places in Denmark in order to be close to all aspects of to strong expectations and an enoumous responsibility.
the Danish energy production. We have to justify our existence, so from the very start
we shall sharpen our pencils, but we are filled with hon-
"We already have started up, and now we shall produce est optimism regarding our task. From our very start we

FACTS:
/ WHAT IS ENERGY INNOVATION CLUSTER?
/ ENERGY INNOVATION CLUSTER IS A NEW DANISH CLUSTER AND INNOVATION NETWORK FOCUSING ON INNOVA-
TION ACTIVITIES AND INNOVATION PROJECTS FOR THE ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE INDUSTRY. ENERGY INNOVATION
CLUSTER HAS BEEN APPOINTED BY THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH TO BE DENMARK’S INNOVATION
NETWORK FOR ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE ENERGY PRODUCTION. ITS PURPOSE IS TO ENSURE THE INTERNATIONALLY
LEADING POSITION OF DENMARK WITHIN ENERGY PRODUCTION THROUGH WORKING WITH INNOVATION AND
KNOWLEDGE BRIDGING TO THE UNIVERSITIES.

/ THE NEW ORGANISATION IS INVOLVED IN INNOVATION WITHIN THE POSITIONS OF STRENGTH OF THE DANISH IN-
DUSTRY: ONSHORE AND OFFSHORE WIND POWER, RECOVERY OF OIL AND GAS AND INTEGRATION OF WIND POWER
INTO THE ENERGY SYSTEM. FURTHERMORE, ENERGY INNOVATION CLUSTER IS TO ADDRESS STORAGE OF ENERGY
AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES FOR PRODUCTION OF ENERGY.

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