Nyrup is heading the Alliance for Green Offshore Energy
Creation date: 24 February 2010
Press release
 
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Last Monday, the Alliance for Green Offshore Energy was established, and both the Port Forum of Hanstholm / DanWEC (Danish Wave Energy Center) and the Port of Hanstholm took part in the inaugural general meeting.
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Former prime minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen expects this Danish ocean energy co-operation to have a resonance throughout Denmark and in Brussels.
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Last Monday, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen was elected as chairman for the Alliance for Green Offshore Energy, an initiative established with a view to securing Denmark’s position as the global leader for technologies related to the extraction of renewable ocean energy.
”Through the Alliance for Green Offshore Energy we have created the platform needed for Denmark to maintain its leading position when it comes to green energy technology. I am convinced that this initiative will soon have a resonance throughout Denmark and in Brussels”, Poul Nyrup Rasmussen says.
”A market worth billions and thousands of new jobs could end up belonging to Denmark if we manage to develop the next generation of ocean windmills and wave makers. Today, Denmark is the leader when it comes to extraction of green ocean energy; however, several other countries are wanting to take over this position”, he continues.
Source: erhvervsbladet.dk
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The ”Hanstholm team” was present and made sure that: ”wave energy=Hanstholm”
”We expect this co-operation to shorten the distance to the Danish parliament in Christiansborg as well as to the EU”, says Britta Vang Mikkelsen, who is heading the DanWEC project in Hanstholm and was present at the inaugural general meeting, ”and we expect this co-operation to ensure that when the entire industry, the Danish Wave Energy Society and the researchers point to Hanstholm as the best location for testing and developing wave energy plants, then that is in fact where the centre will be located!”
For further information, please contact:
Britta Vang Mikkelsen, tel.: 0045 97 96 23 25, e-mail: info@danwec.com
List of co-founders and chairmanship of the Alliance for Green Offshore Energy:
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Chairmanship
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Chairman
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Poul Nyrup Rasmussen
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Chairman of the board
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LORC
(Lindoe Offshore Renewables Centre)
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Deputy chair
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Carl Holst
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Chairman of the regional advisory board
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Region ”Southern Denmark”
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Deputy chair
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Niels Aage Giversen
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Chairman of the board
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Offshore Centre Danmark
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Co-founders
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Claus Jensen
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Deputy chair
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Danish Metal Worker’s Union
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Egon Pleidrup Poulsen
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Port Forum of Hanstholm, DanWEC
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Erik Skaarup
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Chairman of the board
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Danish Wave Energy Society
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Frede Blaabjerg
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Dean
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Aalborg University
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Henrik Brask Pedersen
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Head of Department
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Region ”Central Jutland”
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Jan Hylleberg
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Administrating director
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Danish Wind Industry Association
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Jens Møller Jensen
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Head of Department
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ISC Consulting Engineers
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Jens Roedsted
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Marketing director
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FORCE Technology
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Lars Bode
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Administrative director
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DS Trade and Industry
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Lars Bytoft
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Chairman of the board
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The Danish Society of Engineers, IDA
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Morten Lemvigh
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Office manager
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Region ”Northern Jutland”
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Niels Axel Nielsen
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Director
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Technical University of Denmark, department for public sector consultancy and sector development
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Ole Krog
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Deputy administrative director
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Confederation of Danish Industry
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Per Michael Johansen
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Dean, professor, DSc.
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University of Southern Denmark, SDU, Technical Faculty Administration
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Peter Hauge Madsen
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Head of Department
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Risø DTU, National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy
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Poul Arne Jensen
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Chairman of the board
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Port of Hanstholm
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Verner Andersen
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Chairman of the board
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Danish Offshore Industry
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