Energy efficiency in industries

3 solutions to help decarbonise the food and beverage industry

Population increases, growing demand for food and climate change have created an immense challenge. How do we feed the world’s growing population and reduce C02 emissions at the same time? The answer lies in innovative solutions and new technologies. Three of them will be presented in this article.

Liquid-to-water heat pump

A liquid-to-water heat pump utilizes and draws the energy from any giving liquid and then deliver is to a water born system, like radiators. The energy can come from a variety of sources including slurry, excess process water or trough hoses in the ground. It can be done based upon two needs: cooling or heating. […]

March 08, 2021

Danish approach inspires Mexican industry giants to enroll in energy efficiency programme

With inspiration from Denmark, a number of energy intensive Mexican companies have signed a voluntary agreement for energy efficiency. The agreements signed so far will reduce emissions by more than 55,000 tonnes CO2e per year, corresponding to the annual emissions of 12,000 Danish households.

February 18, 2021

5 key findings from 7 years of research on the project CITIES for a digital green transition

Through seven years of research, the project CITIES has shown how digital solutions based on data-driven methods make energy systems talk with each other. It saves money and CO2. Here are five significant key findings from the research.

February 18, 2021

Denmark boosts energy savings in government-owned buildings

The Danish government will increase its energy saving efforts with new ambitious energy saving targets by 2030. The government will reduce its energy consumption by a further 42,480 MWh in buildings owned and used by state administration. In other buildings used by state institutions, energy consumption must be reduced by 10 per cent within the next 10 years.

District Heating: Energy Efficiency for Urban Areas. On-line and self-paced course

The purpose of the course is to give participants a thorough insight to the various aspects of the District Heating business. The course offer curated, impartial, compressed high-quality content delivered by 7 international specialists with many years of experience. The course offers two live webinars, 45 video lessons (650 minutes), access to DH learning platform […]

Assembly, installation and commissioning services

We offer highly-skilled technical teams who provide assembly, installation and commissioning of automation systems.

How to make your company CO2-neutral

An increasing number of companies are taking it upon themselves to reduce their CO2 emissions. Here we provide a simplified guide to the process of making your company CO2-neutral or perhaps even climate positive.

Your Hydraulic Resource

Fritz Schur Energy has a track record with more than 30 years of designing and supplying reliable hydraulic solutions and components for the wind turbine industry, both on- and offshore. This is our foundation for offering you aftermarket solutions that meet your needs and demands. We offer: OEM Spare parts and supporting systems Full hydraulic […]

Sustainable steam for a Swedish laundry

Sustainable steam for a Swedish laundry that cleans and delivers tonnes of textiles every day. In collaboration with Slagelse Rørservice, Linka Energy has installed a 3 MW biomass plant at Swedish laundry company Textilia’ plant in Långsele, Sweden. Textilia has a total of 8 laundries across Sweden. Textilia cleans and delivers over 100 tonnes of […]

Danish experience contributes to significant energy reductions in the Ukrainian industry

Denmark and Ukraine have established a government-to-government cooperation which aims to ensure solutions for an independent and more sustainable energy sector in Ukraine. The Danish Energy Agency has supported the Ukrainian State Agency’s ambitions as regards energy efficiency and energy savings by designing a mechanism for industrial energy efficiency based on Danish experiences with Voluntary […]

Milton District Hospital

In the spring of 2015 construction was started to expand the Milton District Hospital to keep pace with unprecedented population growth, increasing demand, and the need to diversify services. The goal was to create a space that would be inclusive and accessible, promote healing and wellbeing, while contributing to community and the environment.

Water Hydraulic valves is (R)evolutionizing Carlsberg’s beer production.

Brewing a game-changer at Carlsberg Fredericia. Over the past 10 years, Carlsberg has been closely involved in developing and testing the HYDRACT valve, and since 2016 Carlsberg has implemented the HYDRACT valve at the company’s brewery in Fredericia, Denmark. The project first started out as an energy reducing project – powered by water hydraulics – […]

Heat recovery from paper machine

Heat recovery from paper machine and delivery to distrct heating netowrk with heat pumps.

Heat recovery from food production

Heat recovery with a yearly reduction of 350 tons CO2

August 23, 2020

Vietnam will save energy with a new guide based on Danish know-how

The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade, MOIT, has launched an energy efficiency guide based on a Danish formula. The guide will help the country’s 63 provinces identify and harvest 5-7 per cent energy savings by 2025.

Biomass as a circular, local resource

Utility Company to use green waste from the city’s gardens to fuel their new CHP Plant. Circulating local resources will lower prices and carbon footprint.

June 22, 2020

Green tax part of new climate action plan agreed upon by large majority of Danish parliament

The Danish parliament agreed upon a revised climate action plan that will increase CO2 reductions by 1.4 million tonnes. Nine out of ten Danish political parties supported the action plan, which will include a green tax reform

June 11, 2020

Danish-Japanese cooperation to accelerate the expansion of offshore wind in Japan

Danish experiences can contribute to the green transition in Japan by utilising the country’s large wind resources. A strengthened cooperation between Denmark and Japan also includes large commercial opportunities for the Danish wind industry that can deliver the green solutions requested by the Japanese.

Energy Optimization of Spray Drying Plant

This case study shows how Aerotak™ is able to simulate and map the flow field and particle trajectories within a commercial spray drying pilot and from this optimize the energy consumption.

March 27, 2020

Innovation boom: Danish green energy patents and projects skyrocket in numbers

In just one year, patent applications in the field of renewable energy development have increased by 25 per cent, while EUDP fund applications for green energy projects have gone up 55 per cent.

Re-build the monument

Iconic Maastunnel equipped with innovative NOVENCO jet fans

Flower farm reinvents itself as sustainable industrial park

A flower farm in Kenya invests heavily in sustainability to coexist with unique nature and wildlife. NIRAS helps masterplanning the sustainable transformation of an industrial park with inclusive business and community growth.

February 07, 2020

Investments in energy efficiency could almost halve the cost of reducing CO2 emissions

The Danish government set an ambitious goal of cutting CO2 emissions by 70 per cent by 2030. A new report outlines how this goal can be achieved with huge savings by investing in energy efficiency.

N50 Retrofit Nacelle Panel: Extend the life span of ageing Nordex N50 turbine with Spica Control System

Spica Technology offers a customised N50 Retrofit solution to extend the life span of ageing Nordex N50 800kW wind turbines. The N50 Retrofit solution is the Spica Retrofit Controller with Spica Control System integrated in a special designed nacelle panel fitted for the Nordex N50 nacelle.

Lower energy costs with sustainable energy

With a PPA, your company actively adds new renewable energy to the community and you fix your electricity consumption in 10 to 15 years at an attractive, fixed price. That’s sustainability without additional costs.

AURORA solar system

CO2 reducing and with a minimum impact on landscape, environment and nature – goes hand in hand with high efficiency and production all year round

Justsen Bag Filters for Justsen Boilers

Justsen Energiteknik A/S expands its in-house produced boiler system elements range by manufacturing own bag filters.

Biogas2020: Scandinavian Collaboration

Biogas2020 works to make Scandinavia the best in the World on biogas.

Publications

Tours Network Denmark

In this paper, you will meet the ten partners behind the Tours Network and find inspiration for site visits across energy efficiency, renewables, waste and resource management, clean air, water and climate adaptation.

If you are interested in visiting Denmark to explore these solutions and learn more about the concrete technologies, as well as connect with Danish stakeholders and share knowledge about green growth development, we encourage you to contact the Tours Network.

Publications

Circular economy

This white paper has the purpose of contributing to the common understanding of the concept of the circular economy and, through practical examples, illustrating how Danish companies are providing solutions that help progress the transition towards a circular economy.

Future smart solutions in the metropolitan area, Nordhavn

Get an overview of the future smart energy solutions in Nordhavn smart living lab

ProActivE: Greener chemistry through renewable energy

Green energy can help make chemical production greener, safer and more decentralised.

Energy Savings with CeramicSpeed Bearings

Meant to develop the most energy-efficient bearings, the project won the ELFORSK Award 2013.

Policy

Energy Policy Toolkit for Energy Efficiency in Appliances, Lighting and Equipment

This toolkit is designed for practitioners, governmental experts and other energy experts, and policymakers who are interested in developing and improving appliance energy efficiency policies. Acknowledging that governments operate under constrained resources, the toolkit provides examples of policies that have been implemented successfully with minimal costs, and illustrates different choices policymakers may consider. Finally, it […]

Policy

The Danish Energy Model – Efficient and Sustainable

The Danish Energy Model has shown that it is possible to sustain economic growth and a high standard of living while reducing fossil fuel dependency and mitigating climate change. This has been achieved through persistent and active energy policy with ambitious renewable energy goals. The foundation of the low-carbon transition is threefold: energy efficiency, renewable energy […]

Policy

Energy Policy Toolkit on Energy Efficiency in Industries

Learn from Danish success stories by downloading the Energy Policy Toolkit on Energy Efficiency in Industries Industrial energy efficiency is a clear-cut strategic topic, yet still resides in the periphery of governmental energy strategies. A shift of mind is required, away from words such as ‘costs’ and ‘quick fixes’ and towards a vocabulary of long-term […]

Closed loop resource management for sustainable production

Effective management of resources at the local scale will become an important economic factor for manufacturing companies. Researchers at Aarhus University are working to develop a conceptual framework for eco-industrial realization of policy goals within water, climate and nature policy sectors. The field of Industrial Ecology advances designoriented, inter-industry strategies for resource conservation, minimizing waste […]

Saving energy pays off on the bottom line

Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management, recently conducted an Energy Efficiency project in one of its global factories in Ringsted, Denmark. By measuring, monitoring and analysing the power supply it became obvious where to focus the effort to save energy. In Ringsted the use of power was reduced by 8 pct – equivalent […]