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Gateway to one of Europe’s
leading cleantech clusters
Copenhagen Capacity, Leading Cleantech Cluster
Copenhagen is a European hub for cutting-edge cleantech companies, research and development (R&D) and test facilities. It is a city full of early adopters with the national goal of being 100% free of fossil fuels.
As home to a myriad of cleantech companies in almost all sectors, with funding programmes for leading research, Copenhagen is exceptionally well positioned to achieve this aim. Copenhagen Capacity, as the official inward investment agency of this region, provides information, access to companies, associations, research institutions and assistance with:
- Investment and business opportunities;
- Market potential identification and benchmark analysis;
- Easy and quick setup in the Copenhagen region; and;
- Getting you in contact with the right people.
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The Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster
Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster is your “one stop cleantech shop” to access the resources in Denmark. It offers access to cleantech sector networks, cooperation between members, workshops, seminars, research projects, and insights to the political environment. The main objective is to provide growth, competitiveness and innovation to cleantech players located in Denmark, but joining up with other leading clusters worldwide. www.copenhagencleantechcluster.com |
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The first CO2-neutral capital
Copenhagen will focus on several cleantech sectors, specifically, energy generation, transportation, buildings and energy efficiency.
One action will be to shift energy generation, from coal to biomass in combined heat and power plants, developing new wind farms as well as using geothermal energy. In the transportation sector, the aim is to increase the number of hybrid and electric vehicles by developing the infrastructure, increasing the use of public transportation and further supporting the extensive biking culture.
In the building sector, there will be a focus on eco-friendly renovation of existing buildings, resource efficiency and sustainable city planning on projects such as Nordhavnen, Scandinavia’s largest sustainable urban area under construction.
The project will integrate sustainability into the entire construction of the area, from the building materials, the environmental effects of the buildings in use and the transportation. The area is to be developed over a long-term period with a strategy set for 2040 and will compromise 40,000 residents and office space for 40,000 staff.
”The global climate has presented us with a challenge: We must and will decrease CO2 emissions considerably. We could opt for the cheapest or the easiest solutions. But we are going for the green solution and the solutions that also create a healthier city. This is an investment in the future,” says Klaus Bondam, Mayor of the Technical and Environmental Administration for the City of Copenhagen.
Copenhagen and the capital island of Zealand represent more than half of the 720 companies in the Danish cleantech sector. Copenhagen aims to become the world’s first CO2-neutral capital by 2025 which comprises more than 50 initiatives within energy generation, transportation, sustainable buildings and energy efficiency.
Research and funding
Since implementing the world’s first environmental law in 1973, Denmark has set the political agenda for climate policy. Today, the Danish cleantech industry generates more than DKK 300 billion in revenue and employs more than 120,000 people within 11 cleantech sectors – i.e. energy generation, energy storage, energy efficiency, transportation and logistics, recycling, advanced materials, agriculture etc.
Almost 30% of Danish electricity generation comes from renewable energy sources, primarily wind and biomass, but the Danish government aims to double the share of renewable energy by 2025. This will require large public and private investments with exciting market potential for the development of new technologies.
There are 46 world class knowledge institutions in Denmark that produce valuable cleantech research. Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy conducts highly specialised research within the fields of sustainable energy, especially wind, biofuel, electric vehicles, smart grid, energy technology, energy planning, and energy systems of the future. Other leading universities are the University of Copenhagen, Technical University of Denmark, University of Roskilde and Copenhagen Business School.
Opportunities for funding include The Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, Energy technological Development and Demonstration Program, Vækstfonden (a Danish State investment fund), GTS Advanced Technology Group and SEED Capital.
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Reasons to do business in Copenhagen
- A world-leading cleantech cluster with strong competences
within a diverse spectrum of sectors
- A hub for test and demonstration – limit development risks
and costs by getting access to a nation of technology
curious consumers and get your products and services
to market faster
- Incentives and funding for cleantech companies and R&D
projects
- Voted best place to do business by the Economist
Intelligence Unit. Your business is protected against
unexpected changes in the economy and political environment
- Access to a market with people highly motivated to
address climate change – environmentally-friendly and
conscious consumers with high purchasing power that are
willing to pay for the right solutions
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Copenhagen Capacity
W: www.copcap.com/cleantech
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