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September 2011

The Third Industrial Revolution Thisted Ready to

By Lene Kjelgaard Jensen Mayor, Thisted Welcome Energy Tourists Municipality

he Municipality of Thisted is the lead- Ting climate municipality in Denmark. We are close to being self-sufficient in renewable energy. Over 100 percent of electricity consumption and over 85 percent of public heat consumption is being covered without the use of fossil fuel. The citizens of This- ted receive electricity and heating from the numerous wind turbines in the area, wood chips from the woods, waste disposal from households and biogas from the many farms surrounding the city. This means that already one Danish municipality is self-sufficient in renewable energy: Thisted Municipality. And this goal has been achieved without compromising the comfort in our homes or the competitiveness of our businesses. The internationally renowned economist Jeremy Rifkin calls this the Third During the COP15 Climate Summit in Copenhagen Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy arranged an energy tour to Thy involving around 40 Industrial Revolution: Energy is decentral- UN-delegates from all over the world. Here they are seen at Wave Star - a wave energy facility near Hanstholm. ized and figuratively speaking derived directly from peoples’ own back yards. All around Thy 40 en- containing information about where they are ergy sources. With this new project Thy Tourist In Thisted Municipality there is a time hon- ergy sights are ready to located, what type of technology they present Association wishes to tell students, business- oured tradition for green initiatives rising welcome businessmen, and if they are suitable to receive visitors. men, scientists and other groups about the from the citizens. In 2009 Thisted Munici- - We haven’t patented any of this Ole Riis ex- energy tours. The reorganization of the cen- pality chose to push the development even scientists, students and plains and says the report is to be used as tralized fossil based energy production to de- further by launching a project called “Ener- groups to experience an inspiration for everyone who might be centralized renewable energy has been named getic Citizens”. The goal was to encourage how Thisted Municipal- interested. The report lists about 40 sights the Third Industrial Revolution. The revolution even more citizens to become self-sufficient that can accommodate groups of visitors. In is well under way in Thisted. in energy and to motivate businesses to pro- ity in Denmark has be- order to reduce the workload involved at the mote more energy efficient solutions. come self-sufficient in individual sights, visitors must be organized Power to the People This newspaper is the third in the line con- energy in groups. The high coverage with renewable energy that cerning “Energetic Citizens”. In this issue we exists in Thisted Municipality is unprecedented focus on the results of the project “Energet- The Start Signal has Sounded in Denmark. The good results are largely due ic Citizens” and on the growth of industry n a short while business guests and others Ole Riis and Leif Amby are working on finishing to Nordic Folkecenter For Renewable Energy which is happening right now. Iwill be able to make an energy tour of the the material to be distributed to selected high which was established more than 25 years ago Consumption of renewable energy in Den- Municipality of Thisted. Here they will be pre- schools. The material is the prototype for the and from where a locally grounded desire to mark has risen by 14 percent in 2010. The sented with all the different facilities that en- marketing strategy Thy Tourist Association is produce environmentally friendly and cheap two largest contributors to that growth are sure the high level of energy self-sufficiency in planning on applying to the project. Focus is energy has poured. Internationally renowned biofuel and wind power. The long term goal Thisted Municipality. on the direct contact with the end user which is economist Jeremy Rifkin calls this phenom- of the Danish government is to be independ- why the material is targeted the physics teach- enon the Third Industrial Revolution: That the ent of fossil fuel in the year 2050. Focus on Business Development ers at each school. In the experience of Ole Riis energy is decentralized and figuratively speak- - It’s very important that the visits are going the success rate is much higher if the marketing collected from people’s own backyards. It’s easy. Thisted shows the way. to be beneficial to businesses both locally ing campaign is directly targeted the end user. Citizens in Thisted get their electricity and heat- and internationally says Ole Riis, manager ing from the many wind turbines in the area, Thisted is Denmark’s of Thy Tourist Association. Keeping up the Good Work from woodchips from the forests, from waste Ole Riis explains that the project is realised in The efforts of Thisted Municipality leading up disposal of households and from biogas from Leading Climate collaboration between Thisted and Mors mu- to the Climate Summit in Copenhagen in 2009 the many farms. All in all a municipality with a Municipality nicipalities. He predicts that the energy tours were tremendous tells Ole Riis who is project high degree of self-sufficiency in green energy. will benefit everyone involved in tourism in manager of the energy tours. This has been achieved without compromising Thisted Municipality is close to being self- Thy and Mors. But due to the very specific and - Conferences were made alongside strong household comforts or the competitiveness of sufficient in renewable energy. Over 100 specialized content of the tours, specialists local initiatives and together with Nordic local businesses. Now guests from all over the percent of electricity consumption and over with a variety of skills will be enlisted to cater Folkecenter for Renewable Energy the mu- world are invited to come see for themselves. 85 percent of public heat consumption is for the guests. nicipality was strongly represented at the being covered without the use of fossil - One of the purposes of this project is to of- actual summit. As a direct result many inter- Visit us fuel. The renewable energy comes from fer the guests the possibility to draw on lo- national guests visited Thy during the sum- Among the visit points are: the sun, the wind, geothermic installations, cal qualifications. Thy Tourist Association mit to experience the unique way in which · DanWEC – Wave energy in Hanstholm biofuel and waste disposal. In 2007 Thisted plans on conducting a user survey in order energy is produced and distributed here in Municipality received the European Solar to ensure business guests maximum qual- Thy, Ole Riis tells. · Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy – household wind turbines, solar cells Award and in 2009 Thisted became one of ity while visiting Thy and Mors, Ole Riis re- Thy Tourist Association is currently working to and green energy through the past 25 the Danish Society for Nature Conservation’s ports. get the energy tours organized. years: www.folkecenter.net Climate Municipalities committing to a · Thisted Varmeforsyning – geothermic yearly cut in CO emission at 3 percent. Thorough Report The Future of Energy in Thisted 2 plant and district cooling. Thisted Municipality enforces a rigorous In collaboration with consulting engineer Leif In the Municipality of Thisted energy supply is For more information contact Visit Thy: energy plan envisioning a totally CO2 neutral Amby, Thy Tourist Association has written a available locally and varied. This enables a high municipality in the year 2025. through report on all the energy sights in Thy degree of self-sufficiency from renewable en- www.visitthy.dk World’s Largest Test Centre for Wind Turbines Energy Certification In the spring of 2012 a group of gi- ant wind turbines will be erected in Østerild, Thy. Vestas, Siemens Proves Effective and Risø, Danish Technical Univer- sity of Denmark have agreed with New electric installations at Rolighedsskolen, a public school in Thisted, have re- the Danish State to erect the wind sulted in a more than 25 % reduction in the school’s power consumption or more turbines at an allocated area in Østerild where 12 ha of woodland than 60,000 kWh have now been cleared for the new appliances keep immerging us- project. Denmark holds a leading ing more and more power. As a result position worldwide regarding the Thisted Municipality is now erecting development and production of solar cells at various locations. At wind turbines. With the national the public school in Sennels a solar test centre for large wind turbines cell system worth 209,000 Danish the political parties behind the kroner will produce around 10,000 agreement aim to maintain this kWh a year. Thisted Municipality esti- position. mates that solar cell systems at public buildings will have a return time For more information: of seven to ten years. www.thisted.dk/testcenter Surveillance to Prevent Power Theft In order to prevent thieves from Test Centre for stealing power from the power net and to check for holes in the water Small Wind pipes Thisted Municipality has in- Turbines in Thy stalled 1050 measuring instruments Allan Møller, Thisted El-forretning, is one of the local craftsmen who have benefitted from the extra jobs created by at 250 places of usage. Ranging from 4 to 6 small household wind the policy of Thisted Municipality to issue energy certificates to public buildings. buildings to fountains the measuring turbines measuring up to 25 instruments give continuous updat- meters may soon be erected and he electric installations at Ro- Energy Efficient Buildings shows how Thisted Municipality ed information about usage at each tested at Sindrup Vejle in Thy. This Tlighedsskolen have been carried - We aim to distribute the contracts has worked continuously and dili- installation enabling administration summer a unanimous city council out by a local electrician, Thisted for making the public buildings gently on making public buildings of the consumption. Later alarm in Thisted submitted for public El-forretning. Co-owner Allan Møller energy efficient to as many local energy efficient. systems will be installed in order for hearing, propositions for an explains how all the lamps in the ceil- businesses as possible says Hen- employees to receive immediate no- addition to the counsil plan, the ing were originally fitted with eight ning Holm chairman of the Envi- Improved Technical Installations tification in the event of irregularities local plan and an evaluation for fluorescent tubes, each lamp con- ronmental and Technical Commit- Those buildings that already have an at the place of consumption. the effects on the environment. suming 320 watt. The new lamps’ tee in Thisted city council. energy certificate must be revised Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable wattage is a mere 28 watt a lamp. Thisted Municipality has issued en- continuously and at least every sev- Energy Certification Energy and the Trade Organization Furthermore the lamps are fitted ergy certificates for 190 buildings enth year to make sure the certifica- for Household Wind Turbines have with sensors that measure the light resulting in recommendations for tion is up to date. Technical installa- · In 2010 the CO2 reduction joined forces in the proposition of in the room at the exact location of reduction in energy consumption tions and lighting are areas where amounted to 3.5 percent in a test centre. Nordic Folkecenter each lamp. As a result not all lamps amounting to 40 million Danish kro- the need for restoring or replace- public buildings. predicts that both Danish and in a room give off the same amount ner. Implementation of those recom- ment is most evident. The market is · The issuing of energy certifi- international businesses will see a of light giving a more evenly lighted mendations with a return of invest- developing at a high pace and much cates to 190 public buildings large potential in the production space. All rooms are fitted with sen- ment of less than five years will can be gained by changing for exam- was done in 18 months. of the new small household wind sors that turn on the light only when commence shortly. This means that ple the circulation pump. · Thisted Municipality has turbines. someone is in the room. This has re- work for two million Danish kroner earmarked 5 million Danish duced power consumption consider- will be done. Solar Cells Reduce Energy Costs kroner each year to energy ably. - Two million may not sound like Saving money on the electricity bill is improvements. much” Henning Holm says, but it becoming increasingly difficult since Thy is the Centre of Wave Energy Research Saving Money on Heating in Agger

The waves off the coast of Han- The Kristensens proper fire in the stove after a United Efforts stholm are the best suited for discarded a new long day in the fish vending car The owner of Thy Varmeteknik, Kjeld wave energy research in Denmark we have owned for the past ten Yde Madsen, explains that he has agree both leading scientists and oil burner in years, Rene says. joined forces with Vestkystens VVS in the trade organization. They pin- favor of the more He also says that had the family order to be able to bid on larger con- point Hanstholm as the location environmentally known they were going to have dis- tracts. With a company like his own for placing a wave energy test trict heating they probably wouldn’t and Vestkystens VVS, with about 20 centre. Already two wave test fa- friendly district have invested in a wood burning employees and ensuing expenses it’s cilities are in place off Hanstholm: heating stove. difficult for him to bid on the smaller Wave Star and DEXA WAVE. Dan- municipal contracts. For those con- WEC – Danish Wave Energy Centre harlotte and Rene Kristensen Pipelines by Local Businesses tracts smaller businesses are better was established in May 2010 and Clive with their three children in a Getting district heating from the suited. is located in a temporary building residential neighbourhood in Agger. district heating power station in Now Thy Varmeteknik and Vestkys- close to the test facilities. DAN- Even though it is not immediately Vestervig by way of Krik to Agger tens VVS are able to bid on larger Charlotte and Rene Kristensen, here WEC is a joint venture between showing this family is now enjoying is a local project. Most of the work jobs and thereby keep employees with the children Kamilla and Lise, The Harbor of Hanstholm, Han- the benefits of a strong local com- has been done by local businesses that would otherwise have been let save around 2400 liters of fuel oil per stholm Harbor Forum, the City mitment to ensure deliverance of Thy Varmeteknik and Vestkystens go due to the recession. In this way year since district heating has been Council of Thisted and the Univer- district heating to Agger from the vil- VVS. Both businesses are members the project of bringing district heat- installed in their house. sity of Aalborg. lage of Vestervig 5 kilometers away. of Passivhus Nordvest, which is a lo- ing to Agger has helped preserve local business association for energy cal jobs. District heating For more information: The Wood Burning Stove is just saving construction. The member- · Approximately 180 new units www.danwec.com for Being Cozy ship tells of the commitment of the New Projects have been attached in Krik and In fact it wasn’t all that expensive businesses to ensuring efficient use Kjeld and Torben have already signed Agger. to have district heating installed, of energy. Between them the two a new contract for work on the ex- · Due to the expansion Vest- Rene explains. It actually paid off to companies have laid out ten kilome- tension of the local hospital in Thist- ervig Heating Power Station discard of the just two year old oil ters of district heating pipelines and ed. They are both very pleased that invested in a new 4MW wood- burner and install district heating in- owner Torben Flye Jensen, Vestkys- the Regional Counsil of Northern Jut- chip kettle. stead. But the stove that was origi- tens VVS, estimates the value of the land has organized the contracts in · Woodchips from the State nally bought to reduce the use of oil project at about 12 million Danish a manner that enables smaller local woods in Thy are used to is going to stay in the house. kroner for the part of the project in businesses to bid on sub contracts stoke the kettle. - It’s cozy and I enjoy lighting a which they are involved. hereby ensuring local jobs. Thisted Tests Local Car Dealer first with Electric Cars EVs and Charging The first car dealer in Denmark to stock electric cars is from Thisted. Right now Docks Højland Biler has six electric cars in stock The Technical Department at Thisted Municipality has invested he customers are not exactly maintenance are taken into con- in an electric car of the brand Twaiting in line at Peugeot in sideration this car is 30 percent Peugeot iOn. The idea behind Thisted to by electric cars but none more expensive than a similar the investment is to enable the less owner Kaj Højland has pur- car with a petrol engine. This is employees at the municipal office chased six electric cars. He believes so even though the electric car is to drive around the municipality that in the future cars will run on eve- free of fossil fuel taxes explains in an environmentally friendly rything else than the regular types of Kaj Højland. fashion and at the same time fuel we know today. Therefor he expects to lease the cars testing the car. At the municipal - In the future we will be produc- to the customers instead of actually office in Thisted everyone is ing our own fuel and yes, I also selling them. He also believes that aware of intelligent refueling believe we should grow our own in most Danish families the electric in order to ensure easy access vegetables, says the entrepreneur car will only be a secondary car. Fully to green electricity. As a result who has spent a lot of time dur- charged it will only run 130 kilome- three battery charging docs will ing the past many years to attend tres – during wintertime a little less soon be in place at the town halls meetings and seminars on electric since heating the car will consume in Thisted and Hurup and at the cars. Thus obtaining knowledge some energy. educational centre in Thisted. about electric cars and the prob- - The average European motorist Mayor Lene Kjelgaard Jensen refuels one of the electric cars at the intelligent For several years the municipal lems concerning them. drives 8 kilometres a day but here Evergreen refuelling dock. office has had electric cars in The ambition is to become the one in Thy average is probably a lot the works department and work garage in the region that knows how more, perhaps 16 kilometres. As a result a number of teachers plug in the batteries for the car it is in progress to convert all the to service electric cars. The challenge is to make the batter- from the polytechnic school in This- doesn’t get more environmentally vehicles of the municipal office - We plan to arrange workshops in ies last longer to accommodate driv- ted are driving silently to and from correct than that Kaj Højland says. to run on fuel from renewable repairing electric cars and it won’t ers who live in the country and have meetings and also the city council in He is happy to invest both time and sources. Also an initiative to harm to be the first on the market long commutes to and from work Thisted has borrowed one of the cars money in the project. introduce biofuel busses is on the Kaj Højland smiles and expresses every day. But according to statis- for a period of time. Also Thy-Mors way in co-operation with Nordjysk the hope that the new know how tics 90 percent of all daily drives are Energi has borrowed a car and Kaj Trafikselskab – the Association will eventually create more jobs. less than 60 kilometres long, which Højland is willing to lend it to even of Public Transport in Northern means the electric car is a good op- more people. About Peugeot iOn Jutland. Leasing Instead of Buying tion for many. · 100 percent battery driven The batteries still pose the biggest Local Energy · The battery is fully charged in challenge for the manufactures since Lending the Cars In Thisted Municipality 226 wind tur- 6 hours they are very costly to produce. While Kai Højland is waiting for buy- bines supply all of Thy with CO neu- · Automatic transmission 2 How to Store - The Peugeot iOn on display here ers he has decided to lend out the tral energy. · Totally silent costs 275,000 Danish kroner Kaj cars for a period of time to various - The obvious asset here is that in Electricity from Højland tells. When all the factors interested parties in order to have Thy electricity comes from sus- www.peugeot.dk Wind Turbines like fuel, green ownership tax and the cars tested. tainable sources. So when you Usually the storing of electricity from wind turbines poses con- siderable challenges. At the combined heat and power plant Students Construct Zero Emission Building in Snedsted, where they deliver electricity to 640 households and Students at local polytechnic school are constructing a zero emission building businesses, they have met the with local craftsmen challenge. The district heating station has installed an electric t EUC Nordvest, the polytechnic Testing New Products boiler that uses surplus energy Aschool in Thisted, it is a well- When the zero-energy house at EUC from wind turbines to heat up the known fact that the future in con- Nordvest is finished it will function water used for district heating. In struction work is called zero-energy as a kind of test facility. Here stu- doing so the district heating sta- houses or passive houses. Meeting dents and builders will test the new- tion has spared the environment the challenge local builders and est in solar cells, isolation materi- from the burning of 200,000 m³ students at EUC Nordvest are con- als, windows and ground heat. The of natural gas. structing a zero-energy house on the house will be fitted with a technical school grounds. Once finished the learning wall where all the technical house will function as a model-house installations are visible. It will have where students and builders can extra measuring equipment to moni- A Green Line in learn about zero-energy construc- tor the amount of energy produced tion. and consumed in the house. Henrik Tourism and - We are immensely pleased with Nyby also expects there will be a dis- Industrial Policy this opportunity to combine theo- play about the making of the house. The city council of Thisted has ry and practice says Henrik Nyby, He expects the zero-energy house to recently agreed on a new line educational manager at Teknisk be a great asset to the polytechnic of politic in two areas: Tourism Watjara Sakares, in front, was a first year student when he won the Gymnasium – HTX at EUC Nord- school in Thisted. and industry. The climate is an architectural competition about the zero-energy house. He is seen here with vest in Thisted. - Spin off from the project is al- integral concern in both areas. his fellow students at the foundation of the zero-energy house, which if all The idea for the project grew from ready evident in the fact that 20 A focus area of the industrial goes according to plan will be finished in November 2011. the students’ participation in a show builders have followed a course at policy is to establish networks in 2009 called Energetic Septem- The Process of Learning in the project, Henrik Nyby is aware the school. Furthermore we have between businesses involved in ber. At the show graduate engineer In addition to the 1,3 million Danish of another result. several new courses on the way renewable energy. The aim is to Troels Kildemoes gave a talk about kroner granted by Dansk Energi the - Our school and the students are focusing on renovating houses boost business development. zero-energy and passive houses. school itself has invested 1 million in actually able to push development that live up to modern energy For tourists it is of utmost At the same time the janitor at EUC the project and signed contracts with in building techniques in the right standards Henrik Nyby explains. importance to have environ- Nordvest Lars-Ulrik Nedergaard had local builders. direction; something we are very - All this is happening because we mentally sustainable attractions learned that Dansk Energi, the busi- - We have made very profitable proud of says Henrik Nyby. have brought people together in and overnight accommodations. ness association for Danish energy deals with the local builders, He also feels it’s important for the this project and because we re- - The fact that the climate is businesses, was financially support- Henrik Nyby explains. They get students to be exposed to the most ceive such tremendous local back- such an integrated concern in ive of courses at polytechnic schools to learn many new things about recent knowledge about standards ing says Henrik Nyby. the policy of Thisted Municipal- that focused on the climate and re- zero-energy construction and will for zero-energy houses of the future. If everything goes according to plan, ity shows how dedicated we newable energy. Shortly hereafter hopefully be suited to enter into - Here they are exposed to knowl- the new zero-energy house will be are to an interdisciplinary ap- students at EUC Nordvest were try- new areas of business afterwards. edge about zero-energy houses finished in November 2011. proach concerning the climate ing their strength against construct- In return they deliver almost all very early on in their training effort says Arnold Larsen chair- ing a zero-energy house. Even the output at cost price. which means that if they go on man of the Committee for the architectural competition was held studying engineering or architec- Labour Market and Culture. amongst the students and was won Pushing Development Further ture they will be a step ahead Hen- Further reading: Follow the progress at the stu- by first year student Watjara Sakares, While local builders gain new insight rik Nyby explains. dents’ own blog: now a senior. and new networks from participating www.nulenergiblog.dk A New Business Network for Passive Houses is Successful In a very short period of time Passivhus Nordvest got more than 40 members

nowledge and networking. Large Orders Managing director Kresten Larsen windows which open outwards A/S – has become a member of KThose are the main ideas behind The construction company Hassing tells how the membership of and which apply to the rigorous Passivhus Nordvest. Managing the business network Passivhus Huset in Hurup Thy, is one of the Passivhus Nordvest has given the requirements for passive houses. director Kurt Jensen explains how Nordvest which was founded in July businesses that has gained a lot of company much knowledge about Naturally the window factory in the membership has been of crucial 2010. Since then the network has experience in the field of passive sustainable construction work. He Vestervig is also a member of importance to the business. arranged three very well attended houses. Even before they became adds that the after-hours meetings Passivhus Nordvest and finds the - On the basis of the network we after hours meetings, gotten over a member of Passivhus Nordvest have been very inspirational. network to be a good initiative. have finally developed the kind 40 members, held a study trip they had landed three orders of wooden standard house that and launched the website www. for the building of the Sunshine A World News Item Of Crucial Importance has been my personal dream for passivhusnordvest.dk. Originally House which is the standard house At Vipo Vinduer A/S in Vestervig a The business network also reaches a long time Kurt Jensen tells. the network was envisioned as an of Hassing Huset. They are now world news item within the field beyond Thy and on the island of He expects the new +energy opportunity for businesses from erecting houses in Sønderborg, of passive houses has just been Mors a carpenter business – Morsø house to be in production by the Thy and Mors to work together in Kolding and Vejle. released: the first ever passive house Tømrer- og Snedkerforretning end of 2011 and he nurtures high becoming leading in the field of hopes for sales and for the further sustainable construction and the development of his company. network has already reached beyond - No doubt this will result in the em- Thy and Mors. ployment of more workers Kurt - The success of getting the net- Jensen predicts. work started has proved beyond our expectations says one of the initiators Troels Kildemoes, grad- About Passivhus uate engineer and an expert in passive houses. Nordvest A network for businesses that Plenty of Challenges aspire to participate and better Construction work in Europe is themselves in the field of facing massive challenges in the passive houses and low energy years to come. Energy consumption construction. must be reduced and requirements concerning low energy construction Purpose: are increasing. · To create a strong market - Our goal is to supply the mem- for low energy construction bers of the network with the most through information recent knowledge enabling them · To market members to poten- to work together with other busi- tial clients nesses, developers and research- · To provide members with the ers on developing and testing new newest knowledge in the field building concepts and products of low energy construction says Bertel Bolt-Jørgensen, co- founder of Passivhus Nordvest. Passivhus Nordvest has arranged a series of very well attended after hours meetings. Here it is founder Troels www.passivhusnordvest.dk Kildemoes of Ellehauge and Kildemoes who says welcome and tells about passive houses.

Wind Turbines made in Thy Create Jobs Published by Thisted Municipal- ity; Project ”Energetic Citizens”. 4 to 5 sold turbines equals one year full-time equivalent. And with the prospect of 30 to 50 Phone +45 97 17 17 17 turbines sold this year the possibility for even more jobs is clearly visible www.thisted.dk

A wind turbine adventure is in the businesses. Project manager: Otto Lægaard, making in Thy right now. So pre- - We have chosen sound businesses Planning Department, Thisted dicts Leif Pinholt, creator of the new with skilled workers; businesses Municipality. household wind turbine, THYmøllen. that incorporate the production Email: [email protected] Having recently achieved approval into their existing capacity there- Phone: +45 99 17 22 59 the turbine is now in production and by ensuring deliverance, Pinholt in much higher demand than anyone explains. Project management and text: had dared dream of. Production time is about two months Jeanette Lund Kommunikation – - Right now 3-4 applications for and ten turbines are produced con- www.jeanettelund.dk erecting turbines are filed with currently. Also the local insurance the city council each week. Ap- company Thisted Forsikring and the Text and photo: proval of all of them will result in Thisted based audit department Re- Bertel Bolt Kommunikation – the production of 30 and 50 tur- vision Limfjord note a rise in consult- www.bertelbolt.dk bines this year, which is very im- ing jobs due to THYmøllen. pressive, Leif Pinholt comments. Layout: Jens Kristian Overgaard, The new wind turbine, which was International Contacts Thisted Municipality originally developed back in the During many years Leif Pinholt has 1980’ies, is backed by many hours of been the owner of a business that Print: Dantryk – www.dantryk.dk. development. buys, renovates and sells old wind Printed on Cyklus Offsett. - We took the old model and devel- turbines. Accordingly he has a large oped it further. This has resulted international network. Photo: THYmøllen in an extremely silent turbine with - I encounter much attention from Facts about THYmøllen a noise level well below what is al- many different countries, Leif Pin- More information: lowed, Leif Pinholt reports. holt says. If we succeed in the ex- Visit Thy: · THYmøllen is a 6 kW wind turbine. port market we will need to train www.visitthy.dk · THYmøllen has an economic lifespan of 25-30 years and the only neces- Local Businesses many more production workers in sary maintenance is a service check every second year. Production is managed by Grønkjærs the future. Thisted Municipality: · Production of THYmøllen aims at following the cradle to cradle principle Maskinfabrik in Hurup Thy, one of www.thisted.dk which means that most parts of the wind turbine are recyclable. the partners in THYmøllen, and to produce the parts for the wind tur- Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable www.thymoellen.dk bines the partners have handpicked Energy: www. folkecenter.net a group of well-established local