Solutions Energising Sustainable Development

Green Business Strategies

as Growth Drivers Silvia Magnoni Project Manager for International Affairs Baltic Sea Solutions and the Community Testing Facility (CTF)

Baltic Sea Solutions: • Non-profit organization • Project developers using the Triple Helix innovation process, managing and promoting the CTF framework.

The Triple Helix spiral model of innovation consists in creating strong synergies between (1) Academic, (2) Industrial and (3) Municipal actors. Approach -: Quick Facts

Size: 1243 Sq. Km. Population: 70,000 Distance to :85 miles Historic Economic Infrastructure

• Agriculture • Industry – Sugar – Grain – Heavy manufacturing/shipbuilding • Services – Retail – Government Lolland History

Lolland as peripheral area: Social consequences of the economic depression of the 1980’s resulted in a strategic recovery plan from local politicians called:

“Green Energy Lolland-Falster”

With renewable energy as a growth driver for sustainable regional development. Lolland Falster: A region Committed to Renewable Energy

Total Annual Electricity Generation = 1,150,000 MWh Total Annual Electricity Consumption = 750,000 MWh

Wind (91%) Biomass (4%)

Biogas (1%) Waste (4%) Lolland Falster: A region Committed to Renewable Energy

• Local Heat Generation (70% Renewable)

Fossil Fuels (30%) Biomass Biogas (41%)

Electricity (17%) Waste (12%) Lolland Today

Dramatic reduction in unemployment; Capacity for continuous innovative renewable energy development on Lolland: • Political support • Community ownership • Business involvement • Cutting-edge technology with Bass as their strategic partner to expand RE projects at domestic and international levels. Lolland CTF

Triple Helix in implementation: Lolland Community Testing Facilities

Highly encouraged by the European Union… … fully endorsed at Bass and in place on Lolland An international platform for testing RE technologies

Lolland CTF is: • One of ’s first innovative partnerships within renewable energy, • Constructively creating collaboration between research and business, • Combining the targets of the Danish industry with the municipality’s visions for sustainable growth and development. Lolland CTF

The Lolland CTF map Lolland CTF - Objectives

– Develop eco-industry zones and visionary business development policies – Offer financial incentives to private industries working with CO2 neutral technology – Develop new integrated solutions through Public-Private Partnerships – Offer educational and research programs related to Carbon Neutral Technologies – Position Lolland CTF as a testing and demonstration platform for CO2 neutral technologies CTF benefits

Lolland Industry • Sustainability • Branding • Branding • Low Cost Testing & • Growth Demonstration • Competitiveness • Faster Product • Retain Population Commercialization • Jobs • Community testing • Education • Real Environment • Improve Utility Services ‘ • Real Systems • Real People • Real Communities

Research Government • Research with full-scale (EU/Nordic) applications • Bottom-up tool for achieving • Technical Sciences macro-political goals for • Socio-economic Impact sustainability and Analysis competitiveness • Well defined geography, • Growth Beyond Metropolises demographics, economy, energy grid/systems Current Economic Development Efforts

• Focus on Renewable Energy Business Development (Lolland CTF) – Hydrogen & Fuel Cells – Algae/Biomass/Biofuels – Wind Energy – Wave Energy – Water Treatment Hydrogen Community Lolland

• μCHP fueled by a hydrogen grid. Hydrogen from renewable energy will be used. • 5 private houses in 2009, 35 in 2010 Algae

Onsevig Climate Park

• Climate Adaptation • Grey Water Treatment • Carbon Sequestration • Algae cultivation

Offshore Algae Cultivation • International Research Workshop April, 2009 • Proof of concept demonstration project Biomass/Biofuels

• Cellulosic Biogas and Ethanol production • Multiple feedstock options: Straw, vegetable waste, algae, industrial waste, manure • District Heating

• Methanol & Hydrogen Wave Energy

• Floating Power Plant

•Proof of Concept scale 1:6

• Launched November 2008

• Full Scale = 30MW Training/Education

Climate Factory • Climate Research and education • Science on a Sphere ® • Renewable energy showcase

LoCal RE Research Program • Interdisciplinary university program • UC Merced • UC Davis • UC Santa Cruz • UC Berkeley • Technical University of Denmark • University Baltic Sea Solutions

Thank you for your attention!

For more info please contact me at: [email protected]

or visit: www.bass.dk www.lolland-ctf.info