Nov 20 2009
The Roskilde municipality, and the Risø National Laboratory for Sustainable Energy, DTU have agreed to jointly develop and fortify sustainable energy technology development. The joint development agreement involves the integrated establishment of a sustainable business park and a test and demonstration facility called Demonstratorium.
Jointly, the partners will source cleantech business investors, interested in drawing benefits from the strategic location – the vicinity of a cleantech research institution. The consortium is likely to engage Scion DTU to run the business park.
To be located at or near Risø DTU, the demonstratorium will be a central unit that will include mobile units, which would be shared by research divisions, when required. Companies will be able to install, test and roll out novel technologies, in collaboration with scientists from Risø.
The facility also guarantees close interaction with researchers, enabling company scientists to explore and attempt hands-on research on new cleantech technologies. Focus will be placed on interactions between different sustainable technologies, including electric vehicles, new heat pumps, energy storage, wind turbine components, control and regulation systems, solar cells, solar panels, bio-energy plants, electrolysis plants, fuel cells, and energy saving solutions.
Risø Park will represent a sustainable business park, spread across 40 hectares, at Risø DTU. Its strategic location, coupled with potential cooperation with research environments is expected to attract companies – both native and those around the globe – involved in new sustainable technologies.
Expressing high hopes on the partnership, the director of Risø DTU Henrik Bindslev said that the strategic Risø location of the Demonstratorium, the National Laboratory, and the business park as well as their involvement in sustainable technologies, would stimulate international attention that will attract interested parties, resulting in new customers and partners. Bindslev also assured strong synergies between the Demonstratorium, Risø DTU, and the business park, coupled with the tradition of research collaboration of the scientists at Risø DTU, will strengthen the development work of the project.
Demonstratorium projects will interact with Risø DTU’s existing ones, such as Risø’s energy system SYSLAB, facilitating the demonstration and testing of new technology to be applied in future energy systems. The interaction will also fuel continuous research activities at Risø DTU, while the Demonstratorium will present a new approach to the demonstration and optimization required to address these challenges.
Source: http://www.risoe.dtu.dk