Completed projects

The aim of this subproject is to develop an advanced model based on artificial intelligence that can assist the industry and district heating companies in enabling sector coupling with the electricity grid by predicting energy consumption in the short, medium, and long term.

The work will result in a practical tool based on reliable test data that Power-to-X actors can use to specify, produce, procure, and regulate the rapidly evolving hydrogen infrastructure. Additionally, the project will directly strengthen Denmark’s leadership in the green transition, positioning the country as a global frontrunner in this field.

The project aims to reduce uncertainty and financial risks associated with investing in TDU facilities. This will be achieved through a feasibility study.

In the 2nd Life for Power Plants (2LIPP) project, the plants of the past are transformed into tomorrow’s green energy supplies. By equipping old plants with new technology, existing infrastructure such as steam turbines and transformer units can be reused in a green energy supply.

The AQUADA-GO project will develop a methodology for automated, contactless, near-real-time wing damage detection and risk assessment.

High accuracy of energy demand forecasting is essential to realizing sector coupling solutions.

At the end of the project, a cross-border hydrogen valley will have been set up between Finland and Estonia. This ‘main valley’ will be connected to local hydrogen valleys in the Baltic Sea Region.

With help from top industry experts and seasoned founders, as well as Beyond Beta Energy’s investment experts, the accelerator help companies to gear up their startup for rapid scaling and to raise private funding for further innovation – if needed.

CANSI is gathering some of the strongest research institutions from the US and Denmark to identify challenges for the green transition within renewable energy, transmission and system integration and identify areas of collaboration based on climate goals and state of the art knowledge.

There are a number of specific but varying requirements from companies working with permanent CO2 storage in underground reservoirs. However, it remains unclear what specific impurity standards each facility will need to meet for the collected CO2 gas. Therefore, it is essential to prepare systems for managing the quality of the product gas.

Green hydrogen produced with clean electricity is seen as one of the critical catalysts for the global transition to sustainable energy and net-zero emissions economies. As a result, a significant increase in the use of electrolysis technologies is expected.

Overall, the project will play a central role in the green transition by delivering a cost-effective and scalable solution for hydrogen production while ensuring the necessary competence development within the industry.

The Deployable Green Power Solution aims to further develop a commercial HTPEM (High Temperature Proton Exchange Membrane) fuel cell solution. The final system is designed to deliver performance and flexibility comparable to a traditional diesel generator but without the associated pollution.

The results of the project will allow SONFOR to be capable of continuing their strategy of pursuing a greener production mix by decreasing the need for fossil fuel- based production. In addition, the DH4FREE project will enormously favor the spread of next generation electricity batteries, i.e. vanadium reflux batteries, on the part of DanSolar. This could allow the company to become their key manufacturer in the whole Europe.

Digital Energy Hub 2.0 is an innovation hub that brings together Danish businesses, utility companies, and researchers to promote digitalization and innovation in the energy and utility sector.

DynFlex develops new methods to test and operate individual PtX components and the overall system. This aims to improve the business case for PtX facilities.

The ELBE EUROCLUSTER is a European Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Joint Cluster Initiative, that will intensify collaboration across seven key EU regions in this field. The partnership, which is built on the existing ELBE Alliance, is expected to have a significant impact in the ORE value chain, both in terms of increasing the resiliency of the sector and of accelerating its green and digital transition, as it would be the first European entity to have this level of reach to SMEs in this field.

The project will aid in quickly and efficiently establishing Digital Twins of production facilities for sector coupling by developing a Digital Twin framework. With the use of the Digital Twin framework developed in this project, the industry can perform what-if scenarios to investigate how activation of process flexibility may propagate through the production, thereby minimizing the risk of bottlenecks, missed deadlines, and low-quality products.

EFW is an evolution of the Living Better concept: www.livingbetter.dk. It also builds upon development work from “ReCo2ST,” a Horizon 2020 project, and “Air Flow Wall,” an Innobooster project—both under the management of Horn Vinduer ApS.

The project aims to develop an innovative energy storage solution based on Iron Flow technology, capable of providing reliable, long-duration energy to maritime vessels as well as the power grid using non-toxic, environmentally friendly, cost-effective, and non-flammable iron-based electrolytes.

As the name Flexible Offshore Drone for Wind also indicates, the plan with the drone is that it is “flexible” and thus can be used in several ways.

In this project, the facility has the potential to replace up to one-third of the biomass used by SK Forsyning.

Partners in the GAMMA innovation project are retrofitting a bulk carrier with innovative technologies aimed at reducing the vessel's carbon footprint. The demonstration will prove that it is possible to replace auxiliary generators with a new fuel system operating on e-fuels.

The Gate2GreenFuels project will further develop the test and demonstration platform CCU-Hub Aalborg project at the Port of Aalborg, which in the long term will include the entire value chain for the use of CO2 in the production of sustainable fuels (including methanol as a key component). The project aims, through testing and demonstration activities at and around the Gate2GreenFuels test and demonstration site at the Port of Aalborg, to lay the foundation for decision analysis tools and roadmaps for CCU technologies.

This project aims to further develop and scale a generator solution to meet the growing demands within sectors such as construction and civil engineering.

Green hydrogen is one of the most important keys to shifting the transport sector’s dependence on fossil fuels to the use of renewable energy.

Greenport Scandinavia builds on the ambitions of the North Jutland business hub CO2Vision and the foundation laid when Project Greensand demonstrated the first CO2 injection on the Danish continental shelf in the North Sea in March 2023.

In simple terms, the project's partners will develop what could be considered a measuring stick for hydrogen.

The main purpose of HARMONISE is to deliver a solution that can support, encourage, and upscale the transformation from traditional districts to PEDs through optimal design, management, and integration in a scalable and replicable manner. The approach must be user-centric, stemming from technological, business, and socially engaging perspectives.

The project will standardize the sharing of district heating data using a common data model to facilitate effective data exchange and collaboration across sectors. A common data model for district heating data optimizes the data sharing process and increases user-friendliness for both data providers and users. This is because organizations and companies can follow a standardized data model instead of creating individual data structures for each use case. This promotes more efficient data management, enables in-depth analysis of the district heating system, and simplifies the implementation of digital services that benefit district heating customers and support the green transition.

By leveraging the 20 MW electrolyzer and the established infrastructure in the HySynergy project in Central Jutland, currently under construction and expected to become Europe’s largest facility of its kind by the end of 2022, this project aims to develop and demonstrate a high-capacity dual-pressure hydrogen refueling station directly at the designated test site. The site will be connected to hydrogen production and the multi-ton buffer system.

n HyRely, the partners will work on this need to ensure reliable documentation of quality across the value chain for electrolysis-based hydrogen production.

The INNO-CCUS partnership works to help Denmark achieve its climate goals by ensuring effective carbon capture and storage while developing methods to recycle CO2 as a building block for new materials. Supported by the Innovation Fund Denmark, the partnership comprises more than 80 partners from research institutions, GTS institutes, private companies, and public organizations. Energy Cluster Denmark provides support by facilitating innovation projects, partnerships, communication, and fundraising.

KurvedCores will transform the traditional production of wind turbine blades by using 3D thermoformed core kit technology from the company Kurvatur, which initially developed the technology for the production of high-end sailboats. In the KurvedCores innovation project, the technology is transferred to the wind industry.

Methanization and Energy Optimization of Biogas and Energy Plants in Southern Denmark

The project aims to reduce the time-to-market for a certified Methanol-to-Jet process, ensuring its availability for SAF production as early as possible. This will complement existing SAF methods and contribute to a rapid and cost-effective transition of aviation fuel consumption away from fossil fuels.

With the globally increasing production and transport needs, CO2 emissions are also rising exponentially. This has measurable and significant climate-related consequences, making the reduction of global CO2 emissions a high political priority. For many companies, this means that, both now and in the future, budgeting for CO2 disposal will be necessary to meet mandatory climate goals (neutrality).

The project will contribute to the green transition by enabling faster and more cost-effective expansion of offshore wind turbines.

The MTHiO project focuses on the first step in a three-stage process that converts methanol to higher olefins. The project will optimize and demonstrate Methanol to Olefins (MTO) technology to ensure efficient production of the desired olefins.

The OASIS (Offshore Accelerator for System Integration and Storage) project addresses the challenge of increasing innovation capacity and market readiness for SMEs in the North Sea region, specifically within the offshore energy sector. The unpredictable nature of renewable energy makes it necessary to develop smarter and more efficient energy management solutions, which are crucial for supporting affordable energy prices for end-users and showcasing the potential of various offshore renewable energy technologies.

Control Solutions for Stable and Robust Operation of Energy Islands and Cost-Effective Design of Offshore Wind Farms in Integration with Power-to-X.

Activities directly related to the project but expected to occur after the project period include a FID decision on expanding heat delivery capacity to the district heating network from the Kassø Power-to-X facility and the operation of an electric boiler for green district heating production.

Green hydrogen production is regarded to be one possible way to mitigate volatile renewable energy production and to be capable of reducing the CO2 emission in society.

The expected outcome of a successfully OptiCore project is an improved competitiveness due to significant better understanding of the complexity of how core materials mechanical and flow properties are affected by grooves/channels in the core material. A shorter lead time and less material usage during the design phase will be achieved.

Green hydrogen production is regarded to be one possible way to mitigate volatile renewable energy production and to be capable of reducing the CO2 emission in society.

The PtX Markets project aims to evaluate the market potential for green hydrogen and fuels and their impact on the European electricity market. The goal is to support the deployment of PtX technologies serving the industrial and transport sectors in Europe.

High-temperature electrolysis is an emerging technology that can halve energy losses, but it is not yet fully matured due to limited operational lifespan. Dynelectro has patented a new operational method that can increase the lifespan from approximately 2 years to up to 10 years, potentially making high-temperature electrolysis the preferred technology for large-scale Power-to-X production.

This project addresses the challenge of acquiring real-time pressure and flow data from several new measurement points in the district heating network, gaining insights with Machine Learning-generated predictive Digital Twins, which further facilitate the operational optimization of sector coupling through adaptive AI control systems.

The project is expected to deliver a solution to optimize energy use in industrial processes, quantify the benefits of integrating the process industry and district heating, and incorporate sector integration with industrial processes into heat planning and district heating design.

One or more test specifications for material compatibility testing in CCS applications.Contributions to standardization efforts for material selection in CCUS, as well as standardized test methods for qualification and compatibility testing of materials and components used in CCUS.

Ports will play a crucial role in Denmark’s emerging Power-to-X (P2X) industry as storage and transit hubs for e-fuels (green hydrogen, ammonia, methanol). They will act as interfaces between land and sea, different fuels, and industry and local communities, representing the entire value chain. This new scenario introduces risks related to health, safety, and the environment, as well as a need for new competencies. Ensuring safety in port operations within the P2X context is critical, as failure to do so could lead to negative public perception and hinder the adoption of green technologies.

This project aims to accelerate the development of methods and business models necessary to make the right investments in the future energy system, both for industry and society.

If all the straw, manure and biogas residue currently available for energy production was used SkyClean has the potential to produce 30 PJ bio-oil and 30 PJ of syngas pr. year. This would reduce Denmark’s CO2 emissions with 11,3 million tonnes pr. year or 25% of Denmark’s total current emissions.

Project SkyClean builds a pyrolysis plant that heats biological residues in an oxygen-free room and converts the residues into biochar, bio-oil and syngas.

The current transition toward net-zero CO2 emissions requires the shipping industry to adopt new fuels for existing ships and engines. Currently, the availability of new quality fuels is limited compared to the scale of the bunkering market (300 million tons annually). Therefore, it is desirable for available green fuels to be blended into the existing conventional bunker pool. This requires that fuel blends are stable with regard to phase separation, solid precipitation, or sludge formation.

The Battery Storage Concept project develops and tests an initial concept for a container-based energy storage system using batteries (Battery Energy Storage System – BESS).

The purpose of the collaboration between ATE Denmark and DTU is to improve ATE Denmark’s existing technology for hotspots by achieving better efficiency. Furthermore, the goal of the project is to ensure that production is placed at ATE Denmark in Slagelse.

TIM Wind aims to establish a clear and unambiguous interpretation of existing standards applicable to the wind industry. This approach ensures an efficient process and consistent information quality for OEMs and customers.

The ULTRA project aims at making Southern Jutland as the centre stage in the fight against global warming by reducing the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of space heating, space cooling and domestic hot water (DHW) applications by above 20 %. This result will be achieved by making reversible CO2 heat pumps “intelligent”, i.e. being capable of performing with very high efficiency all year round thanks to their advanced control system.

Organic Fuel Technology's patented biomass processing system introduces a new Power-to-X pathway, where electricity is converted into biofuels and carbon storage by generating and utilizing a stable and uniform electromagnetic wavelength field.

The WaveFuels II project will test, demonstrate, and optimize Organic Fuel Technology’s technology for microwave cracking products in full scale, thereby making the technology and the solutions it offers ready for full commercialization.

In the Weather2X innovation project, the consortium aims to increase the accuracy of renewable energy forecasts by an ambitious 10% and leverage the improved production forecasts in optimizing Power-to-X (P2X) processes. This will result in reduced imbalances and system service costs while paving the way for further expansion of renewable energy.

Vestas, Siemens and several others has established a partnership to standardize equipment and tools within the wind industry (WIS – Wind Industry Standardization).