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Case: The Megawind Partnership
Megawind, a partnership for mega wind turbines, was established in autumn 2006 as part of the Danish government’s action plan to promote eco-efficient technology.
The overall aim of Megawind is to develop a new shared strategy for research and innovation in wind power in order to strengthen Denmark’s position as a world leading competence centre in wind power. The industry employs more than 21,000 people
in Denmark and in 2006 generated revenues worldwide of approx. EUR 6.5 billion.
Megawind will promote and initiate a strengthened testing, demonstration and research strategy for wind power, and its recommendations will be a reference for future strategic research in wind power in Denmark.
One of the challenges outlined in the report is how to increase wind power capacity to 6.000 MW by 2025. Photo: Risoe National Laboratory
As a first step towards meeting its objective, Megawind has prepared a report to assess the challenges Denmark faces in retaining its leading international position in wind power.
In the report “Denmark’s future as a competence centre for wind power”, Megawind also proposes an overall strategy for testing and demonstration of wind power technology and wind power’s integration in the collective energy system, as well as a proposal for a strategic research effort.
Megawind partners comprise:
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
Siemens Wind Power A/S
DONG Energy A/S
The Technical University of Denmark
Risø National Laboratory, the Technical University of Denmark
Aalborg University
Balluff ApS
Energinet.dk
The Danish Energy Authority
Related article: Where does your energy come from?
Energy is all around us: In the wind and waves, in solar rays, in agricultural by-products. The challenge is to harness this energy to make it a viable alternative to fossil fuels.
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