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Green Mobility: The Future of Transportation in Denmark and in the EU

 

The Conference

 

The conference had presentations both in Danish and English and it was held at the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy (DK), which is a location known worldwide among energy experts. At the centre visitors wer able to experience different renewable energy technologies and have a complete overview on how could a transition towards a 100% renewable energy society occur.

The conference hall was located in SkibstedFjord, which is an example of innovative underground architecture. The building, with its 670 m2 and its 140 places, is the ideal location for conferences on renewable energy topics, and enjoys a very pleasant indoor climate in every season.

Programme

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Speakers

 

 

Torbjorn_Olausson

Torbjorn Olausson
Senior Advisor Economic and Financial Affairs
European Commission's Representative Office in Denmark

Born and grown up close to Gothenburg (Sweden), he graduated in Business Accounting, Tax and Finance from the Gothenburg Business School in 1989. After graduated, he worked for eight years as a consultant in corporate affairs for KPMG Sweden.

From 1997 to 2002, he was in the European Court of Auditors (Luxembourg), where he worked within the Agricultural Audit Directorate. Following this experience, he entered the DG TRADE (European Commission), where he stood for 13 years, 10 of which located in Brussels (and frequent overseas travelling) and three in Copenhagen, where he became seconded senior advisor to the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade Policy Unit.

Since 2014, he is part of the European Commissions Representative Office in Denmark, where he covers the role of Senior Advisor for Economic and Financial Affairs.

 

 

 

 

 

Henning_Bo_Madsen

Henning Bo Madsen
Energy Expert
VedvarendeEnergi

Henning Bo Madsen Has been working with energy and environment since 1980. He has been employed by organisations and municipalities to promote energy savings and renewable energy.

He was until April 2016 working in NOAH as coordinator of Community Power project and is now a volunteer in NOAH on Climate Justice and Energy, chair of Vestjyllands Energi- og Miljøforening and member of the Energy Council in Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality. He is also working on coordinating the activities in Alliancen for Community Power i Danmark.

 

 

 

Peter_Willumsen

Peter Willumsen
Jurist, Lawyer, Head of Section
Danish Energy Agency

Peter has been working on biofuels for around seven years. He have been working on policy, regulation and been negotiating EU-regulation in the council.

Peter has an extensive network with other EU-regulators and policymakers.

 

 

 

Daniele_Pagani

Daniele Pagani
Sustainable Mobility
Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy

Daniele Pagani holds a B.Eng in Global Business Engineering and a B.Eng in Mechanical Engineering from VIA University College, Denmark.

His main research interests are related to sustainable mobility and on how could the different countries switch from a petroleum-based transportation to a mobility which takes the environment into account as well. In addition to that, he has performed some research on the applications of hydrogen in industrial and agricultural sector.

Since August 2016, he works in Nordic Folkecenter, where he is responsible for organizing conferences and events.

 

 

 

Lars_Kjærgaard_Nielsen

Lars Kjærgaard Nielsen
Sustainability Coordinator
DAKA ecoMotion

Lars Kjærsgaard Nielsen is Sustainability coordinator at Daka Ecomotion A/S. Educated as process operator and in innovation, product and production, he has 20-year experience in the vegetable oil industry from AAK Denmark A/S

Lars works at Daka Ecomotion A/S since 2013. For the first year and half, he was operator at the production, after which he became sustainability coordinator, handling certifications, audits and mass balances.

 

 

 

Jeppe_Lykke_Hansen

Jeppe Lykke Hansen
Co-Founder
The Rolling Potato Wagon

Jeppe Lykke Hansen is a co-founder of the project “The Rolling Potato Wagon” where a car should be driven from Denmark to Mongolia in 6 weeks. 4 people was driving the car, only Jeppe will be at the conference presenting the project. This was to be done without use of any fossil fuels, hence it was done by driving on pure plant oil, which was acquired locally during the trip.

He is educated as Cand.Scient from Aarhus University in 2013, mayor in Technical Physics. He has worked closely together with Niels Ansø in this project.

 

 

 

Anders_Rønne_Rasmussen

Anders Rønne Rasmussen
Development Engineer
GreenHydrogen.dk

Anders holds a PhD in engineering from the Technical University of Denmark. After university he worked for two years with research and development within hydrogen and methanol based fuel cell technology as a research scientist at the company IRD Fuel Cells A/S (now EWII fuel cells).

Anders joined GreenHydrogen.dk in 2011 as a development engineer. At GreenHydrogen.dk he works with development and optimization of advanced alkaline electrolysis technology. He has been active in research and innovation projects with industry and university partners at both IRD and GreenHydrogen.dk.

 

 

 

Hans_Jørgen_Brodersen

Hans Jørgen Brodersen
Project Manager
Hydrogen Valley

Hans Jørgen Brodersen, has been working with sustainability, energy and environment since 1980, when he graduated from Aalborg University as a M.Sc. in International Technology Planning . He has been employed at Aalborg University at more times, both as head of Business Center, Business matchmaker as well as amanuensis and external Ass. Prof., he has also organized and chaired the biannual  international business Conferences “Euro sustainability”, after running regional programmes supporting businesses, organisations and municipalities to promote sustainability, energy savings and renewable energy.

Before that he was a private consultant and auditor introducing third party certified “Environmental management systems”. He is now Chief Project manager at Hydrogen Valley introducing energy projects for the green transition with green gasses and methanol, after some years as head of the Wave-energy test center DnaWEC at Hanstholm, Denmark.

 

 

 

Christian_Jeppesen

Christian Jeppesen
PhD Fellow
Aalborg University

Born and grow up, 20 km north of Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy, however, this event will be his first visit. Graduated from Aalborg University (2013) with a M.Sc. in Energy Engineering with specialization in Mechatronic Control.

Currently he is a PhD candidate from Department of Energy Technology at Aalborg University. His submitted dissertation threats the topic of online fault detection algorithms for high temperature PEM fuel cells, using a data driven impedance approach. During the PhD study, he has served as project coordinator of the Shell Eco-Marathon team, at Aalborg University

 

 

 

Mikkel Ehmsen

Mikkel Ehmsen
Project Manager
SerEnergy

Mikkel Ehmsen holds an M.Sc.Eng in Mechatronic Control Engineering from Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark. During his Master project, he worked with advanced control of high temperature fuel cell systems.

Since 2012, he has worked with design and control of HTPEM Methanol Fuel Cell systems at Serenergy A/S, Aalborg, Denmark.

Currently he has the position of project manager in the mobility department. Projects involves conversion of Battery Electric Vehicles to Hybrid Electric Vehicle, using the Fuel Cell core technology developed by Serenergy.

 

 

 

Lars_Munkøe

Lars Munkøe
CEO
Purix

CEO and co-founder of PURIX. Lars has a background from global industries, heading and developing performance on sustainability and csr worldwide. As an advisor to the International Finance Cooperation and the United Nations, Lars has also assisted corporations in combating climate change while increasing profitability, linking business and sustainability.

 

 

 

Niels Olsen

Niels Olsen
Mechanical Engineer
NCO Engineering

Niels is 48 years old, and in 1997 he was a trainee in Folkecenter for approximately 7 months. He Finished his Bachelor degree in 1998, after which he enrolled to a Master in DTU.

Niels has a large experience in the wind industry, having worked for NEG-Micon and Vestas for more than 13 years as designer, structural calculator and inventor (8 patents).

In 2012 he moved to Norway, where he started working at Aker Solutions and GE Oil & Gas. In 2017 he founded NCO – Engineering AS, which operates both as a consultancy company and in the development of new solutions for the renewable energy world.

 

 

 

Hjalte_Nina_Tin_Rasmussen

Hjalte & Nina Tin Rasmussen
Travellers

Nina and Hjalte Tin Rasmussen are two Danish travellers who went around the world with an electric car, establishing a record as "first trip around the world with an electric car". Their adventures are described in the book "Helt Elektrisk Jorden Rundt".

 

 

 

Marta_Rubio

Marta Rubio
CEO
Made in Barcelona

Marta Rubio Blanco holds an Environmental Sciences Bachelor at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and a Master in Scientific Communication from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona.

She worked for 12 years as an environmental tehcnician at the Environmental Office from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona where she was Responsible for Environmental Communication.From 2011 living in Denmark, in 2013 she created her own company “Made in Barcelona”. From 2015 she owns an elecrtrical vehicle, which she uses for most of her travelling (when the bike is not an option).

 

 

 

Otto_Lægaard_Jensen

Otto Lægaard Jensen
Owner
Living Village

Otto is a social entrepreneur and owner of the company Living Village. Living village is working with sustainable development, green transition and greening. Mostly on a practical basis.

The company has its base in Vestervig in Thy and has a large experience in community projects.

 

 

 

Martin_Poulsen

Martin Poulsen
Rentaplug


Martin Poulsen is 43 years old and holds a Master in Economics and finance from Aarhus University, Denmark.

Creating projects with renewable energy is one of his main field of interest. As Specialist in business development and entrepreneurship, he has been involved in a number of start-up companies.

He is currently involved in the Rentaplug project in order to provide better and cheaper charging station in order to take the stress out of being an owner of an electric vehicle.

 

 

 

Thomas_Poulsen

Thomas Poulsen
Rentaplug

Thomas Poulsen 44 years old and holds a Master in Computer Science and a Master in Energy Engineering from Aalborg University, Denmark.

His main field of interest is within electronics, software and energy. He has more than 15 years of experience within the software development industry.

Thomas has been involved in different high tech projects in his professional career and has been involved in the technical part in a number of innovative start-up companies. Projects with sustainable energy is now his primary focus area.

 

 

 

Miklas_Poulsen

Miklas Poulsen
Rentaplug

Miklas Poulsen 25 years old, holds BTecMan & MarEng from Aarhus School of Marine and Technical Engineering.

His main field of interest is within management of operations, general management and energy production. He is fairly newly educated and has one year of working experience before he joined Rentaplug.

Renewable energy and green transition is one of his main interest.

 

 

 

Ugo_Bardi

Ugo Bardi
Professor
University of Florence

Ugo Bardi is a lecturer in physical chemistry at the University of Florence, in Italy, where he is engaged in research on sustainability and energy with a special view on the depletion of mineral resources. This research is at present supported by the European Union under the Horizon project “MEDEAS”

Ugo Bardi is a member of the Club of Rome and of the international scientific committee of ASPO (Association for the study of peak oil). He is active in the dissemination of scientific results in sustainability and climate science on the blog “Cassandra' Legacy” ( www.cassandralegacy.blogspot.com). He is the author of numerous papers on sustainability and of the recent books “The Limts to Growth Revisited” (Springer 2011) and “Extracted – how the quest for mineral wealth is plundering the planet” (Chelsea Green, 2014). A new book titled “The Seneca Effect: why growth is slow but collapse is rapid” will be published by Springer in 2017.

Ugo Bardi is an Italian citizen, born in 1952. He lives in the town of Fiesole, near Florence, in Italy, with his wife, Grazia. His son, Francesco, is a petroleum geologist working in Holland, his daughter (Donata) is completing her studies in neuropsychology. Ugo normally drives an electric motorcycle to his office and his home is fitted with PV panels on the roof and other sustainable tricks

 

 

 

Brett_Belan

Brett Belan
CTO
Apparent Energy Inc

Brett Belan is the CTO of Apparent Energy Inc., of Ashland Oregon USA. Apparent Energy is a green tech company providing off-grid and electric vehicle solutions. Brett holds a bachelor of science from Michigan Technological University, and has worked for Ford Motor Company as well as Jaguar Motors of England.

Brett's personal project has been the conversion of a 1973 Volkswagen transporter to fully electric drive-train and the implementation of solar power for charging.

The Solar Powered Transporter was developed as a hobby, but with performance far exceeding Brett's expectations, the vehicle demands development and will merge with Apparent Energy within the year of 2017.

Brett Lives in Ashland, Oregon USA.

 

 

 

Companies



DAKA

Daka ecoMotion has been actively involved in the production of biodiesel for many years. The company, which is part of the international SARIA Group, fully supports the Group's focus on the environment and accordingly has a product portfolio consisting of sustainable products. As our natural resources gradually diminish, the importance of biodiesel for future transport increases with reduced CO2 emissions as an added benefit. Sustainable green energy is the energy of the future.

 

 

GreenHydrogen

GreenHydrogen was established in 2007 with focus on developing high efficiency electrolyser platforms in a modular design, delivered as turnkey solutions with lowest Total Cost of Ownership and no use of noble metals or expensive materials. In 2013 it was decided to focus all developments towards requirements of the energy market. GreenHydrogen’s electrolyser platform scales from kW to MW installations, which are built for dynamic operation and may be used for a wide range of different energy applications.

 

 

Serenergy

Serenergy is a leading developer and manufacturer of efficient, low-emission methanol fuel cell solutions for e-Mobility and stationary power generation.

With an extensive knowledge about developing methanol fuel cell solutions, we constantly strive to improve our solutions and always deliver the best quality. Working in a close partnership with our costumers means that we always offer the most efficient solution to our customers, and with a scalable product line we provide unique solutions to our customers wherever needed. We believe that power should be available to everyone no matter where they are.

We have entered a time where we need to look towards alternative ways of producing energy. With Serenergy’s methanol fuel cell solutions we can provide e-mobility and stationary power generation without fossil fuels and help to reduce greenhouse gases. Serenergy aims to be a turnkey replacement for internal combustion engines.

 

 

Rentaplug

Rentaplug - Charging Solutions for electric cars based on a share economic thinking: Rentaplug is a company that will expand the existing charging network for electric vehicles by giving public and private opportunity to buy a cheap charging station, which also gives the owner an option to resell the electricity by letting other owners of electric cars use their charging station. The charging stations from Rentaplug has built a software solution that enables private and restaurants mm. to make a profit on renting out their charging station for electric car owners. Rentaplugs solution will make it easier for electric car owners find charging stations and pay directly for it as they leave too without the need for a subscription. Rentaplug started in 2015 and currently consists of 5 owners of which 3 runs for the daily operations of the company.

 

 

Rentaplug

PURIX is a manufacturer of solar cooling and district cooling systems based on natural refrigerants and renewable energy. Headquartered in Denmark and a production site in Italy, the company supplies plug&play green cooling and air conditioning systems systems worldwide.

 

 

 

 

Partners



Nordic_Folkecenter

Nordic Folkecenter is a non-profit, independent, organisation that provides research, development and testing of technology, training and information to promote the implementation of renewable energy technologies and energy savings in Denmark and internationally.

The Village for Green Research, Folkecenter’s living lab, demonstrates practical examples of integration of several energy solutions as an experimental and functional example of a future ecological society. Furthermore, Folkecenter is placed surrounded by green municipalities where a full-scale implementation of renewable energy is already at an advanced stage.

 

 

Eurosolar_dk

Eurosolar Denmark is a Danish association for renewable energy, which is a part of the Eurosolar network.

Started by Mr. Hermann Scheer, former member of the german parliament, and by Mr. Preben Maegaard, both pioneers in renewable energy, Eurosolar is a network spread all over Europe, which accounts for circa 2,500 members.

The goal of the association is to substitute nuclear and fossil fuels completely with the help of renewable energies.

 

 

IDA

The Danish Society of Engineers, IDA, is a modern professional association for technical and science professionals, which has offices in Copenhagen, Odense, Aarhus and Aalborg.

IDA has more than 100,000 members and represents the interests of employees, managers and self-employed within the fields of pay and employment, the labour market, industrial policy, skills, careers and training, the working environment, technology and research.

IDA's vision is to help technical knowledge workers set the agenda via competence development, network establishment, and political influence.

IDA’s goal is to be an influential, high profile society. Several politically appointed committees ensure that the views and objectives of our society become known and are made visible in areas ranging from education policy, equal opportunity, industrial and labour market policies, work environment and research and technology.

 

 

NOAH

NOAH works to improve the living environment by stopping the destruction of the environment and present alternatives.

NOAH´s vision is a just and sustainable world, where decisions are made democratic.

NOAH is an environmental movement started in 1969. NOAH is the Danish member of Friends of the Earth – the largest global network of environmental NGOes.

NOAH is currently focused on climate, energy, sustainable transport, sustainable food production, bio-diversity and sustainable use of resources.

 

 

Vedvarende_Energi

VedvarendeEnergi works for 100% renewable energy in a sustainable world. We are a member based NGO with activities in Denmark and in developing countries. SustainableEnergy was created in 1975 as a protest against plans for nuclear power in Denmark under the name “Organisation for Vedvarende Energi" (OVE). In 2010 we changed our name into VedvarendeEnergi (SustainableEnergy).

 

 

 

 

 

Inforse

INFORSE- Europe is one of the 7 regions of the International Network for Sustainable Energy (INFORSE), which is a worldwide NGO network formed at the Global Forum in Rio in 1992.

INFORSE has more than 145 member organisations worldwide and works for implementation of sustainable energy solutions by exchange of information, awareness creation, formulation and implementation of strategies, and lobbying of international forums.

INFORSE-Europe has 85 members from 35 countries. The Danish members include NOAH, SustainableEnergy (VedvarendeEnergi), DIB, and the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy.

 

 

The event is supported by Europa Nævnet

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