Bornholm: Bright Green Island The Danish island of Bornholm has set out a plan to become 100% energy independent as part of a larger vision to be a ‘Bright Green Island’ As of 2010, 24 percent of Bornholm’s total energy consumption was supplied by renewable sources, including 33 percent of total electricity demand. However the island, which is home to 43,000 people, plans to supply 77 percent of its energy demand from renewable sources by 2025, partly through supply-side measures, but also through greater energy efficiency. To this end, the island is promoting public-private partnerships, the active involvement of its citizens, and welcoming national and international energy research projects. For example, in 2009, Bornholm was chosen as a site
for one of the EDISON projects (electric vehicles in a distributed and integrated market using sustainable energy and open networks – see in depth article in this book), taking advantage of island’s relatively large wind power capacity to develop intelligent energy systems.
More information: • www.bornholm.dk
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Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership Making the Scandinavian Region one of the first regions in Europe where hydrogen is available and used in a network of refuelling stations
regions in Europe where hydrogen is commercially available and used in a network of refuelling stations.
The Scandinavian Hydrogen Highway Partnership (SHHP) constitutes a transnational networking platform that catalyses and coordinates collaboration between three national networking bodies – HyNor (Norway), Hydrogen Link (Denmark) and Hydrogen Sweden (Sweden). Furthermore, the collaboration consists of regional clusters involving major and small industries, research institutions and local/regional authorities. The SHHP vision is to make the Scandinavian region one of the first
Hydrogen fuelling Station in Copenhagen, Denmark22
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