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Cleantech Demonstratorium
A Beacon for the Science Park at DTU Risø Campus

Demonstratorium Overview
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The demonstratorium – an international
innovation cleantech hub
The Technical University of Denmark (DTU) is working to establish a so-called Demonstratorium
at DTU Risø Campus to support the development of Danish cleantech businesses and to
help attract the R&D units of international cleantech businesses to the planned Science Park
at DTU Risø Campus.
The Demonstratorium will consist of a number of cleantech test and demonstration facilities,
connected to a supply and measurement system. It will allow testing of technologies
and concepts in the phase between research and commercial applications. Introducing new
technologies or processes within cleantech requires an overview and documentation of the
impact on the total energy system before they can be implemented in practice. The cleantech
Demonstratorium is a unique test and demonstration facility, both nationally and internationally,
as it creates the opportunity to test single technologies, products and processes in a
coherent system, and to see the cooperation and interaction between units during testing
and in relation to other units.
The vision for the Demonstratorium:
- In 2015 a number of key test and demonstration facilities, especially in the energy industry, have been established.
The backbone of the supply and testing system for testing single technologies and solutions in a coherent energy
system has also been established. The first businesses have moved into the Science Park on DTU Risø Campus.
- In 2020 the Demonstratorium is a collection of advanced, comprehensive facilities that cover a broad spectrum
within the energy sector, giving companies the opportunity to test products, processes and services in the proper
context. Public sector and private customers of cleantech businesses can visit the Demonstratorium and see
coherent solutions of the future in practice. The Demonstratorium is linked to other relevant facilities in Denmark.
Several companies have moved into the Science Park on DTU Risø Campus.
- In 2050 solutions that have been developed and accelerated in the Demonstratorium are widely implemented
in society.
Showcase for the energy system of the future
Synergy through integrated supply between
DTU Risø Campus and the Science Park
Electrical and thermal smart grid
Reusable excess energy from e.g. wind tunnel operations
Groundwater cooling

On the following pages, DTU puts forward a range of needs that the Demonstratorium
can help to meet. We describe the plans for what the Demonstratorium will
consist of, how it will work in relation to companies, including our business model
and organisation, as well as the relationship the Demonstratorium will have to the
planned Science Park at DTU Risø Campus.
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Is there a need for a Demonstratorium?
There are currently more than 50 companies
which already use, or have indicated
that they want to use the existing or
planned test and demonstration facilities
at DTU Risø Campus, which are part of the
cleantech Demonstratorium. These companies
cover both large Danish and international
businesses, as well as well SMEs.
A 2011 Oxford Research survey concludes
that “Access to test and demonstration
opportunities are among the most crucial
factors for the progress of Danish cleantech
companies and in particular SMEs, as
they often lack test and demonstration
facilities.” A third of the companies in the
survey responded that they lacked test
and demonstration facilities in Denmark.
This was particularly true of companies
working within the fields of water, waste
water, sustainable materials and green/
sustainable energy production.
Research institutions have specialised
laboratories at their disposal, but need
facilities for large-scale testing to achieve
more realistic research that would provide
companies greater competitiveness in
their field. State-of-the-art infrastructure
is an important parameter when knowledge
institutions recruit top international
researchers, which is why the cleantech
Demonstratorium will markedly boost
cleantech research in Denmark.
What is the use-value …
… for cleantech companies?
• Unique opportunities for system-integrated
testing in real time and space
• New opportunities for integrated testing
of products and services that bridge
the gap between research and the commercial
application of cleantech solutions
for a faster, smoother transition
from demonstration project to readyfor-market
solution
• Closer, faster contact to the world of research,
giving companies easier access
to the latest research-based knowledge
in the field, as well as access to
researchers’ specialised laboratories
• Increased and better visibility for potential
customers who can see system-integrated
demonstration facilities
first hand and thus assess the solutions
under realistic conditions
• Access and links to students and thus
increased opportunities for recruiting a
skilled workforce with targeted competencies

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• Use by companies will primarily be in
the demonstration stage towards full
implementation in the system which
Demonstratorium is part of
… for public sector organisations
(e.g. municipalities and regions)?
• The opportunity to connect with researchers,
companies and students in
the development of projects that solve
specific challenges in operations or ensure
forward-looking development of
more sustainable solutions
• Better opportunities to see system-integrated
demonstration facilities and
thus assess the solutions under realistic
conditions. This minimises the risk
public sector organisations assume by
implementing solutions not previously
commercially tested at full scale
• Access and links to students and thus
increased opportunities for recruiting a
skilled workforce with targeted competencies
for e.g. technological development
projects within cleantech
… for cleantech researchers?
• Access to advanced, comprehensive
facilities that test in a realistic environment
as well as support and boost
research
• Better opportunities to attract research
funding
• Increased collaboration with cleantech
companies and public sector organisations,
such as municipalities and regions
• Greater societal impact of research
• Use by researchers will primarily span
from the laboratory scale to large-scale
test and demonstration with companies
and possibly public sector organisations
… for students?
• An inspiring study environment with
access to large-scale facilities
• Better, easier access to collaborative
projects with companies
• Increased market value as students can
be sure they develop targeted and practically-grounded
competencies that
companies demand here and now
• Development of innovation and entrepreneurial
skills

What does the Demonstratorium consist of?
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The Demonstratorium comprises a number
of individual facilities placed in different
locations on the DTU Risø Campus. Each
is anchored in the research environment
with the relevant competencies. The facilities
are wide-ranging within cleantech,
but focus on energy technologies and
power, as well as their interaction. The areas
covered include:
• Energy production, e.g. wind energy
and bioenergy
• Storage and energy conversion
• Intelligent energy consumption, e.g.
LED lighting
• Energy systems
The structure of the facilities is modular
and flexible to allow simple and versatile
adaption as well as the replacement of
test and demonstration projects as needed.
Keeping Demonstratorium operating
costs low is a priority and will involve focusing
on flexible facilities that exist only
when in use and which support other basis
activities at DTU.
The activities in the cleantech Demonstratorium
should be visible in the Science
Park, for example, by locating the main
management and control of experiments,
as well as visualisation of online data, in
one Demonstratorium building in the Science
Park.
The facilities need to be linked together
in an interconnected supply, data and
measurement system to enable coherent
monitoring and measurement of the various
technologies and solutions in the
system – from laboratory scale through
demonstration scale to implementation in
a smaller, demarcated energy system. In
addition, the facilities need to be physically
and virtually linked using a flexible and
intelligent network that manages and distributes
production and energy consumption
in the form of e.g. electricity, natural
gas, hydrogen, heat and biomass. Energy
storage over longer periods, i.e. months,
is one of the major challenges for the energy
supply of the future. DTU has solid
research competencies in this area, which
is why storage will be a key component in
the cleantech Demonstratorium network.
The integration of the test and demonstration
facilities can be scaled from covering
single cleantech units to covering
everything in one coherent energy system,
to involvement of supply to the entire
DTU Risø Campus and Science Park.
In this way, experiments and testing can
be carried out in controlled conditions, e.g.
in real time. Satellite links can also be established
to other test and demonstration
facilities in Denmark, such as DTU Lyngby
Campus and Bornholm, so experiments
can be carried out using other green technologies.

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How does the Demonstratorium work?
The users
The Demonstratorium needs to give businesses
easy access to test and demonstration
facilities to which they would not
otherwise have access. Different models
for use by companies can contain varying
levels of service and interaction with researchers.
For example, companies can:
- lease a facility for a given period and
otherwise manage everything on their
own
- get help to install and adjust experiments
but otherwise manage
everything else on their own
- enter into a development partnership
with researchers
Business model
Some of the test and demonstration facilities
already exist, such as test centres
for wind turbine blades, wind turbine components,
fuel cells and CLOP testing and
characterisation of polymer solar cells, in
addition to the Nordic Electric Vehicle Interoperability
Center (NEVIC) and SYSLAB.
Several have been established with external
funding, including the national wind
tunnel and Danish Outdoor LED Lighting.
The individual test and demonstration
facilities are financed through various
grants, which is why they have a built-in
business model in their set-up.
In order to establish the required infrastructure
and the small central function
that will connect the test and demonstration
facilities with each other, significant
investment is needed. The business model
for this needs to be further developed but
will mainly be based on the principle of
user fees.
Organisation
The individual facilities will be run by
the DTU departments with the expertise,
skills and contacts in the relevant field. A
smaller centrally-anchored function will
be established to coordinate experiments
across the various test and demonstration
facilities. This function will have a complete
overview of the activities that take
place under the auspices of the cleantech
Demonstratorium. The function will act
as a liaison between the stakeholders involved
in the test and demonstration facilities,
create visibility and open up for more
cooperation opportunities offered by DTU
with the cleantech Demonstratorium. This
function will ensure that there is a standardised
framework for using the facilities
for external parties and that there is easy
access to all the facilities by the various
user groups.

Relationship to the Science Park
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Working with DTU, Scion DTU, Roskilde
University, Region Zealand, Siemens and
SEAS-NVE, Roskilde Municipality is planning
to create a 50-hectare, top-class
European science park for cleantech businesses
close to the DTU Risø Campus.
We are working on the assumption that
high-tech businesses will move where
there is a knowledge society to support
their business. The expectation is therefore
that they will establish themselves in
the Science Park if we can offer:
• unique opportunities to test and demonstrate
their products, processes
and services under realistic conditions
• easy access to partnerships with cleantech
researchers with special skills in
their area
• good opportunities for the identification
and recruitment of a skilled workforce
with expertise that matches the
needs of companies
The cleantech Demonstratorium will be
an important and visible focal point for
this cleantech knowledge society. In
part, because it is a platform for creating
synergy between Danish and international
companies who have chosen to locate to
the Science Park and DTU’s research competencies
in cleantech, and also because
it will act as a showcase for future cleantech
solutions. This will sharpen the international
profile and visibility of Danish
cleantech and attract foreign talent and
businesses.
DTU Risø Campus
DTU
Departments
Test & Demo
Demonstratorium
Science Park
Scion DTU Risø
Status and next step
Legal and business discussions are currently
underway with the aim of realising
the plans for establishing the Demonstratorium.
While this clarification process takes
place, the content of the concept will
be further developed at DTU under the
auspices of the project Copenhagen Cleantech
Cluster.

For further information please contact:
Jakob Fritz Hansen
Director
Office for Private & Public Sector Service
Technical University of Denmark
Anker Engelundsvej 1
Building 101A
2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
Phone: +45 45 25 71 21
Mobile: +45 22 42 11 84
jfh@adm.dtu.dk
www.dtu.dk
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