Aarhus – Capital of Wind Energy - Aarhus.dk

“Our task is, in collaboration withenterprises and colleagues fromother global knowledge centres,to give the wind turbine industrya platform for developing productsand components for the windenergy systems of the future.”Ove Poulsen, Director, Aarhus School of Engineering, andprofessor, Aarhus UniversityBearing this in mind, the main prospect of the NavitasPark and other regional initiatives is to make Aarhus theleading centre and gathering point for the general systemdevelopment of future wind turbine designs. As directorof Aarhus School of Engineering, professor at Aarhus UniversityOve Poulsen, says: “Our task is, in collaborationwith enterprises and colleagues from other global knowledgecentres, to give the wind turbine industry a platformfor developing products and components for the wind energysystems of the future.”In order to strengthen its capacity within system modelling,ASE has appointed Martin Greiner, an expert insystem modelling from Siemens’ main research departmentin Munich, professor of System Engineering, buildinga specialised research staff around the professorshipthat will cooperate with colleagues from other knowledgecentres. Among other things, they will consider howwind energy systems should be designed today to be ableto fit into future 100 percent renewable, intelligent, crossborderenergy systems.At the same time, this research group will breed a newgeneration of engineers with a more systemic approach.The new graduate engineering programme will give studentsthe tools to adress the highly complex challenges ofenergy system modelling.According to Ove Poulsen, one of the first milestonesis to map the 100 percent sustainable energy net which isrequired to meet the IPCC’s goal of stabilizing the globaltemperature by 2050. “In turn, we must deduce which demandsthis imposes on the systems we develop today,” saysOve Poulsen.Capture the synergieswith MidtVind- the supplier networkNIEBUHRGEARSWith an extensive experience and expertise the MidtVindsuppliers address the constant needs of the wind powerindustry for innovations and product development in theirrespective core competence areas.The network also has the ability to act as an integrated andactive cooperation partner in the wind turbine value chainwith manufacturers, thus promoting system solutions andcomponents integration. The complementary skills of theparticipating companies and a continuous dialogue andcooperation ensure the capture of potential synergies andstate-of-the-art solutions.46 MondaymorningMidtVind is sponsored byEU and Danish regionsand supported by theDanish Wind IndustryAssociationMidtVind - a supplier network from Denmark. See further information:Lund & Sørensen (www.ls-windpower.com), DOT (www.dot.dk), Liftra (www.liftra.com),kk-electronic (www.kk-electronic.com), Hydra Grene (www.hydragrene.com),Electricon (www.electricon.dk), Deugro (www.deugro.com), DAFA (www.dafa.dk),AB Inventech (www.ab-inventech.dk), AH Industries (www.ah-industries.dk),AVN Energy (www.avnenergy.com), DEIF (www.deifwindpower.com),Niebuhr Gears (www.niebuhr.dk), Weissenborn (www.weissenborn.dk)