Green Options » danish http://greenoptions.com/tag/danish Posts tagged 'danish' Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:40:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Woman Steering Denmark’s Alternative Energy Success http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/19/the-woman-stearing-denmarks-alternative-energy-success/ http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/19/the-woman-stearing-denmarks-alternative-energy-success/#comments Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:40:40 +0000 Gavin Hudson http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/19/the-woman-stearing-denmarks-alternative-energy-success/ This article is part of EcoWorldly’s week-long spotlight on Politicians You Can Believe In. To read more, subscribe to our RSS feed, or scroll through our recent posts.

Denmark windmills and Connie HedegaardConnie Hedegaard is a Danish blogger, journalist, and politician. She serves as Minister of Climate and Energy in Denmark, one of the countries leading the world in forward-thinking renewable energy policies.

Denmark benefits as alternative energy leader

Denmark is an exemplar of successful sustainable energy policy. Today, around 20% of Denmark’s energy is supplied by wind power. Not only is the country energy independent, its energy consumption hasn’t risen since the ’70s, despite 50% economic growth, according to Flemming Hansen, former Minister of Transport and Energy.

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]]> http://ecoworldly.com/2008/10/19/the-woman-stearing-denmarks-alternative-energy-success/feed/ Better Tools Needed for Cleantech Transfer http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/10/better-tools-needed-for-cleantech-transfer/ http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/10/better-tools-needed-for-cleantech-transfer/#comments Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:01:06 +0000 Steffen Moldow http://cleantechnica.com/2008/07/10/better-tools-needed-for-cleantech-transfer/ climate change experimentsUniversities and academic institutions are developing new technologies aimed at solving the world’s energy and climate change challenges at a truly amazing pace. Some of the most exciting and promising cleantech ventures are being developed at universities around the world right now, yet barriers to commercialization prevent most from being realized.

While many top U.S. universities have tech transfer specialists on staff and departments dedicated to the commercialization of research, many others, especially in developing economies such as Brazil, India and China, don’t have readily available access to investors and industry.

Several years ago I was invited by the Danish Prime Minister to attend a globalization council meeting on the commercialization of university research. We found that although there are 7,500 universities and more than 10,000 research institutions worldwide (twice the size of the global automotive industry), there is no annual forum for academic researchers to convene and exhibit their latest research and innovation to industry.

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