SPOTLIGHT ON DENMARK ENERGY METROPOLIS FEATURE


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ESBJERG – THE ENERGY METROPOLIS


Esbjerg, a port town on the west coast of Jutland, has played a significant role in developing the offshore wind industry, which we know today. With a strategically geographical location to the North Sea, Esbjerg was the pioneer of offshore wind industry in the initial phase more than 15 years ago


NEW CHAPTER, BRIGHT FUTURE In 2002, one of the first commercial offshore windfarms, Horns Rev 1, was the beginning of a new chapter in the story of a town whose industrial foundation was established on fisheries and oil & gas. Since then, Esbjerg has positioned as Energy Metropolis with more than 150 companies doing business in offshore wind industry, locally and globally.


More than 8GW of offshore wind projects have been installed from the Port of Esbjerg. With 100 hectares of port infrastructure dedicated to offshore wind and a heliport and airport with great experience in servicing the offshore industry. The port provides some of the best


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facilities in the world for bringing wind offshore and looking at the potential growth rate in offshore wind in the North Sea until 2030, Esbjerg will continue playing a vital role in bringing green energy at sea.


CENTRE OF OFFSHORE EXCELLENCE


With the development of the offshore wind industry, demand for specialisation and customisation has developed and attracted new business, which means that Esbjerg provides a diversity of the supply chain ranging from project development, design and engineering, assembly, installation, manpower, safety training courses, PPE equipment, crew transfer vessel


suppliers to heliport and much more. The business is also setting new standards for offshore excellence in close cooperation with the wind turbine manufacturers and windfarm owners.


Uffe Lundgaard, Investment Manager at Energy at Business Development Esbjerg explained: “Besides the large amount of businesses dedicated to offshore wind, we also experience the Danish business mentality as a strength of the cluster, when talking to them. They are always ready to find the right solution for the customers and listen and adapt to customers’ specifications and requests, always with focus on delivering quality on time without compromising safety.


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