1 / 9

The Trade Council

The Trade Council. The Trade Council is the governmental export and investment promotion organisation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The organisation comprises all governmental activities designed to promote Danish export and foreign investment in Denmark under one roof.

hang
Download Presentation

The Trade Council

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Trade Council The Trade Council is the governmental export and investment promotion organisation under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark. The organisation comprises all governmental activities designed to promote Danish export and foreign investment in Denmark under one roof. • part of the Danish Ministry of Foregin Affairs • approximately 300 employees abroad located at about 100 embassies, consulates general, innovation centres and trade commissions • represented in 60 countries around the world Contact Details: Rasmus Leth Traberg, rastra@um.dk, +44 0207 333 0232 Danish Embassy in London

  2. Who does the Trade Council Work With? • Companies with headquarters in Denmark • Danish subsidiaries of international companies • International subsidiaries of Danish companies • Public sector agencies, local government, trade organisations etc. What Services do we offer? • Finding the right agent/distributor /Direct/Online • Market research • Regulation and insight of Framework conditions • Public affairs

  3. Business Opportunities in Renewable Energy Carbon Budgets Climate Change Act EU Targets Progress has been made against the UK’s 15% target introduced in the 2009 EU Renewable Directive, with a 4.1% of energy consumption in 2012, up from 3.8% in 2011 and 3.2 in 2010.

  4. Four sectors with opportunities

  5. Offshore Wind • Worlds biggest market for Offshore wind • 22 wind farms in operation (DONG is involved in 9 of them) with 1075 turbines installed. • London Array - the worlds largest offshore Wind farm opened July 2013 • In addition to the capacity already installed a further 3.8GW is either in construction or has planning approval, and a further 7.8GW is in the planning system. Industry projections see a total of around 8GW of capacity installed by 2016 and around 18GW installed by 2020 • Demand for experience • Demand for cutting technology and services

  6. District Heating • Strategy for Heat • Heat Networks Delivery Unit and development funding stream (£6m, available to support and assist local authorities over the next 18 months) • Heat mapping • Project pipeline: In London there are currently, according to the GLA, about 20 district heating projects in planning at a total value of £150 million. It is early days, but with a growing potential…

  7. Solar Solar PV installed in the UK to date stands at over 2.7GW, with 50% residential, 22% commercial rooftops and the remaining 28% from ground-mounted PV. 1GW expected to be installed this year

  8. Biogas Projected growth in the UK AD market in 2013/14 • 73 AD plants have received planning permission and 15 are already under construction with a further 41 in the planning process • There are 10-15 biomethane to grid projects in the pipeline for 2013 • More investment is coming into the sector – more EIS funds are being set up to fund AD plants, the Asset Finance market is showing greater interest in AD and work with banks is on-going to help make them more proactive with their secured lending 110 AD plants outside of the water sector. (45 plants use agricultural feedstocks, 48 plants treat food waste from sources such as supermarkets and households and 17 plants are based on industrial sites and treat on-site waste

More Related