Lindoe Offshore Renewables Center
OFFSHORE: Denmark's leading center focusing on the research, test, and demonstration of technology related to the harvesting of offshore green energy - LORC - officially opened Wednesday with a conference at Odense Steel Shipyard.
The Centre is established by a number of the largest Danish companies within the renewable energy production at sea, and the ambition is to create a leading global development center. The industry is cooperation and joint development center in an attempt to create new green growth:
"Tomorrow windmills are huge. We therefore need to develop new, more effective ways to establish and maintain turbines. It is particularly important when we talk about the great parks at sea. We now have a leading position in the wind field and only through innovation and cooperation can we maintain it,", says Anders Eldrup, CEO of DONG Energy and one of the driving forces in LORC's board.
LORC's chairman, former Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen welcomes launch of LORC's many development projects.
"LORC will be the seeds of a turnaround from shipbuilding to offshore center for renewable energy. LORC Knowledge and Test Center must simply be the magnet that draws the industry's small and large businesses to Lindø to establish production. On top of his hat, Denmark a center that can ensure that we retain our leadership position in the industry", says Poul Nyrup Rasmussen.
Building the world's largest test benches for testing wind turbines mechanical and electrical components are in full swing, and LORC involved in several projects which have two clear common goal: to bring the cost of energy extraction down and to strengthen industrial capacity to create growth.
LORC is established with private funds and has received support for booting from Renewal Fund and the Southern Growth Forum to transition in hard-hit areas. It's about creating growth and new jobs for the many who lose their jobs in connection with the closure of Odense Steel Shipyard.
200 managers and partners from various organizations and authorities participated in the opening conference at Odense Steel Shipyard.
Source: LORC / maritimedanmark.dk
www.lorc.dk/opening
