A large portion of the total energy consumption is used for industrial heating, mostly provided by natural gas and coal. This project will contribute to carbon neutrality by promoting the electrification of industrial heating. The most efficient heat processes require radiofrequency generators which are in turn inefficient because they are based on old technology. Based on previous promising results, we will utilize new concepts to develop two full-scale demonstrators. The demonstrators will outperform existing technology and will be tested and employed for production at Topsil, on machines for producing ultra-pure silicon crystals, and at Kallesoe, on machines for producing cross-laminated wood. Our technology will remove a large part of the existing economical barriers that have hindered RF technology from being economically attractive. Moreover, these two applications also play strategic societal roles in reaching carbon neutrality. Ultra-pure silicon is required for the manufacturing of essential equipment for the general electrification of our society, and cross-laminated wood enables the sustainable development of civil infrastructure as a substitute for cement. Considering that RF industrial heating is powered by electrical energy and that Denmark exports wind energy and wind-energy technologies, investing in RF industrial heating is a way of supporting Danish energy independence while promoting national industry and the development of renewable energy sources.

Protein demand for both human food and animal feed increases, and the EU is dependent on import of 30 million tons soy each year. Therefore, there is a rising demand for highly sustainable, and locally sourced alternative proteins from green and blue biomass. The purpose of the GreenImPro project is to develop and deliver an industrially relevant and scalable process for producing high quality white protein products to be used in food applications and aquafeed, based on raw materials of alfalfa, white clover, and sea lettuce, in co-production with a “green” protein product for monogastric animals as pigs and poultry. The barriers are the color and antinutritional factors (ANFs), which we aim to overcome by combining a mild heat treatment with microfiltration using a novel vibrational membrane technology. The goal is to optimize the process in a demo biorefinery facility at AU, and upscale to commercial scale at BioRefine. Systematic iterative evaluation of the content of ANFs and color will feed back to the process for optimization to secure quality. Protein digestibility will be analyzed in trout and rats, while functional properties and sensory analysis will be used to optimize for implementation in food applications. GreenImPro will facilitate a creation of novel and local-sourced protein ingredients in an interplay between producers and buyers. Thus, strengthen both economics, future prevalence of green biorefineries, and positive climate and environmental effects.

Erhvervs-ph.d.-projektet tager udgangspunkt i, at tre nye internationale grønlandske lufthavne er under opførelse. De ny lufthavnes forretningsmæssige og samfundsøkonomiske succes afhænder dog af, at der kan skabes nye direkte flyruter, som kan øge grønlandsk turisme. Målet for projektet er derfor, at skabe en ny ruteudviklingsmetode, som modsat luftfartens konventionelle og monofaglige ruteudviklingsteknikker, kombinerer forskellige former for data og videnskabelige metoder.

Bormudder fra ledningsanlæg betragtes som affaldsjord og bortskaffes. Samtidig er der mangel på råstoffer som sand og grus i Danmark. Ideen er derfor at skabe et cirkulært koncept, hvor traditionelle råstoffer, delvist erstattes med modificeret boremudder. Målet er at udvikle, eksperimentelt validere, en model-baseret metode til at kvantificere genbrugsmaterialers egenskaber i ledningsgrave, og dermed udfordre gældende retningslinjer for ledningsanlæg og fremme mere bæredygtigt byggeri.

Rainbow trout is a major aquacultural commodity worldwide whereby any improvement of animal health and carbon footprint alleviation of the production will have a global impact. By developing novel technology to achieve climate friendly fish meat in Denmark we will reduce the carbon footprint Worldwide. Our aim is to increase, by novel breeding methods, the natural innate resistance towards the most important diseases in rainbow trout and thereby increase health, food efficiency and welfare based on a significant lower carbon emission from future fish farming. We can do this because Denmark is one of the leading countries in the World within rainbow trout farming and trout egg export. The improvements will therefore directly have impact locally and globally. Rainbow trout farming is challenged by major viral and bacterial diseases. Recently a new viral disease IHNV has spread in Denmark and it frames the urgent needs for new control strategies. Another disease, VHSV, is at present eradicated in Denmark but is still challenging trout production in other countries. Danish egg producers have important market shares in those regions and may thereby contribute significantly to mitigating problems there. Climate friendly and effective control methods are urgently needed and here marker assisted breeding is the optimal and climate friendly solution. We will target the viral diseases caused by IHNV, VHSV, and IPNV, and bacterial diseases furunculosis and vibriosis.

Gridlinx er en dansk baseret startup, som på nuværende tidspunkt er baseret på Danmarks Tekniske Universitet. Gridlinx udvikler en aflader til elbiler, så strømmen fra batteriet I bilen kan bruges i huset på tidspunkter, hvor elektriciteten ikke bliver produceret af de grønne energikilder. Typisk er strømmen dyr om aftenen når folk har fri fra arbejde, og derfor benytter sig af diverse husholdningsapparater. På dette tidspunkt kan bilen derfor fungere som en alternativ energikilde, og da bilen er blevet ladt på tidspunkter hvor energien har været grøn, er det netop den grønne energi der bliver brugt i disse kritiske tidsrum. Danmark sigter efter at have 1 mio. elbiler på vejene I 2030, og alle disse biler har mulighed for at dække strømforbruget for et almindeligt parcelhus i op til 3 dage. Produktet Gridlinx udvikler er derudover meget brugervenligt, og kræver ikke ændringer i vaner fra forbrugerens side. Brugeren skal blot sætte sin elbil til vores produkt, og herefter styrer den avancerede algoritme, som er inkorporeret i produktet, resten. Med den generøse funding, har Gridlinx mulighed for at fremskynde produktionen af netop produktet, så det endnu hurtigere kan komme på markedet, og hjælpe til med den grønne omstilling. Derudover hjælper fundingen også til at sikre en stabil finansiel fremtid i den kommende tid. I fremtiden håber Gridlinx med at opskalere udenfor Danmark, da produktet har potentiale på global skala.