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Hub for green transition

Danish ports are central to the green transition in the Blue Denmark and the transport sector as a whole.

Ports are the hub where sea, road and rail meet. We need to use less energy for transportation in general and use new fuels. The sea must therefore replace road transportation when it is most climate-friendly. Ports are hubs for Denmark's wind turbine adventure and suppliers of infrastructure for ships. Ports are also increasingly becoming modern industrial clusters that bring together the business areas in which Denmark is a leader and which are most important in the green transition. Commercial ports therefore also play an important role in the green transition.

The Danish ports are at the forefront and are the first in Europe to committed as an industry to work with the the UN's Sustainable Development Goals and concrete objectives for the green transition in ports.

Focus area for an emission-free port:Danish ports are working towards becoming emission-free by 2030. The ports must ensure that their machinery does not use fossil fuels, that their own energy consumption is based on renewable energy, and that the port becomes CO2 neutral.
Focus area for the circular economy:Ports must ensure that their own waste is recycled and support the reuse of waste received from ships to the greatest extent possible. The aim is that at least 90 percent of all waste produced and received by the port in 2030 will be recycled.
Focus area for green behavior among customers:The ports will engage in dialogue with their customers to ensure that favorable conditions are created to support green behavior among customers. Among other things, the ports must establish relevant energy infrastructure at and in connection with the ports, they must differentiate the fees for ship calls in relation to how green the ships are, and they must provide green connection options for ships arriving at the berth.

If you want to know more, you can read more in our 2021 Green Business Ports report.

In the brochure below you can read about Port Denmark's green vision.

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Offshore wind

Denmark has a unique unique opportunity for an exportadventure in offshore wind.

Between 20 and 30 Danish ports are involved in wind. Danish hports have been responsible for shipping more than 80 percent of Europe's Europe's existing offshore wind capacity. The EU Commission has previously estimated that the capacity of offshore wind at least 20-fold if the goal of a climate-neutral Europe is to be achieved by 2050. Oanish knowledge about offshore wind is already in demand around around the world.

Thehere is great potential potential for future jobs in offshore wind.

Then Danish wind industry employs i today 33,000 jobs. Cautious fprojections show, that 20,000 new Danish jobs in 2030 will be based on windenergy. Furthermore, the gradual replacement of end-of-life wind turbines creates more activity in Danish ports in the form of sustainable decommissioning tasks.

Investments in infrastructure in and around the havels is necessary to be ready for the the offshore wind industry of the future.

The giant wind turbines we will see at sea in the coming years will be more than 320 meters tall and transporting them over the road network will create additional congestion. Offshore wind turbines can be produced at the the port and then shipped out and installed in the offshore wind farms - but this requires investments in infrastructure in and around the ports. Investments must be made heavily in Danish ports if we are to keep up with development and jobs are not to be lost abroad. The ports are ready for this - but public investments are also necessary.