In December 2022, Vestas began testing the company’s newest offshore wind turbine, V236-15MW, at the national test center for large wind turbines in Østerild, Thy. The turbine has now broken …
Nordic Folkecenter for Sustainable Energy in Thy and two NGOs in Uganda are collaborating to increase climate resilience in northwestern Uganda. The project is supported by Civil Society in Development …
Direktør og ejer af Randal Beton i Fredericia, Jan Riisager, fejrer 30 års jubilæum i virksomheden, der har ekspertise i støbning af specielle betonelementer. Virksomheden er 104 år gammel, og ud over de daglige støbeopgaver, har direktøren blikket skarpt rettet mod øget bæredygtighed.
Folkecenter, and the whole EASE-CA partnership, are happy to announce the release of the 2nd Edition of the Catalogue for Local Sustainable Solutions.
At the same time as the meeting in the Netherlands, Folkecenter took part also to another project meeting. This time, in Greenland!
The project, “Operating techniques in Renewable Energy under Arctic conditions”, is running already since 2021 and it aims to develop innovative teaching material that supports and spreads competences related to the use of renewable energy in the Arctic.
As you probably have read in our previous newsletter, Folkecenter is now part of a new European project called Permagov.
After a first online kick-off meeting which took place in January, last week (21-23 March) we had the chance to join the official kick-off meeting, which took place in Wageningen (the Netherlands). It was very nice to be in presence again, after so long time collaborating online.
Since some years we welcome groups of VET[1] students from Türkiye, who come to Folkecenter to learn about renewable energy. For them, it is a chance to experience a new culture and to learn the basics of these technologies, which will be integral part of their work. For us, it is a possibility to reach (and to get to know) people also from remote areas of this huge country, which is Türkiye.
Simple solutions for energy saving, free online course on RES,feasibility study of installing a heat pump in a house 31 March, 2023, 11:00-12:30 (EET) – 10.00-11.30 (CET) Zoom-webinar, link for …
In the 90s, Denmark’s first straw house approved for habitation was built at the Nordic Folkecenter for Sustainable Energy. Lars Keller, who was heavily involved in the construction at the time, still works with straw houses, which today are something quite different from stacked straw bales. An example of modern straw construction Feldballe Friskole’s science and education building, which was built in 2021. The walls consist of straw elements, which are basically a wooden frame filled with straw.
At the Test center for small wind turbines, which Nordic Folkecenter operates at Hundborg, the blades of a Viking Wind turbine spin diligently in the Thy wind. The turbine is in the process of being certified so that Danish Viking Wind, which is based in Randers, can gain access to the Japanese market.
