The World Economic Forum has selected the Port of Esbjerg for its global Industrial Clusters Transition initiative. This places the terminal among a select group of just 40 clusters worldwide, spread across 20 countries. Esbjerg is the only one in Denmark.
According to the World Economic Forum’s project description, the Port of Esbjerg cluster aims to become a low-emission, multi-generational energy hub for Europe.
“Being an industrial cluster in transition means that the Port of Esbjerg plays an important role in the green transition and is an integral part of Europe’s green transformation. We can see that clusters across Europe and globally can make a real difference. When key players participate in development, as is the case at Port Esbjerg, this can also drive economic growth while accelerating the green transition,” said CEO Dennis Jul Pedersen.
The World Economic Forum highlights that the Port of Esbjerg cluster aims to combine wind energy, CO? transport and storage, hydrogen production, and industrial innovation to provide secure, low-emission energy on a large scale.
An industrial cluster in transition (CIT), as defined by the World Economic Forum, is a network of 40 globally active industrial clusters working to accelerate the transition through collaboration between companies and public sector stakeholders.
This makes the Port of Esbjerg a Danish benchmark for driving the transition through cooperation.
In Esbjerg, strategies for carbon and hydrogen management already exist. Hydrogen production can be used in heavy industry and to supply green energy to large data centers. The Draghi report on EU competitiveness highlighted the importance of being part of the technology ecosystem, and there are currently significant plans for the construction of data centers in Esbjerg.
