Bright Green success for Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster

This weekend’s Bright Green Expo at Forum Copenhagen turned out a success for Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster.

With the COP 15 negotiations toned down for the weekend, the climate focus and Bella Center delegates turned their eyes to the Bright Green Expo at Forum Copenhagen, where more than 170 of the world's leading energy companies demonstrated their know-how and cutting edge technology products.

Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster had a showroom, open to the many delegates and others from all over the world interested to know more about the possibilities for cleantech solutions, research facilities, investments and cooperation with Danish companies in the greater Copenhagen area.

The head of Copenhagen Cleantech Cluster's Secretariat, Nicolai Sederberg Rottbøll, adds: "Our impression from the event is very positive. Our contribution was to spread the word that companies, universities and organisations within the cluster hold some of the recipes for tackling the climate challenge. But no country has a complete knowledge base. The more we can match foreign players with local competencies, the stronger a platform we can provide for knowledge exchange, business and innovative cooperation across borders."

CCC on the road in Abu Dhabi
In January, the Cluster's Bright Green Expo event will be followed by a similar event in Abu Dhabi. With the success at Forum Copenhagen in mind, hopes for the Middle East event are high.

Continues Nicolai Sederberg Rottbøll: "We made a lot of good connections and held some informative discussions this weekend, and I am confident that we can build on that next month. More than two hundred people from companies and organisations and students showed an interest in knowing more about the opportunities open to them in Copenhagen."

Besides the participating companies and organisations, the Bright Green Expo also attracted prominent visitors, speakers and guests who took part in panel discussions, including the Danish Prime Minister, the US Secretary of Commerce, the Swedish Minister for Trade and H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Denmark along with his two Scandinavian counterparts, H.R.H. the Crown Prince of Norway and H.R.H. the Crown Princess of Sweden. They talked about their trip to Greenland, seeing for themselves the effects of the climate changes. Take the Cleantech Challenge and get the chance to see the effects of the climate changes with your own eyes.