Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark

Overcoming acceleration challenges in the South African energy transition (ACCELERATE)

Research project The overall objective of the project is to contribute to an accelerated and just transition to renewable energy (RE) in emerging economies, including job creation and development of local communities and local industries. The project will generate n ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: South Africa Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa Stellenbosch University (SU), South Africa South African Wind Energy Association (SAWEA), South Africa South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA), South Africa Green Power Denmark, Denmark Project code: 23-M04-DTU Total grant: 9,999,701 DKK

The industrial return on the green transition: Renewable energy in Vietnam (REturn)

Research project The diffusion of renewable energy (RE), such as solar PV and wind power, is growing rapidly in a number of Southeast Asian (SEA) countries, most prominently Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand. Government support aimed at stimulating the diffusion of RE i ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: Vietnam Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV), Vietnam University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH), Vietnam International University - Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Danish Wind Export Association (DWEA), Denmark Project code: 23-M05-DTU Total grant: 9,997,279 DKK

DV-WIND: De-risking Vietnamese offshore wind farm development by using onsite seabed conditions and optimizing locations using marine spatial planning

Research project At present, there is a worldwide demand for clean energy and this demand is even growing in the next decades. A way to create more clean energy is to develop new offshore wind farms (OWFs). This will also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and f ...

Period: 2023-10-1 to 2028-09-30 Countries: Vietnam Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS), Denmark Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Aarhus University (AU), Denmark VNU University of Science (VNU-HUS), Vietnam Hanoi University of Mining and Geology (HUMG), Vietnam Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics (IMGG), Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT), Vietnam Northern Center for Planning and Investigation of Marine Resources – Environment (CPIM), Vietnam Project code: 23-M06-KU Total grant: 9,996,438 DKK

CliFT — Climate-smart Futures in Rural Tanzania

Research project African countries are disproportionately vulnerable to climate change as they are more dependent on rainfed agriculture, already face dry conditions, and have lower adaptive capacity. However, current climate change adaptation and coping strategies r ...

Period: 2023-07-1 to 2028-06-30 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Mzumbe University (MU), Tanzania Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI), Tanzania Sustainable Agriculture & Natural Resources Management Africa (SANREM), Tanzania Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA), Tanzania Project code: 23-04-KU Total grant: 9,999,875 DKK

Carbon cApture for microbial Protein synthesis in Burkina Faso (CAP-BFA)

Research project CAP-BFA project aims at contributing both to mitigate climate change and to enhance adaptive capacities of food (fodder) production in Burkina Faso. It will develop innovative technical solutions and build internationally and locally anchored researc ... First year report This project aims to develop a sustainable process to fix carbon dioxide into microbial protein using a novel microbial protein electrosynthesis cell. The project progresses based on six working packages (WP0-5), each with specif ...

Period: 2022-04-1 to 2026-12-31 Countries: Burkina Faso Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique et Technologique (CNRST), Burkina Faso DAFANI SA, Burkina Faso Expertise-For-Sens-and-Empowerment' (EFSE), Burkina Faso SANLE EXPORT SECHAGE, Burkina Faso Regional Maritime University (RMU), Ghana University of Ghana (UG), Ghana INNITI ApS, Denmark Kvasir Technologies ApS, Denmark Project code: 21-08-DTU Total grant: 11,999,866 DKK

Circular Retrofitting for Sustainable Industrialization (GeckoCIR)

Research project The Gecko project aims to provide scientific insights and an algorithm for designing and projecting high-circular eco-industrial parks in Kenya. The project investigates if and under what conditions developing countries such as Kenya may gain environ ... First year report Objectives: The GeckoCir project is well up and running. The project targets upcycling of industrial sidestreams either internally or via industrial symbiosis (where one company's waste becomes another company's resource). The p ...

Period: 2022-04-1 to 2026-12-31 Countries: Kenya Lead institution: University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Partner institutions: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Danish Technological Institute (DTI), Denmark University of Nairobi (UoN), Kenya Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), Kenya Project code: 21-11-KU Total grant: 11,996,723 DKK

(AgroVal) Sustainable valorisation of agro-industrial residues through integration of food, bioproducts and bio-energy production

Research project In the equatorial East African region (EA) including Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia, agriculture accounts for 80%, with coffee and sisal as the most important crops with 600 kiloton coffee and 100 kiloton sisal ropes produced annually. The related crop ... First year report The main objective of AgroVal project is the development of new platform technologies for circular bioeconomy strengthening, while contributing to capacity building in East Africa. More specifically, the agricultural residues of ...

Period: 2022-03-1 to 2026-05-31 Countries: Kenya Tanzania Lead institution: Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark Partner institutions: Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), Tanzania Pwani University, Kenya Project code: 21-07-DTU Total grant: 11,998,331 DKK

Decentralised sequencing for infectious disease surveillance

Research project Climate change is estimated to cause 250,000 additional deaths per year between 2030 and 2050, a significant proportion of which will be due to diarrhoeal diseases and infections caused by pathogens transmitted by climate-sensitive vectors affected b ... First year report: 16th April 2021 in Dodoma: Project kickoff meeting attended by all project partners and the NIMR director general. 14th Sept 2021 in Dodoma: Consultative and planning meeting attended by medical officers in charge from 5 partic ...

Period: 2021-03-1 to 2026-02-28 Countries: Tanzania Lead institution: Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC), Tanzania Partner institutions: National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR), Tanzania State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), Tanzania Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark University of Copenhagen (UCPH), Denmark Project code: 20-12-TAN Total grant: 11,998,500 DKK

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