The climate challenge is a primary issue for the Øresund region. If CO2 is increasingly emitted on the Danish side, the environment on the Swedish side will be affected and vice versa. Thus, the climate problem must be solved through a coordinated effort across Øresund. In order to reduce CO2 emissions, we must make a shared effort to replace dependence on fossil fuels with increased deployment of bio fuels, wind energy, sun energy, and geothermal energy.

Strategic energy planning is about coherent planning for larger geographic areas—across municipal, regional and national boundaries. Strategic energy planning implies that public actors, focusing on mapping energy resources, and energy-saving potentials organize how the energy supply can be developed so that the energy is used as effectively as possible and the potential for conversion from fossil fuels to renewable energy is, at the same time, is optimally exploited.

Strategic energy planning is a cooperative theme for Energy Øresund. In the project, municipalities and energy companies across Øresund implement concrete demonstration projects, which address the challenges connected with integrating renewable energy in the existing energy system. This sheds light on how new city areas with low energy needs can ideally be supplied. Where relevant, private companies and research institutes must also be involved in order to contribute to creating innovative solutions and new models for public/private collaboration, which can further sustainable economic growth in the Øresund region.

Along with the implementation of demonstration projects and as a superstructure, an Øresund-regional forum for idea development and collaboration will be developed, focusing on strategic energy planning, where the challenges connected with cross-border initiatives in the energy area will be addressed.

The partners in Energy Øresund share a vision of the Øresund region as the first CO2 -neutral region in Europe, which—through concrete and innovative solutions—creates growth, develop the region, and visibly strengthen cohesiveness. The vision is politically anchored in the Øresund Committee’s development strategy (ØRUS).

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