Presented at Nordic Green II conference, April 2010

1. DHI Water and Environment
• RTO (GTS), consultant and software vendor
Global Knowledge – Local solution
• Water in Cities and Industries
Water in River Basins
Water in Marine Areas
• DHI’s clients: Contractors, industrial
companies, utilities, consultants, donors,
authorities
• Hydroinformatics, laboratories, physical test
facilities, monitoring and field surveys
• Research based (110 man-years own R&D)
• 1000 staff (800 MSc/PhD)
Subsidiaries
Offices
• Turnover 80 mio € Head office
• 65% projekt, 20% software, 15% R&D
DHI transforms knowledge about water and environment to
value and welfare
• Offices in 25 countries
• Representation in further 40 countries
• Main R&D centres in Copenhagen,
Singapore, Prague, Shanghai
• Proactive in cluster development and
cleantech entrepreneurship
• Private, no owners, not-for-profit

2. Cleantech solutions in Water-Food-Energy nexus
Desalination Virtual water trade
Pumping Crops/food with
Water treatment less water demand
Hydropower Irrigation
Cooling (therm.el) Aquaculture
Osmotic power Fishery
Biofuel Green houses
Biogas Transport of food
Wood,biomass (sea, land, air)

3. Thoughts about development of utilities over time
Tele communication
centralised
Telephone
Telegraph
Mobile phone
Courier Smart phone
decentralised
One solution, standardized Diversified, customized
centralised Ocean liners
airlines Transportation
Railways
Cars
Horses EV, Cars, MC,..
decentralised
One solution, standardized Diversified, customised
centralised Coal power
stations
Water mills Energy
Wind mills, fuel cells, ..
Fireplace Smart grids
decentralised
One solution, standardized Diversified, customised
centralised Sewers and WWTP
Water works Water
???
Wells Smart water ???
decentralised
One solution, standardized Diversified, customised

4. New paradigm in water solution developments
Authorities
multiple layers of regulation, e.g. EU, state,
region, city
Challenge: Different from place to place, and
a real barrier for diffusion of technologies
Policy
Innovation
Business
Nano-, biotech, Technology
model Value innovation, include all
genomics, Innovation
Innovation derived benefits (values)
ICT technologies etc.
Challenge: The best solution
Challenge: Combine
one place may not be the
multiple disciplines across
best another place
organizations
Universities Companies