Europe has more than enough room for far more wind turbines than are currently being erected. Even without disturbing people, animals and nature. A new international research project based at Aarhus BSS in Herning shows that the potential is huge. The researchers are now searching for the best locations.

For the past few weeks, the sound of champagne corks popping has filled the hallways at the Department of Business Development and Technology as the new graduates have completed their final exams and have been greeted with hugs, cheers and flowers from family and friends.

“We were sitting on the edge of our seats until the very last second,” says Rasmus Præstegaard, who together with his fellow student Daniel Wiencken won this year’s Smart Campus Herning Prize sponsored by AUHE Midwest Support Fund.

“We didn’t know who else had participated, but when we stepped into the lecture theatre and saw our opponents, we got a bit nervous as they’re all really talented,” Præstegaard says with a smile as he holds on tightly to his award certificate.

On Friday 25 January, the 2019 winter graduation took place at the Department of Business Development and Technology (BTECH) in Herning. Here more than 80 full-time students celebrated completing their studies.

On 27 November 2018, Research Assistant Gitte Kingo Andersen and Associate Professor Jane Flarup received the Best Paper Award at the WPMC/GWS 2018 Award Banquet Ceremony in Chang Rai, Thailand. They received the award for their article ”Business Model Innovation Coaching in a three-dimensional continuum”. Professor Peter Lindgren accepted the award on behalf of the two authors.

The Centre for Business Development (CBD) - part of Aarhus BSS in Herning - is inviting local manufacturing companies to join a project aiming to strengthen the business community’s efforts to develop new digital business models. The project is offered in collaboration with the Danish Technological Institute and the Aarhus School of Marine and Technical Engineering and it is backed financially by the Danish Industry Foundation.

After 18 months at the National Film Actors Academy of Denmark, 24-year-old Frederikke Therkelsen has returned to Herning to embark on an engineering degree. Now she is encouraging more women to explore the possibilities of the technical and science degree programmes offered in Herning. .

What started out as a student project for Givskud Zoo has developed into an award-winning company in three different Danish locations.