Skagen Innovation Center is a regional development center based in the city of Skagen, located at the top of Jutland in Denmark.

The development center originates from a foundation with a base capital of DKK 500.000 with subsidies from the Danish VAT foundation, The Danish Energy Administration, The Danish Agency for Trade/Industry and the Danish Technology Innovation office.

Since July 1993, SIC has performed research in the area of environmentally friendly coastal protection methods, based on coastal drainage systems.

During this research, SIC has identified a formally unknown effect based on filter tubes placed in a matrix inside the coast profile. The effect was first demonstrated on the Gl. Skagen coastline, where the beach was significantly increased after installing the filter modules.

The same method has now been demonstrated in a number of different coastal locations, and the positive results on the beach profile have been consistent.

At present SIC is monitoring two large scale research projects at the westcoast of Jutland , Denmark.

18 jan 2005
Based on the success of the on-going Government sponsored test at Old Skagen South The Danish Government has signed a new agreement to install PEM on 11000 meter of eroding coastline near Skodbjerge at the westcoast of Jutland, to document the financial effect of large scale PEM installations. The first PEM modules were placed on Jan 18, 2005 at Skodbjerge on the heavily eroding Danish West Coast of Jutland.

Project Participants:

	Hans Falk Burcharth	Professor Dr. Tech., Aalborg University
	Jørgen Fredsøe	Professor Dr. Tech, Technical University of Denmark
	Per Sørensen	Danish Coastal Authotity ( Project leader )
	John Jensen	Danish Coastal Authority
	Poul Jakobsen	SIC
	Claus Brøgger	SIC

Principal/Key investigators:

	Hans Falk Burcharth	Professor Dr. Tech., Aalborg University
	Jørgen Fredsøe	Professor Dr. Tech.,Technical University of Denmark

The target for the research group is to study and document this new technology and the effects on nature caused by placing the filter modules within a coast profile.

27 jan 1999
The "Old Skagen South" projekt is located at a 2.500 meter long west coast shoreline where transport of sediments is significant (900.000 m3 per year).

Measurements from 1999-05-03 show that the groynes from 1950 are now to be found on the dry beach.

Project Participants:

	Hans Falk Burcharth	Professor Dr. Tech., Aalborg University
	Frede Jensen	State Forester, Northern Jutland
	Bjarke Jensen	North Jutland County
	John Jensen	Danish Coastal Authority
	Poul O. Jørgensen	Carl Bro A/S, Consulting Engineers
	Claus Brøgger	SIC
	Poul Jakobsen	SIC

The target for the research group is to study and document this new technology and the effects on nature caused by placing the filter modules within a coast profile.