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Why Europe's Wind Energy Edge is at Risk
Henrik Andersen, CEO of Danish wind turbine giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S, has issued a stark warning to European policymakers: without stronger and more cohesive industrial strategies, Europe may lose its edge in renewable energy manufacturing to...

Microsoft signs offtake deal for waste-to-energy facility CCS retrofit
Dive Brief: Microsoft will receive 2.95 million tonnes of carbon removal credits from a deal with Gaia, a Denmark-based waste-to-energy carbon capture project that is expected to go online and deliver credits beginning in 2029, according to a...

Danish PM scolds fellow EU leaders for forgetting fight against climate change
Published on 08/07/2025 - 15:24 GMT+2 Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen on Tuesday scolded fellow EU leaders who have chosen to put aside the fight against the climate crisis for the sake of boosting competitiveness and cutting red tape. "It...

Ambassador Stender Presents Priorities of Danish Presidency to Members of Euroclub
On Wednesday, Flemming Stender, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Bulgaria, presented to the members of the Euroclub at the Bulgarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry the priorities of Denmark as the rotating President of the Council of the...
Microsoft Signs Deal For 3 Million Tons Of CO2 Removal Generated Through New Waste-To-Energy Carbon Capture Project
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 12:30 PM EDT Image Source: Unsplash Microsoft (MSFT) announced a new long-term offtake agreement with energy infrastructure investment manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) and Denmark-based waste-to-energy (WtE)...

Denmark warns about ramping up defense spending
(MENAFN) Danish Economy Minister Stephanie Lose has warned that European Union nations risk accumulating excessive debt if they accelerate defense spending too rapidly. Her remarks come as NATO and EU members commit to significantly boosting...

Advice for expats: Navigating Life as an International in Denmark
Sidsel Byskov Hansen is a Psychology Counsellor, Kirsten Baldocchi is a Clinical Psychologist. COPENHAGEN – Denmark in July is postcard-perfect: long sunlit evenings, clean air, safe streets, and a relaxed rhythm as locals embrace their summer...

On the Danish Riviera, a Shipshape Summer House Rethinks Local Craft
“How do you create something dynamic while honoring the past?” That was the question posed by Mikkel Beedholm of KHR Architecture when approached by a Copenhagen couple looking to build a summer cottage on the Danish Riviera of North Zealand. The...

EU Reconsiders ‘Chat Control’ as Denmark Reintroduces Controversial Encryption Scanning Bill
10The European Union is once again weighing legislation that could mandate the scanning of private digital communications, including encrypted messages, for material linked to child sexual abuse. Known informally as ‘Chat Control’, the proposal...

NKT begins construction of high-voltage power cable systems test centre in Sweden
NKT has initiated the construction of a new test centre for high-voltage (HV) power cable systems at its Karlskrona factory in Sweden. This development is said to be a significant step in the ongoing expansion aimed at boosting the factory’s...

&Tradition partners with Industrial Facility to launch new shelving system
Unveiled at this year’s 3DaysofDesign festival, Danish design house &tradition launched a new modular shelving system conceived by London studio Industrial Facility Rombe is a new shelving system conceived by London design studio Industrial...

Copenhagen, São Paulo and Los Angeles: Veja continues its international expansion
Twenty years after its creation by the duo Sébastien Kopp and François-Ghislain Morillion, Veja, the French brand of sustainable sneakers, is accelerating the development of its international store network. The program includes three new strategic...

Novo keeps China manufacturing investments rolling with $112M for new quality testing lab in Tianjin
A little over a year after celebrating its 30th anniversary in China with a major production upgrade, Novo Nordisk is back for another expansion project at its flagship factory in Tianjin. Novo Nordisk on Tuesday inked a deal with the Tianjin...

A Copenhagen Park Mixes Flood Control and Social Life
By Irina Zhorov When rain started falling several days after the opening of Copenhagen’s Grønningen-Bispeparken, an employee from SLA, the design studio that reimagined the site, live streamed the storm to her colleagues. Days before, children had...

Fully circular trout farm planned in Denmark
Led by Norwegian entrepreneurs Samuel Muren and Håkon Volden, the project called Onnest, brings together a multidisciplinary team, including architecture firms Hovaldt, Lendager and Schønherr, alongside sustainability and aquaculture experts....

Von der Leyen: Ukraine’s defense industry impressive but operating at only 60% capacity
The speed, cost-effectiveness and smartness of Ukraine’s defense production are impressive, but the country’s defense industry is only operating at 60% of capacity, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. She made this statement...

Zurich, Geneva and London are Europe’s most expensive construction markets
The Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva are the most expensive cities to build in Europe, followed by London. That is according to the Global Construction Market Intelligence report from Turner & Townsend. The 2025 edition of Turner & Townsend’s...
Vestas Wind Power CEO Urges EU To Sharpen Its "Fragmented" Energy Policy
Henrik Andersen, CEO of Danish wind turbine giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S, has issued a stark warning to European policymakers: without stronger and more cohesive industrial strategies, Europe may lose its edge in renewable energy manufacturing to...

Denmark Industrial Production Rises 0.1%
Denmark's industrial production increased for the second straight month in May, though marginally, data from Statistics Denmark showed on Monday. Industrial production rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1 percent month-on-month in May, much slower than...
US green energy slap is amber light for Europe
The U.S. green energy boom just hit a red light. President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”, signed into law on Friday, neuters much of predecessor Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act. But while that’s a setback for European developers...