News Green light for Denmark’s biggest offshore wind farm The Danish Energy Agency has approved construction for German utility RWE’s 1.1GW Thor offshore wind farm, clearing the way for work to start in the spring. The plan is to…
News Bjarke Ingels Group designs its own HQ in Copenhagen’s industrial harbour Work has been completed on Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group’s self-designed head office, located on a pier in Copenhagen’s Nordhavn waterfront. Naturally, the practice has made the building as environment-friendly…
News Denmark launches $4.2bn carbon capture and storage tenders The Danish Energy Agency has launched tenders worth $4.2bn to build a carbon capture and storage network. The tenders cover the capture, transportation and geological storage of fossil, biogenic…
News Bjarke Ingels Group to turn Danish Aldi into Museum for Paper Art Danish architect Bjarke Ingels Group is to redevelop an Aldi supermarket as the Museum for Paper Art. The store, in the north of the Jutland peninsula, will be expanding from…
News Cost hikes put Denmark’s $30bn energy island back at least three years A combination of inflating commodity costs and high interest rates has forced Denmark to postpone the start of work on the first of its planned “energy islands” for at least…
News EU-funded wind farm to power third of Danish households The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed a €1.2bn loan for a major offshore wind farm in Denmark. The 1.1GW Thor scheme being built by German utility RWE will consist…
News 3XN designs “simple and poetic” Danish centre for coastal nature Danish architect 3XN has won a design competition for the 700-sq-m Centre for Coastal Nature and Sport Fishing on Denmark’s Funen island. The oval building on a pier in Assens…
News Sweco lands €21m Danish defence framework The Danish Ministry of Defence Estate Agency (MDEA) has awarded Sweco a four-year construction consultancy framework worth around €21m. It’s the first time the MDEA has signed on with a…
News Thai and Danish firms to study nuclear power-barge plan Thai power company Global Power Synergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to explore the possibility of a nuclear “power barge” for Thailand. Seaborg has developed…
News Worker on Fehmarnbelt Tunnel dies after site accident A worker on the Fehmarnbelt Tunnel between Germany and Denmark has died after being struck on the head by an excavator shovel on Monday afternoon. The 41-year-old Polish worker was…
News Denmark’s parliament to be redesigned A Danish team of Arcgency, Cobe Architects, Drachmann Architects and Sweco Denmark has been chosen to design a restoration and extension of the country’s parliament and its surrounding buildings. The…
News Jacobs opens innovation hub in Denmark US engineer Jacobs has opened a research centre in Denmark to help meet demand for specialised construction skills in the life sciences, advanced manufacturing and infrastructure sectors. Jacobs plans to…
News Lundgaard & Tranberg wins prestigious Viking ship museum in Denmark Danish architect Lundgaard & Tranberg has won a competition to design the $30m refurbishment of a Viking ship museum in Roskilde, eastern Denmark. The firm beat a starry field of…
News Germany starts laying track on its side of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) has begun work on railways leading to the €3.5bn undersea Fehmarnbelt Fixed Link connecting Hamburg and Copenhagen. It will install 88km of track to…
News Anti-obesity drug maker to spend $6bn on new factories Anti-obesity drug maker Novo Nordisk says it will invest $6bn on expanding its production facilities in the Danish town of Kalundborg.
News Danish investors propose $1.3bn offshore wind farm for Bangladesh Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, an investment company specialising in wind power ventures, has joined with consultant Copenhagen Offshore Partners to propose a $1.3bn project to the government of Bangladesh. According to…
News Esbjerg Port gets €940m to become green powerhouse Pension fund PensionDanmark has agreed to invest €940m in the Danish port of Esbjerg to expand its renewable energy capacity, including €780m to build fabrication works for wind turbines over…
News Danish government mulls using platforms for its “energy island” The government of Denmark last week suspended plans to build an “energy island” in the North Sea and is investigating the possibility of replacing it with platforms. The idea had…