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…
News Cowi lands design contract for Denmark’s largest hydrogen plant Zurich-headquartered H2 Energy has awarded Denmark’s Cowi the front-end engineering design contract (FEED) for a 1GW hydrogen plant in Esbjerg, Denmark, ahead of H2’s final investment decision on the plant…
News Cowi and Arup picked for Copenhagen’s new low-carbon metro line Copenhagen’s metro operator Metroselskabet has appointed a joint venture of Cowi and Arup to provide design, environmental impact assessment and utility relocations for the planned new M5 low-carbon metro line.…
News Cowi targets Iceland with Mannvit acquisition Danish international consultant Cowi today acquired Icelandic engineer Mannvit, a 280-person firm specialising in hydropower and geothermal. Cowi believes Iceland will be a green energy hub for various industries thanks…
News Besix and MT Højgaard break ground on Copenhagen’s new Nordhavn tunnel Belgium’s Besix and Denmark’s MT Højgaard broke ground last week on a €346m contract to extend the Nordhavn Tunnel in Copenhagen for the Danish Road Directorate (Vejdirektoratet). The joint venture…
News Copenhagen Airport plans biggest-ever expansion Copenhagen Airport will spend €670m remodelling Terminal 3, its busiest. The largest expansion ever at the airport is intended to improve the flow of travellers by adding 60,000 sq m…
News JET announces plans to build 10 hydrogen filling stations in northern Europe JET H2 Energy has announced plans to open 10 hydrogen filling stations in Germany and Denmark, news site Hydrogen Central reports. The filling stations will supply cars as well as…
News Circular maritime centre designed by Snøhetta and Werk opens for business “The Lantern”, a circular clubhouse for sports enthusiasts, has opened near the port of Esbjerg in Denmark. The centre was designed by Norwegian architect Snøhetta and Copenhagen-based Werk Arkitekter. It…
News Meta abandons work on Danish data centres as it pivots to AI US tech company Meta Platforms has ended work on two data centres in Odense, Denmark, and will instead focus on a new type of data centre used for AI, Reuters…
News Zaha Hadid Architects-led team wins Aarhus Stadium in Denmark A team comprising the UK’s Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA), Swedish consulting engineer Sweco and Danish landscape architect Tredje Natur has won a design competition to rebuild Aarhus football stadium in…
News Refugee Museum opens at site of Denmark’s biggest WWII camp Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has inaugurated the new Refugee Museum of Denmark, known as Flugt, in Oksbøl, at the site of the biggest refugee camp in the country during World War II.
News ACS team selected to make Fehmarnbelt tunnel carbon neutral A multinational consortium made up of subsidiaries of Spanish contractor ACS has secured a contract to make the 18km-long Fehmarnbelt tunnel linking Germany and Denmark carbon neutral. The team includes…