Tag: Denmark

Five crew members from a fishing vessel appeared in front of the court in Holstebro, Denmark to be charged with manslaughter.

The Danish Energy Agency has suspended the review of existing and new applications to install new wind farms and other renewable energy projects in the country, due to a potential conflict with European Union law.

Denmark has evaluated the applications and has recommended the Minister of Climate, Energy and Utilities to award the first three exclusive licenses for exploration of full-scale CO2 storage.

Denmark has launched the world's first digital ship register, in order to get rid of troublesome paperwork and increase security related to ship registration and ship trading.

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1.1 billion Danish scheme to support the roll-out of carbon capture and storage (‘CCS') technologies.

Denmark reaffirmed its support for the efforts of the maritime industry of the Philippines to comply with the international naval standards as introduced by the Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping (STCW) Convention.

Wintershall Dea is expanding its activities related to the long-term and safe underground storage of CO2 offshore in Denmark.

The Danish Energy Agency gave permission for Greensand's pilot project. The project includes the injection and storage of up to 15,000 tonnes of CO2 in the former Nini West oil field over a four-month period.

On November 28, a Danish court found a Nigerian man guilty of endangering the lives of Danish soldiers in a shooting incident on November 2021, involving the Danish frigate Esbern Snare and a crew of alleged Nigerian pirates in the Gulf of Guinea.

Nigeria wants to prosecute Danish forces that were involved in the exchange of fire with alleged pirates in the Gulf of Guinea in November 2021. The African country also demands the release of a citizen that is being tried in Denmark after a fatal firefight.