• Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2012

        Oil Emergency Response Act

        The Act aims to ensure preparedness in the event of supply interruptions in the oil sector, including the maintenance of emergency stocks of crude oil and oil products, and the collection of data on oil conditions in Denmark. It imposes stockholding obligations on companies importing, exporting or facilitating the entry of crude oil or oil products. Alongside the stocks held by companies, Danish legislation also envisions that part of the Danish stockholding obligation is met by stocks held by the Danish Central Stockholding Entity (CSE). The Act was last amended in 2024.

        • Policy

        • Poland

        • 2020

        Baltic Declaration for Offshore Wind Energy

        The Baltic Declaration for Offshore Wind Energy aims to accelerate and coordinate activities aimed at using the sea's energy potential. The signatories of the declaration are: Poland, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and the EU, during the "Pomeranian Offshore Wind Conference" organised by the Polish Wind Energy Association. The signatories are to cooperate to accelerate the construction of offshore wind energy in the Baltic Sea, to coordinate and optimize activities leading to the full use of the energy and economic potential of the sea. It is about joint spatial planning of maritime areas, development of networks or…

        • Policy

        • United States

        • 2022

        Global Methane Pledge Energy Pathway

        In June 2022, the United States, European Union, Argentina, Canada, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Norway, and Oman launched the Global Methane Pledge Energy Pathway to catalyse methane emissions reductions in the oil and gas sector, thereby advancing both climate progress and energy security.The Energy Pathway is a critical implementation step of the Global Methane Pledge that will accelerate deployment of the fastest and most cost-effective methane mitigation solutions available today. The GMP Energy Pathway aims to encourage all nations to:Capture the maximum potential of cost-effective methane mitigation in the oil and gas sector…

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2009

        Greenland Self-Government Act

        …by which various responsibilities should be transferred over from Denmark to Greenland. In the area of mineral resources, the Act affirms that all revenues from mineral exploitation in Greenland’s subsoil should accrue to Greenland, unless annual revenue from mineral resources exceeds DKK 75 million in which case the Danish government’s annual subsidy to the Self-Government of Greenland will be reduced according to specific rules. If the Danish government’s annual subsidy to the self-government authorities is reduced to zero, negotiations on the future economic relationship between Denmark and Greenland will begin.The Self-Government Act forms…

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2022

        Green Bond

        …Denmark will issue its first green bond on 19 January 2022 with a coupon rate of 0.00%, and maturity on 15 November 2031, depending on stable market conditions. It will be issued as a "twin bond" with the same characteristics of the country's conventional 10-year benchmark bond in accordance with the Kingdom of Denmark's Green Bond Framework The proceeds from the issuance of the green bonds will be allocated to the green central government expenditures that support the production of renewable energy sources and the green transition of the transport sector. The finance ministry of Denmark announced…

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2021

        Technology neutral tenders

        The European Commission (EC), under its EU State aid rules, approved a EUR 400 million aid for Denmark to develop its electricy production from renewable sources, and will be awarded through a competitive bidding process, organized until 2024.

         

        Denmark intends to meet its renewable energy targets with renewable energy generation sources such as onshore  &  offshore wind turbines, hydroelectric and wave power plants, and solar PV.

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2015

        Electricity tax rebate

        Consumers that charge at home receive a tax rebate of DKK 0.94/kWh (USD 0.14/kWh), cutting electricity costs almost in half (valid until 2020) (Government of Denmark, 2017).

         

         

        • Policy

        • Sweden

        • 2015

        Multimodal e-mobility connectivity for the Öresund Region (MECOR)

        The Action was a study with an associated pilot deployment connecting the two urban nodes of Malmo and Copenhagen as e-mobility hubs. The Action promoted multimodal e-mobility and installed 30 semi-fast charging sites in Denmark and 30 semi-fast charging sites in Sweden, with a total number of 119 charging stations and 238 charging outlets for road vehicles.

        Located on the Scandinavian Mediterranean Core Network Corridor, the Action was part of a Global Project aiming at deploying fast and intermodal charging solutions across Scandinavia – the aim is to install 950 fast stations and 2,000 semi-fast…

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2008

        Danish Energy Agreement for 2008-2011

        The Danish goverment (the Conservatives and Liberals) 21 February 2008 entered into a comprehensive energy agreement with the Social Democrats, Danish Peoples Party, Socialist Peoples Party, Social Liberals and New Alliance on energy policy.The framework agreement aims to lower Denmarks dependence on fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas) through achieving energy savings and renewable energy targets. These are to be reached via linear phasing, with concrete measures set for meeting the targets. By 2011, 20% of gross energy consumption must come from renewable energy sources.The agreement includes better terms for wind turbines and other sustainable energy sources such…

        • Policy

        • Denmark

        • 2008

        Law on design of energy-using products

        …environmental characteristics to be determined for appliances and energy-using products put on the market in Denmark. Minimum standards according to the legislation will cover standby and off-modes for a range of products, including office, residential and street lighting, external power supplies and simple digital receiver boxes. European Commission and Member States have also agreed upon introducing standards for electric motors (0.75 to 150 kW), circulation pumps for domestic heating and cooling, refrigerators and freezers, televisions, residential washing machines. EU regulations for these products are likely to be introduced by 2010, and will be accordingly applied within Denmark…

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