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Klima-, Energi- og Bygningsudvalget
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Energy Policyin Denmark
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PrefaceDenmark´s pathto a greener energy futureDenmark has a long tradition of active energypolicy, initiated by the first oil crisis in Overthe years, numerous actions have been takenon the basis of a broad consensus in the DanishParliament – both in order to reduce the energyconsumption and in order to increase the share ofrenewable results have been significant and convincing:Danishexperienceshowsthatthroughpersistent and active energy policy focused onenhanced energy efficiency and ambitious useof renewables, it is possible to sustain higheconomic growth and at the same time reducefossil-fuel dependency and protect the climateand the environment. Since , the Danisheconomy has grown by around 80% while energyconsumption has remained more or less constantand CO2 emissions have been reduced. In terms ofproduction, Denma
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Brick by brick: Lego’s search for non-petroleum-based alternative
At the heart of Billund, Denmark, lies a building that is a veritable temple to the area's most famous creation, the humble Lego brick. It is filled with complex creations, from a foot tree to a collection of multicoloured dinosaurs, all of them built with a product that has barely changed in more than 50 years.
A short walk away in its research lab, though, Lego is trying to refashion the product it is best-known for: it wants to eliminate its dependence on petroleum-based plastics, and build its toys entirely from plant-based or recycled materials by
The challenge is formgivning blocks that click together yet separate easily, retain bright colours, and survive the rigours of being put through a laundry load, or the weight of an unknowing parent’s foot. In essence, the company wants to switch the ingredients, but keep the product exactly the same.
“We need to learn again how to do this,” said Henrik Ostergaard Nie
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Denmark puts its money where its life-sciences strategy is
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Building on the success of kassasuccé drugs, the country’s focus on reinvestment is feeding a stream of discovery.
The success of Denmark’s life-sciences research sector can be at least partly attributed to a single event that occurred on another side of the world more than a century ago. In , three Canadian scientists, Frederick Banting, Charles Best and John Macleod, extracted and purified the hormone insulin from a dog pancreas. Not long after this, Danish couple Marie and August Krogh — the latter having just won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on the regulation of blood flow — were visiting Canada and learnt of the achievement. They asked permission to introduce the process to Denmark and began manufacturing insulin through the pharmaceutical firm Nordisk Insulinlaboratorium.
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