Circular construction

The construction sector holds one of the greatest potentials for a circular transition. The sector represents an enormous potential for reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse. A building can be designed for circularity if it is designed to be easily decommissioned, e.g. using principles of modularity and design-for-disassembly to enable higher reuse of the building materials.

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Designing for the circular economy — the Danish way

Blog post by Ditte Lysgaard Vind, founder of The Circular Way and Partnerships Director at Lendager. The blog post is part of a series of perspectives leading up to LOOP Forum in Copenhagen and Circular City Week in New York.

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Biodiversity

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Countdown to COP17: Climate action cannot succeed without biodiversity

19 October 2026

Biodiversity is complex, and for businesses that complexity can make it difficult to know where and how to start acting. Turning it into concrete metrics and goals, Katherine Richardson argues, will be key.

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Smart waste solutions

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Copenhagen becomes first major city to run its city gas network entirely on its own biogas

12 October 2026

After more than 15 years of development, Copenhagen can now meet its entire demand for city gas with locally produced biogas made from wastewater and food waste. It is the first major city to make its city gas network fully self-sufficient this way.

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Power-to-x

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Recent developments with the Danish-German hydrogen backbone

One of the central pillars of Denmark’s emerging hydrogen market is the planned hydrogen pipeline connecting Denmark and Germany. In recent years, regulation, political agreements and funding mechanisms have moved the project closer to realisation.

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Hydrogen infrastructure

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Denmark puts more weight behind hydrogen pipeline to Germany

This week Denmark introduced an additional political agreement on the Danish green hydrogen pipeline. The agreement increases state support and reduces financial risks for companies seeking to use the hydrogen pipeline. The changes aim to provide greater certainty for hydrogen producers while keeping the planned connection to Germany on track for operation by the end of 2030.

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Security of supply

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Sound of Green: Can Europe afford climate policy in an energy crisis?

Europe is once again facing high energy prices and serious questions about security of supply. At the same time, climate change has slipped down the agenda in many places. In the latest episode of Sound of Green, European Commissioner for Energy and Housing Dan Jørgensen explains why he still sees the green transition as Europe's best answer.

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Wind energy

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WindEurope 2026

15 September 2026

WindEurope’s Annual Event returns to Copenhagen in 2027, once again bringing together the entire value chain of the European wind industry: suppliers, turbine manufacturers, project developers and asset owners. Wind energy is homegrown in Denmark, supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs and d

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Circular business models

By addressing product life extension, reuse and the recycling of waste, circular business models can re-duce consumption and minimise waste generation. They allow products to be continuously used, reused, sold as a service, and enable the sharing of products, rather than incentivizing a one-time purchase. A commonality and driving forces are data collection, digital tools, and design.

Waste management

Successful waste management utilises the potential of waste by increasing recycling and reuse of materials while limiting the amount of waste that goes to landfill. Denmark has an efficient waste management system in place and aims to have a climate-neutral waste sector by 2030.

Circular construction

The construction sector holds one of the greatest potentials for a circular transition. The sector represents an enormous potential for reducing waste and increasing recycling and reuse. A building can be designed for circularity if it is designed to be easily decommissioned, e.g. using principles of modularity and design-for-disassembly to enable higher reuse of the building materials.