https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Denmark's leading wind energy group Dong Energy said Thursday earnings fell in the first quarter, partly because winds were not up to snuff at the start of the year. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170427/denmarks-dong-energy-profits-soften-as-wind-drops Thu, 27 Apr 2017 16:43:22 +0200 denmarks-dong-energy-profits-soften-as-wind-drops Danish green energy giant Dong said on Thursday it was pulling out of coal use, burning another bridge to its fossil fuel past after ditching oil and gas. https://www.thelocal.dk/20170202/denmarks-dong-energy-to-ditch-coal-by-2023 Thu, 02 Feb 2017 14:19:44 +0100 denmarks-dong-energy-to-ditch-coal-by-2023 Danish offshore wind farm operator Dong Energy on Tuesday reported a rise in quarterly profit as it confirmed plans to sell its oil and gas operations. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161108/dong-energy-to-unload-oil-and-gas-operations Tue, 08 Nov 2016 14:40:38 +0100 dong-energy-to-unload-oil-and-gas-operations Denmark's Dong Energy, a major operator of offshore wind farms, said on Wednesday that it was eyeing a sale of its oil and gas business in the North Sea. https://www.thelocal.dk/20161026/dong-energy-eyes-sale-of-oil-and-gas-business Wed, 26 Oct 2016 15:54:53 +0200 dong-energy-eyes-sale-of-oil-and-gas-business Denmark's state-controlled Dong Energy said on Thursday it was "ready to answer any questions" as a watchdog launched a probe into claims the government sold a partial stake in the group to US investment bank Goldman Sachs too cheaply. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160916/denmark-dong-goldman-sachs-deal-new-scrutiny Fri, 16 Sep 2016 10:13:44 +0200 denmark-dong-goldman-sachs-deal-new-scrutiny The British government gave the green light on Tuesday for what it called the world's biggest offshore wind farm to be built off the English coast. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160817/dong-gets-go-ahead-for-worlds-biggest-offshore-wind-farm Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:54:40 +0200 dong-gets-go-ahead-for-worlds-biggest-offshore-wind-farm Danish energy group Dong Energy reported a quarterly loss on Thursday, two months after the world's largest operator of offshore wind farms successfully listed on the Copenhagen stock exchange. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160804/dong-slips-into-loss-in-first-post-ipo-results Thu, 04 Aug 2016 21:59:40 +0200 dong-slips-into-loss-in-first-post-ipo-results Danish offshore wind farm operator Dong Energy is to build two offshore wind farms off the Dutch coast where it has pledged to produce the world's cheapest offshore wind energy. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160706/dong-energy-to-build-worlds-cheapest-offshore-wind-farms Wed, 06 Jul 2016 15:17:58 +0200 dong-energy-to-build-worlds-cheapest-offshore-wind-farms Danish utility and offshore wind farm operator Dong Energy made its stock exchange debut in Copenhagen on Thursday in Europe's biggest initial public offering (IPO) this year so far. https://www.thelocal.dk/20160609/denmarks-dong-energy-takes-bourse-by-storm Thu, 09 Jun 2016 12:04:48 +0200 denmarks-dong-energy-takes-bourse-by-storm Danish utility and offshore wind farm operator Dong Energy said Thursday that it could be valued at up to 106.5 billion kroner (€14.3 billion, $16.0 billion) in what is expected to be Denmark's biggest initial public offering (IPO). https://www.thelocal.dk/20160526/goldman-sachs-dong-denmark-ipo Thu, 26 May 2016 15:20:34 +0200 goldman-sachs-dong-denmark-ipo State-owned Dong Energy is proceeding with plans to construct the world's largest offshore wind farm in 2018. https://www.thelocal.dk/20151029/denmark-dong-worlds-biggest-offshore-windfarm Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:34:32 +0100 denmark-dong-worlds-biggest-offshore-windfarm The US investment bank Goldman Sachs has announced that it is prepared to share details of its partial purchase of state-owned Dong Energy, thereby finally allowing the Danish parliament insight into the circumstances behind the criticized deal. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150805/danish-parliament-to-review-dong-sale Wed, 05 Aug 2015 14:20:07 +0200 danish-parliament-to-review-dong-sale Parliament's leadership said on Friday that it could "not accept" that Bjarne Corydon did not reveal the details of competing bids in the controversial https://www.thelocal.dk/20150508/finance-minister-rapped-over-goldman-sachs-deal Fri, 08 May 2015 18:27:01 +0200 finance-minister-rapped-over-goldman-sachs-deal The partial sale of Dong Energy to Goldman Sachs did not include a massive deal that both parties knew was imminent, shortchanging the company's value by as much as 20 billion kroner. https://www.thelocal.dk/20150325/denmark-lost-billions-on-goldman-sachs-dong-sale-report Wed, 25 Mar 2015 11:09:35 +0100 denmark-lost-billions-on-goldman-sachs-dong-sale-report If Denmark is to hit its ambitious climate goals, DONG Energy will have to lead the way. The Local interviewed the primarily state-owned company's head of regulatory affairs about its transition to new energy sources, subsidies and the controversial sale of a 18 percent stake to Goldman Sachs that imploded the Danish government coalition. https://www.thelocal.dk/20141102/dong-looks-to-power-denmarks-renewable-energy-future Sun, 02 Nov 2014 10:14:00 +0100 dong-looks-to-power-denmarks-renewable-energy-future