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Denmark signed a wide-ranging clean energy cooperation deal with Abu Dhabi yesterday that paves the way for commercial partnerships across a range of areas.The Scandinavian country has set itself renewable energy targets of 30 per cent by 2020 and 100 per cent by 2050 and argued that its experience would provide valuable lessons for the emirate.“Our plans are the most ambitious in the world, but we’re on schedule,” said Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark at the ceremony on the sidelines of the World Future Energy Summit in the capital. “Even the abundant oil and gas resources of Abu Dhabi will eventually run dry. This country needs to diversify its economy sooner rather than later.”Signed by Sultan Al Jaber, the chief executive of Masdar, and Rasmus Helveg Petersen, the Danish minister of development cooperation, the agreement spans sustainable development policy, the commercial development of renewables and carbon capture and injection.Among the first initiatives to come from the agreement, which was not assigned a dollar amount, are plans for a “Danish incubator” at Masdar City to serve as a hub for technology companies. Abu Dhabi will also benefit from educational training and job exchange programmes.Green technology now contributes 11 per cent of Denmark’s exports, Prince Frederik noted at a signing ceremony that was also attended by Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed, the Foreign Minister.“Sustainable and clean energy is also good business,” he said.Prominent among Danish exporters is Vestas, the wind turbine producer that has struggled through nine consecutive quarters of losses as it battled Chinese producers for market share.Optimism about the company, which remains unprofitable, has buoyed after its order book for 2013 rose to 5,214 megawatts, up from 3,738MW the previous year.In 2011, the company won the emirate’s US$1.5 million Zayed Future Energy Prize, which honours achievement among companies, individuals and non-governmental organisations.
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Victoria handed prize despite crack on the foot.Despite the crack in the foot and a boot on the entire left foot fighting Victoria on with his official work as the crown princess of Sweden.- Otherwise she doing excellent. Isn't it clearly visible in the pictures? says Ulrika Näsholm at court.Crown Princess Victoria was on Wednesday evening at the Royal Academy of Science to hand the Tobias Prize - which supports research on stem cell transplants and blood diseases that can be treated with stem cell transplantation.But it was not the Victoria we are accustomed to see who came up on stage. Or rather, jumped up on stage.Problems with left footWhen it was time for Victoria to award this year's prize to Sten Eirik W. Jacobsen at the Karolinska Institute, it was only on one leg. The Crown Princess still has in fact problems with her left foot after a skiing accident at the end of last year during a holiday in Switzerland and Italy. Victoria fell so badly that she had to be transported by ambulance to a hospital in Switzerland.- It was found a crack in the foot and that is why the Crown Princess still has that thing on the foot reminiscent of a shoe. She is not bandaged, but needs some time to have the shoe for the foot to heal, says Ulrika Näsholm at the court's information department.So instead of setting the implements of Victoria's official events. During Wednesday evening, just before the awards ceremony, Victoria threw her crutches and hopped up on stage on one leg.How is she?- Fantastic good. It's just the foot, but otherwise everything is great, says Ulrika Näsholm.If more than a week go Crown Princess Victoria and Prince Daniel on several day official visit to Germany.Will the boot be gone by then?- Probably not, but we'll see whether it will not be an obstacle, says Ulrika Näsholm.
Crown Princess Mary heard the explanation behind Prince Christian's Christening set: It's made of pieces, a large plate representing the forest and strawberries, as a reminder of Frederik and Mary's May wedding. The dessert plate has apples that represent Christian's October birth and finally a cup with a winterflower because Christian was Christened in February.
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| Princess Benedikte with HM The Queen of Malaysia. |
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