"PROJECT BETTER PLACE" TO DENMARK

Green Cars to Enter Danish Roads

Last week the leading Danish energy company Dong, and the Israeli entrepreneur Shai Agassi, founder and CEO of the electric vehicle project known as Project Better Place, announced their agreement on introducing environmentally friendly electric vehicles to the Danish as the first European country.

”The agreement places Denmark on the world map once again as an innovative and environmentally friendly country where advanced and sustainable energy projects are being developed,” says Ole Frijs-Madsen, Director of Invest in Denmark under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The Project Better Place was initiated with the vision of creating a healthier, safer planet in 2008, by providing an alternative to the consumption of fossil fuels.

Both Dong and Project Better World are members of the Copenhagen Climate Council, a multidisciplinary forum with members from all parts of the world, working on establishing a global agreement at the UN Climate Change conference (COP15) to be held in Copenhagen in 2009.

For more information on the electric vehicle project, you can click on the links to the right.