Denmark wants to temporarily increase its output of natural gas to help Europe wean itself off Russian energy. The Nordic country, which has pledged to stop the production of fossil fuels, will start talks with the companies operating in its part of the North Sea and pledged to speed up administrative processes to allow more production, according to a new energy proposal presented by the government on Tuesday. It will stick to its goal of ending oil and gas production in 2050, Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said at the presentation. Denmark is the European Union’s eighth-largest gas producer as output has been cut drastically due to upgrade work at Tyra, its biggest North Sea field. Already next year, production is set to rise and make Denmark more than self-sufficient with natural gas as the upgrades get completed. The […]