Siemens backs Northvolt battery project
Storage
Munich-based Siemens has become the latest investor to contribute to the Northvolt battery project to build Europe’s largest lithium-ion factory
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Norway orders electric buses
Storage
Volvo Buses says it has received an order for two Volvo 7900 (pictured) electric buses from the public transport company
Northvolt signs Japanese supply deal
Storage
Japan’s Marubeni and Sweden-based battery manufacturer Northvolt have signed an agreement to provide the company led by former Tesla supply
‘Nuclear Titanic’ leaves St Petersburg
Industry
Russia has launched a controversial floating nuclear power station, which environmentalist have dubbed a “nuclear Titanic”, to provide energy to
Swedish turbines built on Scottish coast
Production
The world’s most powerful wind turbine is being built by a Swedish firm off the coast at Aberdeen in northwest
Scandinavia attracts cryptocurrency mining
Industry
Cryptocurrency miners are moving to Norway and Sweden because of cheap hydroelectric energy and low temperatures to cool their servers.
Sweden unveils first electric road
Storage
The world’s first road that allows electric vehicles to recharge as they drive has been installed outside Stockholm in Sweden
Battery demand drives graphite push
Storage
The demand for electric car batteries has affected the pine forests of central Sweden, where a dormant graphite mine is
EU funds Swedish battery factory
Industry
Northvolt, founded by two former Tesla executives, has secured a €52.5-million loan to build a demonstration battery line run from
Electric ferry cuts emissions 95%: Norway
Environment
The operators of the first all-electric ferry in Norway claim it cuts emission by 95 per cent and costs by
Finnish power shortfall alarms firms
Consumption
Employers in Finland risk having to cut their power use as the Nordic nation’s growing energy demands outstrip supply, warns
Swedes divide on nuclear safety
Environment
Sweden’s radiation safety agency (SSM) and an environmental court issued conflicting recommendations to the government on whether to allow the
EU falls flat in battery race
Environment
The challenge of increasing battery capacity is the focus of some of the globe’s finest technological minds. The commercial demands
Siemens Gamesa unveils wind turbine
Environment
The newly amalgamated Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) appears to be attempting to overlap the two firms’ areas of expertise