Tag: Sweden

World’s First Road That Recharges Vehicles While Driving Opens in Sweden

Sweden inaugurated on Wednesday the first road of its kind that can recharge commercial and passenger car batteries while driving. The eRoadArlanda project consists of 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) of electric rail installed...

Those Little Produce Stickers? They’re a Big Waste Problem

Those little produce stickers are ubiquitous fruits and vegetables everywhere. But, as CBC notes, they're actually a significant problem despite their small size. Produce stickers carry price look-up (PLU) codes. PLU codes are...

Vattenfall Plans €100 Million Investment In Large-Scale Solar

Swedish power company Vattenfall, known most recently for its wind energy development, has announced that it plans to invest €100 million in large-scale solar energy generation over the next two years, as...

Robert Nygard: Serbia Has Capacity for Managing New Investments in Ecology

Swedish government agency for international development and cooperation - SIDA was founded with a mission to help reducing poverty in the world and to distribute humanitarian aid to people in the conflict...

Sweden Hails New Climate Act as ‘Most Ambitious in the World’

Sweden's ambitious new climate change legislation entered into force this week, setting out a framework for the Scandinavian nation to become a net zero greenhouse gas emitter by 2045. The new Climate Act,...

Jovana Mehandžić Đurđić: Free Charging of Electric Cars at IKEA

We have all heard of the Swedish giant IKEA - the world's leading retail chain with a wide range of home decor products. The main concept of IKEA involves developing products that...

GE and Green Investment Group Team Up for 650MW Swedish Onshore Wind Project

GE Renewable Energy and the Green Investment Group are teaming up to deliver a 650MW wind project in Sweden, having acquired what they claim will be one of the largest single-site onshore...

Swedish Startup Tilts Into Power With Wooden Windmills

A Swedish startup says its modular windmills can cut costs and help solve the logistical challenge of transporting giant masts to wind farms. Modvion, a Gothenburg-based company backed by the Swedish Energy...

JAN LUNDIN: Substantial Level of Economic Development is the Key to Greater Ecomobility

The Kingdom of Sweden has built up a great reputation in the world as a country that pays considerable attention to the preservation of the environment. Innovative and quality solutions for environmental...

Sweden Sets Out £485m Green Investment in 2018 Budget

Sweden's government has announced plans to invest SEK5bn (£485m) towards boosting the green economy and tackling climate change in 2018, in what it says is the country's "greatest commitment to climate and...

How Algae Can Help Sweden Eliminate Carbon Emissions

Algae is often considered a nuisance, but for Sweden, the rapidly growing sea plant is now an asset. As the Scandinavian country works to cut all of its greenhouse gas emissions by 2045,...

5 Cities Leading the Charge on Climate Action

The sheer number of people who live in cities now and who are expected to move into them in the coming years is startling. Around two-thirds of the world's population is predicted...

Northvolt Charges Up Plans for Europe’s Biggest Battery Factory

Swedish start-up Northvolt has announced plans to build Europe's largest lithium-ion battery factory to support growing demand for electric vehicles and energy storage. Earmarked for an as-yet-unspecified site "in the Nordic region", the...

Biogas Cost Reductions to Boost Sustainable Transport

While most people will identify electric vehicles as a sustainable form of transport, particularly when paired with renewable electricity generation, biogas also holds great potential to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from...

IAEA Concludes Safety Review at Doel Nuclear Power Plant in Belgium

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of nuclear safety experts today completed an assessment of long-term operational safety at the Doel Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Unit 1 and 2 in Belgium. The...

Blustery Weather Topples Wind Power Records Across Northern Europe

Wet and windy weather across Northern Europe this week may have loosened a few roof tiles, but it also delivered an impressive flurry of new wind power records, according to new data. In...

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