16.03.2017 National news Fortum and Futurice are developing a new concept for solar energy companies in developing countries Energy company Fortum and software agency Futurice are embarking on a new kind of cooperation that combines their expertise in solar energy and software design. The aim of the cooperation is to create a solution that provides easier access to electricity for people in developing countries. In less than two hours the earth receives from […]
16.03.2017 National news Finnish drone start-up Aeromon maps industrial emissions from above Drones are opening up commercial opportunities in a range of industries, from agriculture and mining to real estate. But until now there has been little focus on conservation and environmental applications. Finnish cleantech start-up Aeromon is changing that, with a drone and software platform capable of monitoring industrial emissions from above. The team at Aeromon has developed […]
15.03.2017 Nordic and international news Alstom’s hydrogen train Coradia iLint first successful run at 80 km/h Alstom successfully performed the first test run at 80 km/h of the world’s only fuel cell passenger train Coradia iLint on its own test track in Salzgitter, Lower Saxony (Germany). An extensive test campaign will be conducted in Germany and Czech Republic in the coming months before the Coradia iLint performs its first passenger test […]
15.03.2017 Nordic and international news Ex-Tesla manager seeks $4 billion for Europe’s biggest battery plant A former Tesla executive is trying to raise at least $4 billion to build Europe’s biggest battery factory in Sweden to meet an expected surge in demand as the region’s automakers switch to electric vehicles. Peter Carlsson, who managed Tesla’s supply chain before returning to his native country, believes European carmakers’ push into electric propulsion […]
13.03.2017 National news, Solar energy Environmentally friendly, almost electricity-free solar cooling – also serves as a heat pump VTT and German company ZAE Bayern have developed a solar-powered 10 kW chiller. This absorption chiller works in the same way as the gas refrigerators used in Finnish holiday cabins, for example. But in this case, a solar thermal collector is used instead of gas. The method requires electricity for the flow pumps only. If […]
10.03.2017 National news Valmet to supply a multifuel boiler and a flue gas cleaning system to Japan Valmet will supply a multifuel power boiler and a flue gas cleaning system to Kushiro Thermal Power Plant Inc. located in the city of Kushiro, Hokkaido, Japan. The new boiler plant will enable the customer to achieve a stable power supply at extremely high thermal efficiency. The order is included in Valmet’s first quarter orders […]
09.03.2017 National news Finland’s VTT brings BALANCE to renewable power VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is coordinating a European Commission-funded project which brings together several leading European research institutes in the field of electrochemical conversion. The three-year 2.5 million-euro BALANCE project seeks to demonstrate a technology that enables flexible storage of large amounts of renewable power. This electrochemical conversion technology is known as ReSOC (Reversible […]
08.03.2017 Nordic and international news CCNY-based team develops sustainable, high energy density battery Researchers at The City College of New York-based CUNY Energy Institute announce the development of a novel low cost, rechargeable, high energy density battery that makes the widespread use of solar and wind power possible in the future. It is based on manganese dioxide (MnO2), an abundant, safe and non-toxic material.
07.03.2017 Solar energy, Wind power Saudi Arabia needs to forget oil and go solar, says man behind Kingdom’s crude clout Saudi Arabia is embarking on a $50 billion renewable-resources push to meeting growing energy demand while tempering domestic oil use. Starting this year, the OPEC’s biggest crude producer plans to develop almost 10 gigawatts of renewable energy such as solar and wind power by 2023.
07.03.2017 Nordic and international news Tesla took advice from a super smart 5th grader On Wednesday night, Bria, a fifth grade “green fan” of Musk’s company, Tesla, blew the billionaire’s mind by writing him a letter suggesting an innovative advertising idea. After Bria’s father, “an auto writer for InsideEVs.com and U.S. News & World Report,” shared a photograph of the letter to Twitter, explaining it was written for a […]
06.03.2017 Nordic and international news Fortum Charge & Drive builds the first high-power charging corridor between Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki Fortum Charge & Drive will build the first High-Power Charging (HPC) corridor between Oslo, Stockholm and Helsinki. The corridor provides charging possibilities for the upcoming models of long range, over 300 km, electric vehicles with higher charging speeds. In practice, it means that electric models expected to be on the market by early 2018 will […]
02.03.2017 Nordic and international news Biggest battery in the Nordic countries commissioned in Järvenpää The biggest battery in the Nordic countries was taken into use on the 1st of March at Fortum’s Järvenpää power plant. In Fortum’s Batcave battery project, the Nordic countries’ biggest lithium-ion battery storage was installed in conjunction with Fortum’s biomass-fired biopower plant in Järvenpää. Electricity production forms that are condition-dependent, such as wind and solar energy, will […]
