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Northern Canada: town’s fight to switch power distributors reaches Northwest Territories Supreme Court

25 March 201925 March 2019 Richard Gleeson, CBC News 0 Comments court, electricity, energy, Hay River, justice, legal, Northwest Territories, NWT, Yellowknife

A case that has implications for the cost and distribution of electricity in eight Northwest Territories communities, including the capital

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Nuclear power plant in northern Finland delayed four years to 2028

24 December 201828 December 2018 Yle News 0 Comments electricity, energy, Fennovoima, Finland, Finnish Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, nuclear power, power plant, Pyhäjoki, Rosatom, Russia

A controversial nuclear power plant to be located in Pyhäjoki in northern Ostrobothnia on Finland’s northwest coast will take four

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Electricity prices to jump in Tampere, southern Finland

2 October 2018 Yle News 0 Comments electricity, energy, Tampere

The price of electricity is set to rise in Tampere and the surrounding Pirkanmaa region of south-central Finland this autumn,

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Arctic electric rally hits the road towards Northwestern Russia

22 June 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments electric cars, electricity, environment, Infrastructure, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, renewable energy, roads, Tesla, transport

Electric car enthusiasts from Bergen (southwest Norway), Oslo (southeast Norway), Hammerfest (Arctic Norway), Minsk (Belarus) and St. Petersburg (Western Russia)

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Finnish solar industry looks for boost from better storage

26 March 2018 Yle News 0 Comments clean energy, economy, electricity, solar panels

A dozen solar panels gleam in the sun on the roof of a semi-detached house in Herttoniemi, eastern Helsinki. In

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Russia wants cryptocurrency farms in Murmansk region

19 February 2018 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments cryptocurrecy, cryptoruble, economy, electricity, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, Siberia

New cryptocurrency farms should be built in the Murmansk region where there is abundant electricity available at affordable prices, Kravchenko

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Electric planes could arrive sooner than we think in Norway

19 January 201819 January 2018 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments aviation, Avinor, electricity, environment, Finnmark, green energy, Ministry of Transportation, natural resources, Rovaniemi, SAS, Widerøe, ZERO

With tens of small airports and many short-haul flights, northern Norway is ideal for introduction of electric passenger aircrafts. For

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As snow continues to fall, Eastern Finland enters second week without power

4 January 2018 Yle News 0 Comments electricity, Hyrynsalmi, Kainuu, Loiste, power outage, weather

Heavy snow in the Kainuu region of northern Finland has caused rolling power cuts for a week now, with new

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Challenges ahead for electric car chargers along Europe’s northernmost highway

17 November 2017 Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Barents Sea, Bellona, electricity, environment, European Highway E105, Kola Peninsula, Murmansk, renewable energy, Tesla

Bellona teams up with regional authorities to see how and where charger should come between Murmansk and the border to

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Smart grid electrical systems – a new export jackpot for Finland?

18 January 201719 January 2017 Yle News 0 Comments electricity, energy transition, environment, smart electric systems

Smart electricity systems can save consumers money while easing the transition to low-emission energy sources – and Finnish high-tech firms

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Renewables help keep energy costs low in Finland: experts

25 July 2016 Yle News 0 Comments electricity, fees, fuel, hydropower, nordic, Sweden, wind power

Some households’ electric rates have risen incrementally this summer, but overall prices remain low compared to long-term averages. Experts attribute

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New wind power park planned for Arctic Norway

1 February 20162 February 2016 Atle Staalesen, The Independent Barents Observer 0 Comments Båtsfjord, electricity, energy, Finnmark, Finnmark Kraft, Renewables

The Hamnefjell project will take advantage of rich Arctic winds to deliver an annual 186 GWh. The site is among

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Power being restored in Pori, Finland

5 January 20167 January 2016 Yle News 0 Comments electricity, housing, Pori Energia, weather

Some 2,000 households in the Meri-Pori area awoke to a power cut on Tuesday morning, but the majority have now

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Storm Helga weather warning for Sweden

4 December 20155 January 2016 Radio Sweden 0 Comments electricity, transportation, weather

The Swedish weather service SMHI has issued an official warning for high winds of up to 30 metres per second in the

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Finland’s president pledges to cut carbon footprint

27 November 20155 January 2016 Yle News 0 Comments carbon pledge, climate, COP2, electricity, politics, Sauli Niinistö

Like hundreds of other Finns, President Sauli Niinistö has signed an online pledge to take steps to reduce his personal

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