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Power being restored in Pori, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 14:20 — Last Updated: Thursday, January 7, 2016 at 21:06
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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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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Sweden 

Storm Helga weather warning for Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, December 4, 2015 at 14:59 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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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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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General Special Features 

Finland’s president pledges to cut carbon footprint

Yle News
Posted: Friday, November 27, 2015 at 15:06 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Like hundreds of other Finns, President Sauli Niinistö has signed an online pledge to take steps to reduce his personal

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Business Business (USA) General USA 

New Alaska rules may help renewable energy projects

Rachel Waldholz, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 15:29 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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New rules could make it possible to develop more renewable energy in Alaska, by making it easier for independent projects to

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Finland storm knocks out mobile networks

Yle News
Posted: Monday, November 23, 2015 at 17:16 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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This weekend’s power cuts in Finland, caused by heavy wet snow on power lines, have also caused severe disruption to

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Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Controversy over street lighting in Finnish town

Yle News
Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2015 at 15:15 — Last Updated: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 16:38
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Municipalities in Finland have been turning off street lights at night in order to save money. In the town of

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The Swedish nuclear power plant Forsmark in 2006. (Fredrik Sandberg/AFP/Getty Images)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Will Sweden be able to produce enough energy in the future?

Radio Sweden
Posted: Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 15:14 — Last Updated: Friday, August 28, 2015 at 19:09
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This last spring and summer Sweden’s energy companies announced that four of ten nuclear reactors could need to be decommissioned,

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Solar panels manufactured by SaloSolar in south-western Finland. ( Lassi Lähteenmäki / Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Solar power prospects good in Finland despite rainy summer

Yle News
Posted: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 14:30 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 18:32
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Despite this summer’s cloudy weather, the amount of solar energy produced this year in Finland is about the same as

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Windmills in Finnmark. (Trude Pettersen/Barents Observer)
Business Business (Norway) General Norway Special Features 

Japan wants wind power from Arctic Norway

Trude Pettersen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Friday, May 29, 2015 at 13:26 — Last Updated: Monday, June 1, 2015 at 15:46
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The Japanese market eyes opportunities for import of clean energy from Finnmark. Japan is interested in having long-term connections with

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Central Helsinki during Earth Hour on Saturday, 28 March. (Yle)
Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General 

Earth Hour doesn’t move the needle on Finland’s electricity grid

Yle News
Posted: Monday, March 30, 2015 at 13:23
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Several Finnish landmarks turned the lights out on Saturday night to mark the WWF’s Earth Hour event to highlight climate

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Power prices and the subsidies for renewable power producers are currently at a record low in Sweden.(iStock)
General Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Energy consumption at 30-year low in Sweden

Radio Sweden
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 15:02 — Last Updated: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 21:04
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Warm weather and a weak European economy brought a dip in Swedish electric energy use in 2014. Energy-consumption levels have

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(Pertti Huotari / Yle)
Finland General Society Society (Finland) 

Thousands of households lose power in eastern Finland

Yle News
Posted: Wednesday, December 31, 2014 at 14:37 — Last Updated: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 21:04
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A swing from frigid to warmer temperatures coupled with heavy snowfall plunged as many as 20,000 households in eastern Finland

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Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) Society Society (Finland) 

Police in Finland slam Seinäjoki council for “dangerous” street blackouts

Yle News
Posted: Monday, September 8, 2014 at 21:43 — Last Updated: Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at 21:34
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Authorities in the Ostrobothnian town have begun switching off streetlights overnight to save money, in a move that police say

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Environment Environment (Finland) Finland General Politics Politics (Finland) Society Society (Finland) 

Money crunch sees weekday blackouts in Oulu, Finland

Yle News
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2014 at 17:06 — Last Updated: Monday, September 8, 2014 at 21:50
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The city of Oulu has pulled another weapon out of its cost-cutting arsenal: officials have decided turn off street lighting

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Environment Environment (Sweden) General Politics Politics (Sweden) Society Society (Sweden) Sweden 

Lower electricity bills for Swedes

Radio Sweden
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2014 at 16:20 — Last Updated: Monday, September 8, 2014 at 21:50
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Swedes may receive lower household bills in the future following a government decision to introduce tighter rules for electricity companies.

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