Higher demand drove Finland’s electricity prices up in 2018
Last summer’s hot arid weather dried up hydroelectric power generation in the Nordic region, causing wholesale prices to spike by
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Renewables
Sweden’s solar industry sees bright future despite shrinking subsidies
Over the past decade, solar power has experienced a dazzling pace of growth, thanks in part to government subsidies. But
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Finland’s power prices dropped as wind turbines were fed by winter storm
Record-strong winds pushed the price of electricity down early Wednesday as they kept wind turbines spinning during a major winter storm.
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Finnish energy sector’s emissions dropping sharply: report
Emissions from electricity and district heating production are taking a nosedive thanks to policy measures aimed at fighting climate change,
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Finland ninth, Sweden first in EU climate efforts: enviro group
Among 28 European Union countries, Finland is ranked ninth in efforts to combat climate change, says Climate Action Network (CAN).
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How Canadian scientists discovered a geothermal source in 1970s rural Iceland
Forty years after researchers from Halifax (Canadian Maritimes) helped drill a hole nearly two kilometres into the ground in rural
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Italian firm to build giant wind farm in northwestern Russia
Company Enel admits the market situation is “difficult”, but still proceeds with the development of a major wind farm in
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Finnish government proposes banning coal by 2029
Finland’s government proposed on Thursday that the use of coal to produce electricity or heat should be banned by 2029.
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Finnish minister still supports clearing forests for biofuels following UN climate report
In a report issued on Monday, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasized the importance of forests as
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Longread – The quest to turn Norway’s Arctic coast into Northern Europe’s wind power hub
The big winds that come in from the Barents Sea carry flush green power and profits. But developers are held
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Finland’s wind power sector is booming
Last year, 153 new turbines were installed in the country, according to the Finnish Wind Power Association. Some 700 turbines
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Arctic Canadian town learns lessons from Alaskan wind farm
As Inuvik, Northwest Territories, looks to harness the power of wind energy in order to reduce its reliance on diesel,
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Indigenous community in Northern Canada to offset diesel with solar panels
The Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation and ATCO Electric Yukon signed a historic 25-year energy agreement this week in Whitehorse. The
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Power company to build first non-subsidised wind farm in Finland
Wind power company TuuliWatti is building a five-turbine wind power park in the municipality of Ii on the Bay of
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Finnish chemistry professor develops “revolutionary” biofuel
A professor at Turku’s Åbo Akademi and Sweden’s Umeå University says he has managed to develop a fuel based entirely
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