China wants in on Russian wind park project
Green power was a key issue of discussion during last week’s Karelian government visit to the Chinese province of Fujian.
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Rosatom
«Finland’s Pyhäjoki nuclear plant takes our pension money»
While four million elderly Russians live below the poverty line, the country’s pension fund pays for Rosatom-backed nuclear plant in
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Building new state governance in Russian Arctic
As geopolitical interests in the region rise, Russia takes on Arctic institution-building. It was President Putin himself who this spring
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Nuclear plant construction in North Finland goes ahead despite lack of permit
Fennovoima expects to spend some 500 million euros on building its planned nuclear power plant in northern Finland even before
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Russia’s Rosatom to be in charge of Northern Sea Route
Contrary to previous signals, the Russian government aims to give nuclear power company Rosatom the top authority for development of
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Emergency rescue in Northern Sea Route as oil tanker gets stuck in ice
The 35 year old vessel «Chukotka+» carried several thousand tons of oil and independently tried, and failed, to make it
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Russia launches new nuclear icebreaker
Baltic shipyard in St. Petersburg on Friday launched the second of the new generation powerful icebreakers aimed for the Northern
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No building permit for northern Finland nuclear project Fennovoima before 2019
The Russian-Finnish nuclear project at Pyhäjoki, northern Finland, will not get a building permit before 2019, according to the company’s
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Russia-Norway disagreements stop bay clean-up
Finnmark Governor insists installation of new navigation marks along Russia’s heavily militarized Kola Peninsula coast must be completed before allowing
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Russian hydropower key to Finnish nuclear plant deal
There might never be built a nuclear powerplant at Pyhäjoki, northern Finland, unless energy company Fortum gets control over the
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Finland downplays Russian bid to build reactor
Prime Minister Juha Sipilä said that he sees Russia’s interest in building another reactor in Finland as purely business-minded. The
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Novaya Zemlya: From nuke testing to lead-zinc mining in Russian Arctic
A Rosatom owned mining company will start production of lead and zinc ores on the southern part of Novaya Zemlya
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Finland: More partners pull out of Fennovoima nuclear project
The consortium of Finnish power companies backing a planned nuclear power plant in Pyhäjoki, western Finland is shrinking. Some 15
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Finland’s decisions on Pyhäjoki nuclear project put off until spring
Any decisions on Finland’s planned third nuclear power plant, to be built near Raahe, will be put off until next
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Should nuclear plan in north Finland be re-evaluated?
Finland’s former Minister of Economic Affairs Mauri Pekkarinen says that Parliament and the government must re-consider plans to build
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