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COP28 logo. Image Credit: WAM
Image Credit: WAM

Vattenfall in Dubai for COP28

COP28, the 28th UN Climate Conference, started on 30 November and runs to 12 December. Vattenfall’s Head of Sustainability, Annika Ramsköld, will be present for a week in the United Arab Emi...

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Leá Rouquette, PhD student. Photo by Anna Lena Lundqvist
Photo by Anna Lena Lundqvist

Reuse or recycle batteries? Why researchers disagree

More and more batteries will be needed in the future. This also means that more batteries will have to be recycled or reused. But which method is the most effective and sustainable? Well, as...

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FossilEye plastic tracker system. Photo by Tekniska Verken
Tekniska Verken

Watching eye encourages plastics recycling

Plastic in waste streams used for energy recovery is an unnecessary source of fossil carbon dioxide emissions. Three Swedish cities are now testing a new digital camera technology with the g...

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Feets in shower. Photo by AdobeStock
AdobeStock

How using sewage for your shower helps the climate

We literally flush a huge part of produced energy right down the drain. But the hot sewage from you and your neighbours can be used to heat your shower water again - whilst also helping to a...

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Vesterhav Syd offshore wind farm

Vattenfall supplies first power from Denmark’s next offshore wind farm

Vattenfall’s offshore wind farm Vesterhav Syd has supplied its first power.

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Ulrika Ritzén, new Head of Onshore Wind at Business Area Wind

Ulrika Ritzén new Head of Onshore Wind at Business Area Wind

Ulrika Ritzén has been appointed new Head of Onshore Wind at Business Area Wind at Vattenfall. She will start November 13, 2023.

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Johanna Lindgren

House of the midnight sun – energy efficiency north of the Arctic Circle

The rugged mining community of Kiruna is one of Sweden’s northernmost cities. In winter, temperatures drop below -30 degrees Celsius. Despite the extreme cold, buildings here are more energy...

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Woman checking oven heat

Yes, AI will improve energy efficiency – “Essentially all buildings can benefit from this technology“

AI has enormous potential to reduce energy consumption across society. Already, AI technology has reduced energy consumption in buildings by 20 percent and halved electricity usage for mobil...

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