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23 January 2024
The lives of hundreds of millions of Europeans will be affected by EU elections in June.
Even if the European Parliament feels distant for most people, its decisions have far-reaching ... day-to-day environmental and energy issues, such as how strict energy efficiency requirements will be...
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23 April 2024
Pumped hydro storage: the Swiss Army knife of the energy industry
Pumped hydroelectric power stations ... offer the ability to store electrical energy easily, efficiently, and in large quantities. The technique
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25 June 2024
Match making: how energy transition and biodiversity can coexist
The energy sector needs to transition to fossil-free production to mitigate the impact of climate change
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30 October 2023
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 ... the extreme cold, buildings here are more energy efficient on average, than in the rest of Swe...
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30 October 2023
Yes, AI will improve energy efficiency – “Essentially all buildings can benefit from this technology“
potential to reduce energy consumption across society. Already, AI technology has reduced energy consumption ... advantage is AI's ability to adapt and optimise energy use exactly where it is need...
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19 June 2024
Vattenfall shares best practices on Diversity & Inclusion in Paris
Vattenfall recently participated in an event hosted by the French Minister for Ecology Transition, Christophe Béchu, ... Béchu, to discuss women's access to careers in the energy and eco...
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NEWS
27 May 2024
Drones make it safer and more efficient
sustainable energy and fossil freedom. News light-blue Drones make it safer and more efficient Drones make ... make it safer and more efficient Drones make it safer and more efficient The developme...
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25 June 2024
Are bats and wind turbines a viable cocktail at sea?
Understanding the big picture when it comes to the movement of bats over the sea is important background knowledge. It will help wind farm ... also ensuring the generation of offshore renewable energy...
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27 March 2024
Building energy resilience in the face of climate change
Climate change is becoming increasingly apparent and is likely to become even more ... pronounced in the future. How will this impact the energy sector?
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23 April 2024
Has the time come to turn the tide into energy?
In the UK, the need for ... predictable, fossil-free and preferably indigenous energy has revived an old dream: to harness the huge tidal
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28 May 2024
Innovative energy: Space solar and airborne wind turbines
Innovations redefine what’s possible. With global demand for fossil-free electricity forecast to double, we investigate four ... projects that could become viable options for the energy sector soon.
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NEWS
26 February 2024
Offshore wind continues to play major role in energy transition
ambitions for increasing the sustainability of energy have been set. In the EU, around 30 GW of wind ... another developer." But wind turbines provide energy for perhaps 25 years. So...
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26 January 2024
The challenge is on to make clean energy clean all the way
The United Nations’ International Day of Clean Energy, 26 January, is a great opportunity to raise awareness ... action for a just and inclusive transition to clean energy. And not just clean because ...
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NEWS
27 March 2024
A just and fair energy transition – or no transition at all?
In Europe’s shift towards fossil-free energy, justice and fairness take centre stage. A looming backlash
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NEWS
9 January 2024
Vattenfall connects Danish offshore wind farm to the grid
Vattenfall has now completed 100 per cent of the offshore wind farm Vesterhav Syd. ... This means Vattenfall is delivering fossil free energy to 170.000 Danish households.
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NEWS
7 March 2024
International Women’s Day: Vattenfall’s women make all the difference
is a strong player in the energy market and a successful driver of the energy transition in Europe. This ... men by 6 to 5. As part of the Vattenfall Women in Energy Week, we aim to highlight our wome...
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NEWS
10 May 2024
The web of deceit: How false narratives threaten climate action
To combat climate ... efforts to replace fossil fuels with fossil free energy sources like wind power. This is made worse by ... intelligence, disinformation, misinformation, renewable energy, wind po...
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NEWS
30 April 2024
First quarter 2024: Good result development despite lower electricity prices
Vattenfall has had a solid start to 2024 with a good result development despite lower electricity prices. During the quarter, ... invest in projects and technologies that drive the energy transition f...
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NEWS
1 June 2018
Energy industry signed up to gender equality
Vattenfall is one of the ... signatories to the Equal by 30 initiative at Clean Energy Week.
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NEWS
29 August 2023
Excess energy from fusion – “A major breakthrough”
Fusion power has eluded energy scientists for decades. Now, for the first time, following two recent
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NEWS
17 August 2018
Blockchain in energy trading closer to realisation
With Enerchain, Vattenfall ... Trading is engaged in developing blockchain for energy trading of the future.
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NEWS
22 April 2022
Focus on energy issues in Europe
war, the issues of price and sufficient access to energy are main topics of the European cooperation. At ... March, Vattenfall’s CEO Anna Borg discussed the energy issue with President of the Europea...
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NEWS
15 May 2019
Joint trainee hackaton on future energy solutions
Vattenfall, SEB, Siemens and Husqvarna cooperated on a joint ... hackaton with former trainees about future sustainable energy solutions.
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NEWS
30 November 2016
Vattenfall welcomes the European Commission’s commitments
European Commission’s commitments in the ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’ Package Today, 30 November, ... Commission has published 'Clean Energy for all Europeans'; the Energy Union Winter Pac...
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NEWS
8 December 2020
Marcus Bokermann chairs energy traders’ federation
Meet Marcus Bokermann of Vattenfall’s Business Area Markets, ... new Chairman for EFET, European Federation of Energy Traders.
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NEWS
25 April 2018
Vattenfall launches energy sharing marketplace powerpeers
Vattenfall launches energy sharing marketplace powerpeers Vattenfall launches a new energy start-up company ... whom they receive their energy and who to supply with their self-generated energy. ...
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NEWS
22 January 2021
Nordic energy utilities call for swift revision of the EU 2030 climate and energy legislation
Fortum, ... Statkraft and Vattenfall, the three largest Nordic energy utilities welcome the EU’s revised 2030 climate
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NEWS
26 September 2017
Pilot project uses salt for energy storage
News Pilot project uses salt for energy storage A project that will be performed in Vattenfall's combined ... increasingly inexpensive energy sources, but they are not consistent. If there is more...
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NEWS
27 February 2024
Storing and using carbon – why it matters for the transition
electrification of transport, making electricity use more efficient, reducing dependence on fossil-fuelled heat, and ... says Amandine Denis-Ryan, CEO of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financi...
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NEWS
5 April 2019
Batteries, an important part of a fossil-free energy system
Energy storage will be the grease in the renewable-energy machinery.