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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. One challenge is to ... achieve this while also preserving and protecting biodiversity.
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24 June 2024
Restoring peatland: From carbon leak to biodiverse carbon sink
carbon leak to biodiverse carbon sink Restoring peatland: From carbon leak to biodiverse carbon sink When ... now well underway, bringing back a richness of biodiversity and halting a source of leakin...
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20 May 2022
Major focus on biodiversity
News Major focus on biodiversity Major focus on biodiversity Major focus on biodiversity 22 May is the International ... the issue is getting more and more attention. Biodiversity Josefin Josefin Blan...
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20 August 2019
How Vattenfall works with biodiversity
Vattenfall continually ... works to prevent or minimise negative impacts on biodiversity. Head of Environment Helle Herk-Hansen explains
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NEWS
27 June 2023
250 kilometres of biodiversity hotspots
Energy transition, biodiversity and responsible use of land - to some people inherent contradictions
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NEWS
23 April 2024
Offshore wind farms – why they appeal to wildlife
As the world shifts away from fossil fuels to combat climate change, it is crucial ... production while also avoiding harm to ecosystems and biodiversity loss. But can power production actually improv...
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NEWS
27 October 2021
Vattenfall explores new ways to quantify biodiversity
Vattenfall and French based CDC Biodiversité, a leading European ... organization in biodiversity assessments, have started a collaboration to assess Vattenfall’s biodiversity footprint
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NEWS
18 June 2020
Solar farms can increase biodiversity
increase biodiversity Solar farms can increase biodiversity Solar farms can increase biodiversity With ... range of plant and animal life. Solarpower, Biodiversity In 2020 and 2021, Vattenfall w...
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NEWS
23 May 2018
Biodiversity - a very important issue for Vattenfall
News Biodiversity – a very important issue for Vattenfall In order to draw attention to and raise awareness ... in forests and fields throughout the country. Biodiversity Vattenfall R&D and Eldist...
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NEWS
10 May 2019
This is how Vattenfall takes responsibility for biodiversity
One million species are threatened by extinction according the UN. Vattenfall ... is since long working to minimise impact on biodiversity.
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NEWS
22 May 2020
Vattenfall shares ideas for biodiversity enhancement
Against the serious backdrop ... loss of biodiversity, Vattenfall has decided to share some of its experience within biodiversity in a catalogue ... for initiatives that can support nature and biodive...
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NEWS
25 June 2024
Dancing foam rods guide fish to safety
who is in charge of Vattenfall’s hydro power biodiversity programme, believes that these dancing rods ... potential for use in other projects as part of our biodiversity programme. A new application h...
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NEWS
12 July 2022
Wind power and biodiversity come together at Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm
To be sustainable, offshore wind power must be rolled out in ... harmony with nature and the environment. Critical biodiversity research, groundbreaking innovations and updates
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NEWS
11 November 2022
Vattenfall maps its impact on biodiversity in the full value chain
Vattenfall ... a pioneer in measuring the overall impact on biodiversity. Now a comprehensive analysis has been carried ... how the company’s economic activities impact biodiversity throughout the val...
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NEWS
28 March 2024
Vattenfall to participate in the Dutch offshore wind tender IJmuiden Ver with ‘Zeevonk’
2 GW capacity. Plans for site Alpha focus on biodiversity criteria, while Beta is focused on system integration ... capitalizing on Vattenfall’s environment and biodiversity expertise Vattenfall opera...
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NEWS
25 June 2024
Are bats and wind turbines a viable cocktail at sea?
Vattenfall aims to have a positive impact on biodiversity in the areas where we operate, and this is only ... funding for these kinds of studies in our overall biodiversity programme, which is run by ...
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NEWS
15 March 2023
Vattenfall’s offshore wind turbines to test sustainable food production
How can fossil-free offshore wind power and sustainable food be produced – ... all while improving the marine environment and biodiversity in the same marine area? This is what the new
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NEWS
22 December 2022
COP15 paving the way for positive developments for nature
COP15, the ... UN’s high-level meeting in Montreal to promote biodiversity, ended on Monday. The meeting resulted in a
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NEWS
18 January 2024
First seaweed from wind farm Kriegers Flak harvested this spring
time improve the marine environment and area biodiversity “It’s going to be an exciting year for us. One ... documenting effects on the marine environment and biodiversity”, says WIN@sea Senior Resear...
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NEWS
26 March 2021
Vattenfall joins initiative to protect and restore nature in line with science
nature and biodiversity in a positive way. World Economic Forum stresses importance of biodiversity World ... World Economic Forum lifts biodiversity loss as a top global risk and this has an implicat...
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NEWS
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 ... challenge is however to minimise the impact on the biodiversity of the unique tidal habitat in the Severn rive...
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NEWS
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 ... that we work in harmony with nature, keeping biodiversity and nature protection at the heart of everything
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NEWS
7 April 2022
Turbine foundation design creates new home for marine life
offshore wind farm in the world. Offshorewind, Biodiversity Water replenishment holes in the wind turbine ... meet our expectations, this will boost marine biodiversity”, says Erwin Coolen, program di...
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NEWS
20 April 2018
Berlin power plants buzz with beeodiversity
spots available for bee keeping at its premises. biodiversity Wilfried Kuß and his daughter Anke have been ... many insects. In Berlin, Vattenfall supports biodiversity in various ways. Today Vat...
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NEWS
1 September 2023
New artificial reefs bring new life to Hollandse Kust Zuid
HKZ project to further boost biodiversity. We set out to explore biodiversity trends at three different ... collecting now gives us a first indication of the biodiversity that may develop.” All life l...
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NEWS
8 July 2019
25 years in support of the environment with Vattenfall Umweltstiftung
celebrated at Vattenfall’s Hamburg head office. Biodiversity, Climatesmarter 25 years ago, HEW (Hamburgische ... cover not only the protection of nature and biodiversity, but also focus on knowledge t...
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NEWS
16 July 2020
Smart algorithms for better fish migration
The aim is to use this technology to improve biodiversity in watercourses. Over the next 20 years, Sweden's ... project forms part of Vattenfall's investment in biodiversity, and in order for ...
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NEWS
22 June 2022
Webinar: the Environmental Impact of Wind Power
Helene Biström, Senior Vice President, Vattenfall Business Area Wind notes: “Wind power ... power in the energy transition, it’s impact on biodiversity and in the supply chain and the Environment...
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NEWS
8 February 2023
Vattenfall invests in 76-megawatt agrivoltaic project
Agrivoltaics is the combination of sustainable agriculture and solar power generation on ... Agrivoltaics helps the climate, it can increase biodiversity, and it serves as an additional source of inco...
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NEWS
16 May 2023
Vattenfall goes the extra mile for dolphins in Denmark
committed to preserving marine life and takes the biodiversity crisis just as seriously as the climate crisis ... by pile driving and its potential effect on biodiversity. Concerns have been raised th...
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NEWS
17 November 2022
Milestone HKZ: halfway point in construction
“We're halfway towards having constructed the world’s first offshore wind farm built ... industry like this,” says Andersen. “Also, having biodiversity integrated into the design, with the c...
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NEWS
11 September 2023
Britain’s smallest bird of prey continues to thrive at Ray wind farm
With only 1000 pairs in the UK, the merlin is red listed in the country. One of the habitats where ... encourage the regrowth of heather, improving biodiversity overall including the population of ins...
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NEWS
23 April 2021
Swedish Kriegers Flak: Natura 2000 permit a step towards more fossil-free electricity
The County Administrative Board of Skåne grants Vattenfall a Natura 2000 permit to build ... are facing is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity and survival of species," says Johnny S...
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NEWS
3 April 2019
New test facility increases fish migration past hydro power plants
A unique test facility for studying the behaviour of fish in running water and around power ... power operations, including CSR reporting and biodiversity initiatives (in Swedish) A unique test facili...
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NEWS
19 November 2019
Lowered costs and hydrogen production in focus for Vattenfall at WindEurope Offshore conference
By means of hydrogen production offshore wind could play a bigger role in decarbonizing ... Environment Lead Eva Philipp (on preserving marine biodiversity) Head of Portfolio & Transactions Offsho...
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NEWS
27 June 2023
Wind farm neighbours are more positive to wind power
Are all people opposed to living near wind farms? Well, when asked, it turned out that those who ... bring both in improving the environment and biodiversity, the economic boost from community benefit...
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NEWS
8 May 2023
Vattenfall replies to open letter by NGOs regarding the use of biomass
On 26 April, an open letter from a number of environmental organisations was sent to several ... balance the different perspectives of climate, biodiversity, economy and society. We want to find this ...
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NEWS
20 December 2023
COP28: A world transitioning away from fossil fuels
Annika Ramsköld, Head of Sustainability at Vattenfall, has returned from COP28 to share ... the human perspective as well as nature and biodiversity into the equation. The goal is to take everyon...
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NEWS
28 February 2023
Fish recognition algorithms can stop invasive species
With the help of AI, Vattenfall’s personnel at the Stornorrforsen hydro power plant have been ... further develop the technology. Technology, Biodiversity, theedit The meeting between energy productio...