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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
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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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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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
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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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
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
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
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
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
5 April 2019
Batteries, an important part of a fossil-free energy system
Energy storage will be the grease in the renewable-energy machinery.
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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
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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22 December 2023
Vattenfall Energy Savings Barometer: Money motivates most Europeans to save energy
To save energy continues to be relevant in Europeans everyday life. 95 percent of the French say it is ... Money is the strongest motivational driver to save energy followed by saving natural resource...
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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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22 November 2018
Vattenfall among the top 20 green energy companies globally
News Vattenfall among the top 20 green energy companies globally More renewables and diminishing fossil-based ... world. climatesmarter, fossilfree Analysis company Energy Intelligence has listed the ...
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NEWS
3 May 2023
The future of wind energy lies beyond the horizon
News The future of wind energy lies beyond the horizon The future of wind energy lies beyond the horizon ... horizon The future of wind energy lies beyond the horizon As we move to net zero, demand fo...
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NEWS
9 July 2019
Vattenfall will unite another energy supplier brand under one name
unite another energy supplier brand under one name Vattenfall will unite another energy supplier brand ... brand under one name Vattenfall will unite another energy supplier brand under one name Earli...
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20 April 2020
First part of the hybrid energy park completed
All wind turbines of Vattenfall’s first hybrid energy park have now been installed. Next up is the powerful
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27 February 2024
Vattenfall takes major step towards negative emissions in Jordbro
In Jordbro outside Stockholm, Vattenfall plans to have a facility in place by 2028 that will be able to capture ... the creation of negative emissions through bio energy carbon capture and storage (BE...
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NEWS
18 March 2022
EU Commissioner for Energy visits HYBRIT pilot plant in Luleå
Kadri Simson, European Commissioner for Energy, visits the HYBRIT pilot plant in Luleå during her visit
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28 June 2018
Vattenfall takes the initiative in the energy debate
News Vattenfall takes the initiative in the energy debate Vattenfall organises a wide range of seminars ... series of seminars with a focus on the important energy issues of the future, and a fossil-f...
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NEWS
24 May 2019
Energy crops - a growing business for Vattenfall
Energy crops have become an important source of biomass fuel for Vattenfall in Berlin and provide farmers
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NEWS
18 May 2020
Northvolt and Vattenfall launch battery energy storage solution
launch battery energy storage solution Northvolt and Vattenfall launch battery energy storage system ... system Northvolt and Vattenfall launch battery energy storage solution Modular lithium-ion ba...
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NEWS
11 October 2019
A vital part of Berlin's energy history retires
vital part of Berlin's energy history retires A vital part of Berlin's energy history retires A vital ... vital part of Berlin's energy history retires After 50 years of operation, the Reu...
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NEWS
14 September 2022
Comment on the European Commission's energy market proposals
European Commission's energy market proposals Comment on the European Commission's energy market proposals ... proposals Comment on the European Commission's energy market proposals We ful...
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7 November 2019
Nordic energy CEOs call for an ambitious European Green Deal
News Nordic energy CEOs call for an ambitious European Green Deal Nordic energy CEOs call for an ambitious ... ambitious European Green Deal Nordic energy CEOs call for an ambitious European Green Dea...
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5 October 2020
HYBRIT’s next step receives support from Swedish Energy Agency
The Swedish Energy Agency has decided to contribute SEK 22 million in support to HYBRIT - SSAB’s, LKAB’s
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NEWS
23 May 2017
Nordic energy CEOs call on EU to Make Markets Work in the Clean Energy Package – Joint Declaration
Commission to safeguard the elements of the Clean Energy Package that support well-functioning power markets ... decarbonisation of the European economy in a cost-efficient manner. The three Nordic ut...
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NEWS
29 April 2022
First quarter 2022: War in Ukraine dominated energy market sentiment
The war in Ukraine and its related market ... volatility pose great challenges for the European energy system. In the wake of what was a financially exceptional
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NEWS
15 August 2019
Decentralised energy solution: German armed forces says goodbye to hard coal
Decentralised energy solution: German armed forces says goodbye to hard coal Decentralised energy solution: ... forces says goodbye to hard coal Decentralised energy solution: German armed forces says...
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29 March 2023
Northvolt: “Don’t fight carbon with carbon in the energy transition”
Batteries have a key role in the sustainable energy transition. But for batteries to be truly sustainable ... consider, explains Wilhelm Löwenhielm, Head of Battery Energy Storage Systems at Swed...
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NEWS
14 December 2020
The Danish Energy Agency grant permits for Vesterhav Syd and Nord
On Monday 14 December, the Danish Energy Agency gave permission for the construction work on the offshore ... farms Vesterhav Syd and Nord to begin. The Danish Energy Agency's decision constitutes...
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15 February 2019
First power-to-heat plant in Hamburg to convert wind energy into heat
power-to-heat plant in Hamburg to convert wind energy into heat Electric boiler in Hamburg will generate ... peak-load periods and, in future, convert wind energy into heat to be used for district hea...
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NEWS
12 February 2020
Vattenfall pens Scottish energy partnership to roll out first UK heat network
Scottish energy partnership to roll out first UK heat network Vattenfall pens Scottish energy partnership ... first UK heat network Vattenfall pens Scottish energy partnership to roll out first UK hea...
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NEWS
12 February 2019
An open marketplace can provide new, improved energy services in the EU
An open European market, with standardised, accessible data regarding customer electricity consumption and generation ... will lead to the development of smart, innovative energy services in the EU.
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NEWS
29 July 2020
Vattenfall’s largest hybrid energy park is taking shape in the Netherlands
far largest hybrid energy park, Energy Park Haringvliet Zuid, featuring an efficient combination of wind ... Vattenfall is currently constructing its largest hybrid energy park. Once operational this ...
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NEWS
30 November 2018
Vattenfall receives industry-leader sustainability award
Other major ... companies rate Vattenfall as the most sustainable energy company.
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NEWS
23 January 2024
Finding the solutions will absolutely not be easy
technologies, the consumption of resources and energy required to make bricks hasn’t come down. Sugar ... then processing it to make refined sugar is a very energy-intensive process. Abou...
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NEWS
5 April 2022
Mobile battery solution supports drones in fossil-free thinning of forests
Vattenfall’s 'Power-as-a-Service' solutions for mobile energy storage continue to develop. Together with Uppsala-based ... underway in which drones are charged using a mobile energy storage sy...
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NEWS
14 September 2018
Vesterhav Syd and Nord set to be Denmark's most efficient offshore wind farms
Vattenfall's offshore wind farms, Vesterhav ... Syd and Vesterhav Nord, will break all previous efficiency records in Denmark. The two wind farms will increase
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NEWS
30 October 2023
Busting energy saving myths: What we should and shouldn’t do this winter
There are good ways to keep your energy bill down and there are bad ways. Check out this list before ... the winter chill to ensure that you don’t waste energy and money.
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NEWS
22 July 2022
First 6 months 2022: Gas market is in focus and emphasises the importance of the energy transition
is in focus and emphasises the importance of the energy transition Vattenfall's underlying results for ... reduce fossil fuel dependency, the pace in the energy transition needs to remain high. Q2...
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NEWS
30 November 2021
Cargill, Vattenfall and Windpark Hanze accelerate the green energy transition in the Netherlands
Vattenfall and Windpark Hanze accelerate the green energy transition in the Netherlands Cargill, Vattenfall ... Vattenfall and Windpark Hanze accelerate the green energy transition in the Netherlands...