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3 May 2023
Net zero – what does it really mean?
Net zero has been at the heart of debate on climate change for a long time, but for many, uncertainty ... Few people are better suited to explain what net zero means than Mark Radka, Chief of the Ene...
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3 May 2023
On the road to net zero with sewage and algae
News On the road to net zero with sewage and algae On the road to net zero with sewage and algae On the ... the road to net zero with sewage and algae District heating is an efficient way of providing...
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NEWS
4 May 2023
Halting climate change can also reduce business risk
Some say investing in new technology to decrease carbon emissions is risky business. Energy utility ... Vattenfall’s CEO doesn’t: “To me, striving for net zero equals reducing risk. To just continue b...
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NEWS
26 September 2022
Vattenfall to develop new wind farm cranes together with Mammoet
Developing ever-smarter ways of constructing wind farms will be crucial for Vattenfall to reduce ... the carbon footprint of its operations towards net zero and deliver more renewable capacity. One of...
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NEWS
3 May 2023
The future of wind energy lies beyond the horizon
As we move to net zero, demand for fossil free electricity is going to increase significantly. The electrification
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NEWS
1 December 2021
Vattenfall to cut supply chain emissions by half
Vattenfall increases focus on supply chain impact, where emissions from goods and services will be halved by 2030. This is ... climate management in order to be able to reach zero net emissions by 204...
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NEWS
14 March 2024
Vattenfall gets international supply chain award – again
footprint and have set an ambitious target to reach net zero by 2040. An important element in decarbonisation ... Engagement Leader award. “In order to reach our net zero target by 2040 we depend on s...
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NEWS
27 April 2018
Cementa aims for zero emissions with Vattenfall
News Cementa aims for zero emissions with Vattenfall A large source of carbon dioxide could disappear ... electrified cement production. Cementa’s objective is zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. T...
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NEWS
18 August 2020
Vattenfall becomes member of the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance
Vattenfall has signed up to the Sustainable Digital Infrastructure Alliance, whose ... mission is to move the global digital sector towards zero-emissions.
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NEWS
20 November 2018
New report: Fossil-free industry is more than possible
Vattenfall contributes to report ... from industry and experts from all over the world: Zero carbon from harder-to-abate sectors is technically
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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 to ... strict targets. Along with our own target to be net zero by 2040, we also aim to reduce carbon emission...
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NEWS
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 ... approach the years when they should have achieved net zero emissions. THE EDIT sign up form - green containe...
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NEWS
28 May 2024
Innovative energy: Space solar and airborne wind turbines
Innovations redefine what’s possible. With global demand for fossil-free electricity forecast ... one of the key accelerators in our race to reach net-zero, helping us to mitigate the global impacts o...
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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 ... important step for Vattenfall on the journey to secure a net positive approach for nature by 2030...
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NEWS
10 February 2022
Vattenfall named a leader for supplier demands on climate actions
mission for Vattenfall is to be able to reach zero net emissions by 2040. Therefore Vattenfall has committed ... Scientific Based Target initiative, SBTi. “To achieve a net zero target in 2040 we must...
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NEWS
15 March 2023
Vattenfall gets international supply chain award
Vattenfall has received the Supplier Engagement Leader award from global organization ... our supply chain is a prerequisite to reach our net zero ambition by 2040 and we can only do this by partnerin...
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NEWS
1 December 2023
Vattenfall in Dubai for COP28
ambitious plan to phase out coal by 2030 and reach net-zero emissions by 2040, Vattenfall is going into COP28 ... demand for breakthrough technologies with (near) zero emissions. Taking on whole value...
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NEWS
28 October 2021
First nine months 2021: Stable result in turbulent market
situation is also having a large effect on our adjusted net debt, which has decreased by SEK 100 billion since ... the start of the year. This is mainly due to the net change in margin calls received ...
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NEWS
21 May 2019
First power network contract in UK
Partnership with alternative fuel producer Helvellyn Group to operate power connection for ... the UK economy goes electric and pushes on to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. Mr Dawson added:
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NEWS
18 January 2022
Anna Borg in WEF panel on innovations for the climate
Vattenfall’s CEO Anna Borg is participating in a World Economic Forum panel talk with Bill Gates ... share of emerging technologies critical to the net-zero transition in its procurements. Vattenfall’...
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NEWS
20 July 2023
First six months 2023: A positive development for the customer business and challenges in offshore wind power
Boreas is partly offset by a positive financial net due to higher returns from the Nuclear Waste Fund ... was one of nine companies globally to have its net-zero emissions targets by 2040 verified by ...
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NEWS
24 May 2023
Vattenfall and Coca-Cola in Sweden collaborate on electric heavy goods transport
Vattenfall and Coca-Cola in Sweden are investing in electric operation of heavy goods vehicles. ... Sweden have set ambitious climate targets for net zero emissions across their entire value chains by
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NEWS
31 May 2022
Vattenfall taking part in international UN conference on environmental protection
Vattenfall is taking part in several seminars in connection with the international environmental ... to support the industry transition and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. The LeadIT Industr...
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NEWS
10 July 2019
New £1.5 million boost for UK offshore wind innovators
UK innovators are offered an opportunity for testing and demonstrating products and ... wind industry will make a crucial contribution to net zero carbon emissions by 2050. This £1.5 million prog...
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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 ... forward to continuing to work together towards net zero emissions. Partnerships across sectors and colla...
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NEWS
6 February 2024
Full-year report: Strategic divestments strengthen Vattenfall's preparedness for the future
financial position and the key ratio FFO/adjusted net debt amounted to 21.5%. Adjusted for margin calls ... two years amounts to a total of SEK 65 billion (net), of which SEK 41 billion is dedicated t...
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NEWS
26 May 2021
The EU emissions trading system shows its muscles
In her speech at US President Joe Biden's climate summit, Vattenfall's CEO Anna Borg ... by 2050, meaning that the goal is to achieve ‘net-zero’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, as our region’s
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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 ... Initiative (SBTi). We have also decided to become net-zero in our full value chain by 2040, at the late...
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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 ... much or anything about the British government’s Net-Zero target. Three in five wanted to hear more abou...
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NEWS
27 February 2024
Storing and using carbon – why it matters for the transition
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage sounds almost too good to be true. What role will ... halving emissions by 2030 and, by extension, reaching zero emissions by 2050 to avoid the worst effects of
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NEWS
22 April 2021
Decarbonisation through electrification – a comprehensive overview
Although climate change is one of the biggest challenges of our time, it holds immense opportunities ... society.” According to the report, achieving a net-zero carbon emission economy will have only ...
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NEWS
27 May 2024
The future of flight: How to make aviation fossil-free
The human urge to explore the far corners of the globe is as old as time itself, but our ... to chart a more sustainable path forward. Airbus ZEROe Aviation stands for around 2.5 per cent of the world...
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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 to rapidly ... Ecology. Apart from working towards the goal of a net-positive impact on biodiversity by 2030 for Vatt...
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NEWS
26 April 2018
First quarter: Vattenfall's figures continue to improve
financial The positive trend continues for Vattenfall. Net sales increased by 11 per cent and the underlying ... Solutions to serve our customers, we see that in the Net Promoter Score. We are of cour...
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NEWS
29 October 2019
First nine months of 2019 saw greatly improved profits
from operations in relation to adjusted net debt (FFO/adjusted net debt). “This quarter is the first time ... target for the full year is 8 per cent. FFO/adjusted net debt amounted to 24.5 per cent, t...
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NEWS
5 February 2020
2019 was a successful year for Vattenfall
operations in relation to the adjusted net debt (FFO/adjusted net debt). "It is an important step on the ... initiative Financial highlights January–December 2019 Net sales increased by 9% (7% ex...
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NEWS
30 October 2018
Vattenfall nine months report: A weak result for Heat balanced by increased earnings for Wind
customer base increased to 3.6 million contracts. Net sales rose significantly, but increased operating ... forward. Business highlights, January–September 2018 Net sales increased by 12% (7% excludin...
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NEWS
4 February 2021
Year-end report 2020: Resilience and progress during a challenging year
the decreased value of coal-fired power impacted net profit. The fact that coal is being forced out by ... impact on Vattenfall’s financial results in 2020. Net profit for the year was SEK 7.7 billion...
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NEWS
21 July 2020
First half of 2020: Difficult market conditions but stable operations
successor Financial highlights, January–June 2020 • Net sales decreased by 6% (-7% excluding currency effects) ... and Wind Financial highlights, April–June 2020 • Net sales decreased by 10% (-9% excl...
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NEWS
12 July 2022
Wind power and biodiversity come together at Hollandse Kust West offshore wind farm
Biodiversity around wind farms Vattenfall aims to make a net positive contribution to biodiversity by 2030. As ... we continue to work towards our goal of making a net positive contribution to b...
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NEWS
27 November 2018
Strong electrification can make Europe’s power sector carbon-neutral by 2045
Investments at around 100 billion euros per year needed to achieve the required capacity, Eurelectric ... technically and economically feasible to achieve zero emissions also within heavy industry by ...
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NEWS
26 March 2021
Vattenfall joins initiative to protect and restore nature in line with science
To actively participate in the development of new methods and guidance to protect and restore ... guided by our 2030 ambition where we strive for a Net Positive Impact approach in our work. In order t...
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NEWS
8 May 2019
Construction of Hollandse Kust Zuid has started
unexploded munitions were frequently caught in fishing nets and then dumped overboard. This often occurred in ... avoided due to the risk they presented to their nets. "It is re...
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NEWS
27 April 2020
Vattenfall partners up to deliver Scottish onshore wind farm
Vattenfall enters a partnership with Greencoat UK Wind and gives the green light to the construction ... fund, invested in 36 operating UK wind farms with net generating capacity of 998MW. They provid...
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NEWS
20 July 2018
Increased electricity generation contributes to stable earnings for the first half of 2018
remains great Financial highlights, January–June 2018 Net sales increased by 10% (6% excluding currency effects) ... million (5,926) Financial highlights, April–June 2018 Net sales increased by 9% (4%...
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NEWS
17 September 2019
Climate work a powerful way to reach goals
Vattenfall CEO Magnus Hall is impressed by Greta Thunberg and stresses the importance of continuing ... York, Greta has travelled across the Atlantic in a zero-emission yacht, since she doesn’t want t...
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NEWS
27 October 2022
First nine months 2022: Stable result and strong financial position in troubled times
The third quarter was characterised by the turbulent markets and there is major uncertainty ahead ... related to futures contracts. Vattenfall has had net inflows of margin calls and our financial pos...
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NEWS
24 April 2018
Positive full-year result for Vattenfall
News Positive full-year result for Vattenfall The 2017 year-end report shows that Vattenfall ... that the company is out of the red. In contrast, net sales declined by 3% compared to 2016. video An im...
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NEWS
30 May 2023
Five ways to reduce carbon emissions with hydrogen
Hydrogen is abundant virtually everywhere and could replace fossil fuels in a variety of industrial ... is obvious for Toktarova. “Hydrogen can give us zero emission electricity. And the ability to st...
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NEWS
24 March 2021
140 wind turbines with a rotor diameter of 200 meters for Wind Farm Hollandse Kust Zuid
Vattenfall and Siemens Games are working together on the development of the new 11 MW Siemens ... make this job a success for both parties – enabling zero-subsidy offshore wind.” “The decision to exte...
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NEWS
18 May 2020
Northvolt and Vattenfall launch battery energy storage solution
Modular lithium-ion battery solution Voltpack Mobile System could be an alternative for diesel ... modular lithium-ion battery solution envisioned as a zero-emission alternative to replace diesel gene...
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NEWS
3 February 2022
Year-end report 2021: Strong result and strategic progress
Vattenfall’s 2021 results is strong, mainly owing to compensation for the closure of German ... situation had a major temporary impact on our adjusted net debt, which declined significantly as a resul...
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NEWS
25 April 2019
Q1 2019: Increased quarterly profit in spite of Alfrida
Strong contribution from fossil-free generation, but Storm Alfrida cost Vattenfall ... distribution. Financial development, January–March 2019 Net sales increased by 13% (10% excluding currency effect...
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NEWS
21 May 2018
It's hunting season - for sea mines
In late summer, Vattenfall will be sending a ship to investigate what might be lurking down ... Navy engineers found an old, rusty anti-submarine net from the Cold War". Launching of the remotely...
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NEWS
11 November 2022
Vattenfall maps its impact on biodiversity in the full value chain
Vattenfall is a pioneer in measuring the overall impact on biodiversity. Now a comprehensive analysis ... are and how we can most effectively integrate a net positive approach across all of our operat...
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NEWS
8 February 2023
Full-year report: 2022 – a challenging year
Russia's invasion of Ukraine had major consequences on an already strained energy market, ... long wait times - customer satisfaction measured in Net Promoter Score (NPS) rose from +10 last year t...
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NEWS
26 September 2023
The power of rules – how legislation drives environmental innovation
Legislation is sometimes blamed for being a barrier to change, rigid rules that stand ... California’s very deliberate and bold regulations on Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEV) are an example of this proce...
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NEWS
27 April 2023
First quarter 2023: Good result development and continued fossil-free investments
Vattenfall has had a good start to 2023 with stable financial development. Thanks to a calmer ... 8 billion, mainly thanks to an improved finance net, which was affected by a higher return from the Sw...
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NEWS
29 April 2020
First quarter 2020: stable result despite deterioration
Vattenfall's interim report shows stable earnings despite a clear impact from a markedly ... the UK Financial highlights, January–March 2020 Net sales decreased by 3% (-5% excluding currency ...