• NEWS 25 June 2024

    Dancing foam rods guide fish to safety

    Persuading fish to find their way past hydro power plants successfully has presented a challenge ... solution that involves using dancing rods made of water-resistant cellulose foam to guide the fish ...

  • NEWS 24 April 2018

    Water is her element

    News Water is her element As a child she spent hours on the bow of a boat looking at the water, now she ... relationship with nature and water” says Marja Rankila I've been fascinated by water eve...

  • NEWS 1 August 2018

    Warm cooling water forces Swedish nuclear reactor Ringhals 2 out of operation

    News Warm cooling water forces Swedish nuclear reactor Ringhals 2 out of operation After reactor 2 at ... continued warm weather in Sweden has brought the sea water close to 25 degrees during recent d...

  • NEWS 10 March 2023

    International women’s week: Mathilde gets surprised every day

    It was actually her interest in water that brought Mathilde Lindhardt Damsgaard into wind power development

  • 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 plants has now been inaugurated

  • NEWS 3 May 2023

    On the road to net zero with sewage and algae

    District heating is an efficient way of providing sustainable heating solutions by replacing ... would, however, be surprised if they knew that water from toilets, rivers, production of algae and porc...

  • NEWS 13 July 2022

    Germany's largest heat storage in the starting blocks

    Germany's largest heat accumulator is expected to be commissioned at the start of next year. The heat storage ... plant in Berlin and is now being filled with a water volume of around 350,000 bath...

  • NEWS 28 November 2023

    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 ... your neighbours can be used to heat your shower water again - whilst also helping to achieve climate goal...

  • NEWS 24 June 2024

    Restoring peatland: From carbon leak to biodiverse carbon sink

    growing, and it also retains significant amounts of water, creating waterlogged conditions that inhibit decomposition ... compress the surface. The process helps retain the water on the surface and en...

  • NEWS 25 June 2024

    Are bats and wind turbines a viable cocktail at sea?

    while others migrate long distances across marine waters. For instance, parts of the population of the Nathusius’ ... behaviour at sea. Some of them fly low over the water surface and there’s little r...

  • NEWS 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 ... develop standards when it comes to land use or water impacts. It could be several different busine...

  • NEWS 23 April 2024

    Pumped hydro storage: the Swiss Army knife of the energy industry

    of energy in the form of water into a basin or reservoir. When stored water is released and passes through ... hydroelectric power stations to store energy in the form of water essentially turns them ...

  • NEWS 23 April 2024

    Offshore wind farms – why they appeal to wildlife

    boost the overall fish population,” Bergström says. Water replenishment holes adapted for marine life Tim ... Wilms To avoid stagnant water in the turbine foundation causing corrosion, water repl...

  • NEWS 27 March 2024

    Building energy resilience in the face of climate change

    nuclear power, increased water temperatures will make it harder to obtain cooling water. For hydropower, challenges ... and the energy system, including solar power on water which can reduce evaporati...

  • NEWS 8 February 2024

    Vattenfall receives top marks for its climate work

    Vattenfall has received highest rating in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) environmental disclosure ... their work on climate change, deforestation or water security, based on a large number of i...

  • NEWS 23 January 2024

    Finding the solutions will absolutely not be easy

    the clay causes irreversible damage to land and water resources. Despite the large-scale adoption of various ... plaster of Paris, rice straw, wood sawdust, salt, and water. The bricks were sun-dried ...

  • NEWS 28 May 2024

    Innovative energy: Space solar and airborne wind turbines

    elements: earth, wind, sun, and water. Wind to drive boats and mills, water to turn wheels, the Sun to generate ... sand to about 600 degrees Celsius. As opposed to water, which has a significantly lo...

  • NEWS 28 March 2024

    Vattenfall to participate in the Dutch offshore wind tender IJmuiden Ver with ‘Zeevonk’

    Vattenfall has decided to enter a bid for the sites, Alpha and Beta, of the Dutch IJmuiden ... bioluminescence, illuminating the sea, and giving the water a bright blue glow that can be seen at night....

  • NEWS 3 August 2018

    Swedish nuclear reactor Ringhals 2 back in operation

    18:00 Friday 3 August.  nuclear The too warm sea water (more than 25 degrees Celsius) was not capable of ... the weather conditions had improved and the sea water temperature had dropped to a lev...

  • NEWS 9 February 2024

    Vattenfall reviews HySkies project scope

    Vattenfall and Shell are reviewing the scope for the HySkies electrofuel project with the ... fossil free electricity, recycled carbon dioxide and water will be the only inputs to the process of makin...

  • 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 revived ... Severn, is filled and drained. This movement of water potentially offers a huge opportunity to generat...

  • NEWS 21 September 2018

    Survival

    could be the rough waters of the North Sea and the ten men and women in the water the remainder of the ... to the offshore wind farm. There in the surging water, Christesen finds it all realistic enou...

  • NEWS 26 January 2017

    Reducing industrial emissions

    process, water vapour is formed instead of carbon dioxide, and hydrogen can be produced from water by electricity ... Manager. Facts Hydrogen Hydrogen is produced from water by electrolysis. When two ...

  • NEWS 27 February 2024

    Five better things do with carbon dioxide

    Instead of regarding carbon dioxide as a threat, we should realise it’s an essential element ... hydrogen is made from renewable electricity and water. Methanol is also great because it is an intermed...

  • NEWS 19 April 2024

    "We need to understand the real risk wind farms pose to birds"

    Thermal cameras will record bird collisions at the Hollandse Kust Zuid wind farm in a ... bird hits a wind turbine at sea, it falls into the water and floats away. By placing 16 thermal imaging camera...

  • NEWS 26 September 2017

    Pilot project uses salt for energy storage

    adding water to the dry salt, calcium oxide, the salt turns into calcium hydroxide. The water starts ... degrees Celsius. If you add hot steam instead of water to the salt, the steam temperature will ...

  • NEWS 4 December 2019

    Vattenfall helps eels migrate safely

    plants in the Netherlands. "Q is the quantity of water, and h is the height difference. Together, these ... they respond to the amount of pheromones in the water," says Henk Vis, Manager Dec...

  • NEWS 23 April 2018

    The hidden power plant

    room for four fully equipped power plant units, a water treatment facility and huge oil storage caverns ... side door, we find a complete water treatment facility. It draws water from a lake six kilom...

  • NEWS 15 February 2019

    First power-to-heat plant in Hamburg to convert wind energy into heat

    renewable sources. Wind energy can then be used to heat water that will be supplied to the district heating network ... speaking, it works like a giant continuous-flow water heater and enables us to r...

  • NEWS 19 November 2020

    Heating of Amsterdam: every source needed

    studies on the use of residual heat from the cooling water of existing and future data centres have started ... need heat pumps to raise the temperature of the water," Dehue says. Poorte adds: &q...

  • NEWS 6 August 2018

    Vattenfall to supplement hydro power with solar power

    storage plant with solar plant to the left of the water pipes Vattenfall is further expanding its solar ... electricity system can be used to pump large amounts of water from a lower reservoir to an u...

  • 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 wanderlust ... fossil-free hydrogen is produced by splitting water by electrolysis using fossil-free electrici...

  • NEWS 7 April 2022

    Turbine foundation design creates new home for marine life

    wind farm in the world. Offshorewind, Biodiversity Water replenishment holes in the wind turbine foundations ... first time that research is conducted into what the water replenishment holes could mea...

  • NEWS 7 November 2017

    Offshore wind: suction buckets reduce cost and underwater noise

    the offshore wind industry. During installation, water is pumped out of the buckets, creating a pressure ... principle, piledrivers are replaced by water pumps. When water is pumped out of the suction...

  • NEWS 1 September 2023

    New artificial reefs bring new life to Hollandse Kust Zuid

    starfish, anemones and other animals in two ways: water samples and video. “All marine life leaves traces ... example, or flakes from the shell of a crab. Those water samples are filtered and examined...

  • NEWS 18 November 2021

    Vattenfall’s new heat pump provides homeowners an alternative to gas

    producing hot tap water. Just like in most central heating boilers, the tap water is made on demand and ... and legionella safe via an integrated tap water station. A boiler is therefore not necessary...

  • NEWS 28 June 2017

    Swedish fossil-free steel one step closer

    seek to develop a steelmaking process that emits water instead of carbon dioxide. The three companies will ... gas, the aim is to develop a process that emits water rather than carbon dioxide. Since i...

  • NEWS 25 April 2018

    Food from wind turbines donated to homeless organisation

    responsibility of replacing the emergency food and water supplies at the wind farm. ”I am generally against ... alternative use for the many bags of good food and water. I found the local organisation...

  • NEWS 30 April 2019

    600 MW more output from hydro power plants by 2023

    Land & Environment Court to increase diversion of water to Lasele and Långbjörn Power Stations. This enabled ... forward for further applications for increased water diversion," say...

  • NEWS 12 June 2018

    Vattenfall/Nuon takes another step towards fossil-free gas power production

    contribute to the development. Emissions consist of water only The battolyser can efficiently store or supply ... supply electricity as a battery, but can also split water into hydrogen and oxygen by ...

  • NEWS 7 March 2022

    Dismantling of Irene Vorrink Wind Farm after 25 years of faithful service

    Vorrink, who passed away in 1996, are now in the water along the IJsselmeerdijk north of Lelystad. Construction ... various parts of the turbine from a barge on the water. That will be one per day if ...

  • NEWS 14 March 2019

    Wastewater heats residential complex in Berlin

    Climate-smart heat: In Germany Vattenfall uses wastewater to heat Berlin homes. ... a total of 11,400 square meters are using waste water for heating. Wastewater heat pumps are so far quite

  • NEWS 30 October 2023

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

    Luossajärvi is nearby, its strikingly deep blue waters have not quite frozen yet. In the distance, snow-capped ... clear temperature limits for radiators and hot water, triple-glazed windows, and...

  • NEWS 31 January 2017

    The world-famous photographer and Vattenfall

    News The world-famous photographer and Vattenfall Prior to Lennart Nilsson making his breakthrough ... village in Porsi. Järkvissle in Indalsälven and a water rail family The architect Sven ...

  • NEWS 30 October 2023

    Busting energy saving myths: What we should and shouldn’t do this winter

    money on energy, and they know that heating and hot water is where the biggest consumption is. Still, I too ... bath. A five-minute shower that uses 12 litres of water per minute consumes 700 kWh/year...

  • NEWS 21 February 2020

    Electricity and hydrogen reduce industry CO2

    to the process, the emissions take the form of water vapour instead of the 1.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide ... which is produced from fossil-free electricity and water, is a key part of the process for f...

  • NEWS 3 May 2023

    The future of wind energy lies beyond the horizon

    traditional offshore wind farms in the shallow waters along our coastlines is limited. Ane Mette Lysbech-Kleis ... floating instead of fixed to the seabed. img Deep waters It sounds impossible, buildi...

  • NEWS 29 August 2023

    Modular nuclear reactors, the next big thing

    explains. Light water and advanced SMRs The SMRs can be grouped into two types: light water designs and advanced ... advanced designs. A light water SMR is basically a smaller version of existing nucl...

  • NEWS 28 December 2022

    Vattenfall achieves safer and climate smarter seabed inspection with uncrewed vessels

    stable seabed to ensure safe elevation out of the water. Traditionally, seabed surveys are carried out using ... inspections of our assets both above and below water and in-site investigations on a br...

  • NEWS 23 April 2018

    Vattenfall aims for carbon-free gas power

    News Carbon emissions to be replaced by water vapour if natural gas is switched for hydrogen. Cooperation ... The main by-product from hydrogen combustion is water vapour. Facts  In order to meet...

  • NEWS 5 July 2021

    Vattenfall starts construction of offshore wind farm Hollandse Kust Zuid

    metres long. The monopiles will be installed in water depths varying from 17 to 28 metres. An installation ... The ship's crane then lifts the monopile into the water and lowers it until it reache...

  • NEWS 5 June 2018

    Plastic – a challenge to the fossil free society

    oil are used to produce plastic bottles for our water. “Plastic is an oil product which releases carbon ... At the same office old, plastic-lined coffee/tea/water cups have been replaced by Cup2Paper ...

  • NEWS 23 June 2022

    Vattenfall Studio: Surge in Europe’s demand for wind

    In the wake of Russia’s war on Ukraine, wind power expansion is not just about the climate, ... North Sea coast want 150 GW offshore wind in their waters. Eva Philipp, Head of Environment for Business

  • NEWS 24 April 2020

    Vattenfall and Subsea 7 sign contract for windfarm Hollandse Kust Zuid

    News Vattenfall and Subsea 7 sign contract for windfarm Hollandse Kust Zuid Vattenfall ... foundations and 315km of 66kV inner array grid cables in water depths between 18 and 27 metres. Offshore inst...

  • NEWS 23 October 2018

    Ringhals' lesser-known hydrogen gas factory contributes to tomorrow's biofuel

    this that the electrical current passes through water and splits it into hydrogen gas and oxygen. The ... based on electrolysis. Using an electric current, water molecules are split into their constit...

  • NEWS 19 April 2023

    Vattenfall plans for new hydro power in Sweden

    river in Norrbotten, there are plans to increase water flow and generation. Potential of up to 80 MW. The ... with less wind and store energy by filling the water reservoirs when other sources are gen...

  • NEWS 21 September 2016

    Mines found at Horns rev 3 site

    "A year's work blown up in 10 milliseconds." That's all it took to detonate ... mines left in Danish waters, some 70 of the WW2 mines being located in the waters around Horns Rev. Th...

  • NEWS 16 May 2019

    HYBRIT– fossil-free steel receives environmental award

    other parts of the world in the future," says Pei. Water instead of carbon dioxide When fossil-free electricity ... manufacturing, the emissions will take the form of water instead of carbon diox...

  • NEWS 28 September 2020

    Vattenfall opens its first floating solar farm

    Vattenfall has opened its first floating solar farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands. ... gravel extraction. An additional benefit is that the water cools the panels naturally, which increases their

  • NEWS 21 June 2018

    Construction work for Hybrit now underway

    Magnus Hall and the Prime Minister break the ground. ... current carbon dioxide emissions are replaced by water vapour. Significant amounts of electricity are required

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