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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 it have in ... to a fossil-free future? What are its advantages, and what are its drawbacks?
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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 for almost ... all products used by mankind. To be able to reach the necessary climate targets, carbon diox...
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26 February 2024
Norway’s Sleipner: Where CO2 has been buried in the rock since 1996
As the debate about carbon capture and storage (CCS) rages on elsewhere, carbon dioxide from the Sleipner ... Sleipner gas field has been successfully stored deep below the North Sea outside the coast...
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24 June 2024
Restoring peatland: From carbon leak to biodiverse carbon sink
planned the largest onshore wind farm in England and Wales, Pen y Cymoedd, it also took on the restoration ... restoration of up to around 1,500 hectares of blanket bog and other peatland habitat whic...
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27 February 2024
Vattenfall takes major step towards negative emissions in Jordbro
In Jordbro ... place by 2028 that will be able to capture up to 150,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide from the biomass fuelled ... of negative emissions through bio energy carbon capture and storage (BECCS...
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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 ... Vattenfall and Cellufy are now working together to trial a solution that involves using dancing ro...
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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 ... cost. From electric planes to biofuels, hydrogen, and electrofuels, the aviation industry is now...
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9 February 2024
Vattenfall reviews HySkies project scope
Vattenfall and Shell are reviewing the scope for the HySkies electrofuel project with the ambition to
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NEWS
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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23 January 2024
Finding the solutions will absolutely not be easy
Fossil fuels have contributed to an extraordinary level of economic transformation during ... know that the environmental cost has been enormous, and the essential decarbonisation might seem to presen...
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24 June 2024
Vattenfall and BASF partner with Vestas for low-emission steel wind turbines in Germany
Vattenfall and BASF have signed supply and service contracts with Vestas for 15 MW offshore wind turbines
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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 ... Cooperation with Statoil and Gasunie started. technology, climatesmarter Vattenfall and it...
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25 March 2024
Offshore turbines get reusable covers
temporary solution used to cap the huge tube. In the past, covers tended to be written off and destroyed after ... after use. However, those used in the construction of the Hollandse Kust Zuid Offshor...
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28 May 2024
Innovative energy: Space solar and airborne wind turbines
sustainable energy and fossil freedom. News light-blue Innovative energy: Space solar and airborne wind turbines ... energy: Space solar and airborne wind turbines Innovative energy: Space solar an...
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30 May 2023
Five ways to reduce carbon emissions with hydrogen
everywhere and could replace fossil fuels in a variety of industrial processes, materials and products ... products and thereby reduce carbon dioxide emissions. However, it is only now that hydrogen p...
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26 January 2024
The challenge is on to make clean energy clean all the way
raise awareness and mobilise action for a just and inclusive transition to clean energy. And not just clean ... clean because it's low carbon, but because it’s built in environmentally and sociall...
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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 change. One ... challenge is to achieve this while also preserving and protecting biodiversity.
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23 January 2024
From blades to buildings
News This parking building is made using decommissioned wind turbines From blades to buildings In a new ... Wind turbine blades are made to deliver electricity and withstand tough weather for decades....
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10 May 2024
The web of deceit: How false narratives threaten climate action
rising temperatures and extreme weather, but also the spread of disinformation and misinformation. False ... power. This is made worse by the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and social media algor...
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NEWS
23 October 2019
Hydrogen, an important step towards independence from fossil fuels
significant part of today’s carbon emissions from industry, transportation and heating could be avoided ... avoided. Vattenfall is exploring different options to use hydrogen to decarbonize our societ...
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NEWS
27 May 2024
Digital twins – a road to more profitable offshore wind
Digital twins can help Vattenfall and the wind industry get maximum value of its offshore wind farms ... farms. Real-time measurements of structures and operations ensure that all decisions on the ope...
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NEWS
28 November 2023
Watching eye encourages plastics recycling
Plastic in waste streams ... in waste streams used for energy recovery is an unnecessary source of fossil carbon dioxide emissions ... of making it profitable to improve waste sorting and increase rec...
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5 September 2019
Smart land use: solar power and farming combined
Combined solar power and agriculture could significantly increase the yield from farm land Vattenfall's
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21 February 2020
Electricity and hydrogen reduce industry CO2
Industry needs help in order to ... reduce its carbon dioxide emissions. Vattenfall is making it happen through cooperation and partnerships
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NEWS
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 ... the risk of collisions between wind turbine blades and bats while also ensuring the generation of offs...
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NEWS
14 June 2024
Eco-anxiety – and how to make it go away
Eco-anxiety, a condition many experience in ... response to a barrage of bad news about climate change and the environment, seems to impact young people the
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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 from you and your neighbours can be used to heat your shower water again - whilst
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NEWS
22 September 2022
HYBRIT: Milestone reached – pilot facility for hydrogen storage up and running
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall's HYBRIT pilot facility for the storage of fossil-free hydrogen gas is now ... the world for storing fossil-free hydrogen gas. The two-year test period will now start and...
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NEWS
3 April 2024
Vattenfall InCharge expands public charging station network in The Hague
Hague in the Netherlands has awarded the management and maintenance of its 5,400 public charging points to ... charging technologies and feature easy payment options. With a comprehensive and modern c...
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NEWS
30 May 2023
Accelerating ahead with hydrogen in the tank
Alongside battery drive, sustainable hydrogen is considered the major ... enabler when it comes to reducing carbon dioxide emissions from road traffic and other transport. Vattenfall
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NEWS
30 March 2020
Drone technology facilitates inspections of hard-to-access areas
Inspection of power ... lines, hydropower dams and nuclear reactors made simpler and safer by the use of drones.
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NEWS
20 November 2018
New report: Fossil-free industry is more than possible
Vattenfall contributes ... contributes to report from industry and experts from all over the world: Zero carbon from harder-to-abate sectors ... sectors is technically and financially possible by mid-...
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NEWS
28 February 2023
Unique study: birds avoid wind turbine blades
Seabirds deliberately avoid wind turbine rotor blades offshore – that is the main finding ... importantly, during two years of monitoring using cameras and radar, not a single bird was recorded collid...
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NEWS
29 August 2023
Finland to open the world’s first final repository for spent nuclear fuel
repository for spent nuclear fuel is being built using the method developed by Swedish Nuclear Fuel Management ... its first spent fuel in the middle of the 2020s and will thus be the first of its kin...
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NEWS
4 December 2019
Vattenfall helps eels migrate safely
Vattenfall is using a unique method to ensure eels can safely pass through hydro power plants in the ... eels shortly before they start to migrate en masse and keeps the adverse environmental impact o...
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NEWS
11 June 2018
Risk of seabirds colliding with offshore wind turbines lower than expected
than expected Investigation into seabird behaviour and collision risk hosted at Vattenfall’s Thanet Offshore ... expected. offshorewind LAWR radar, telescope and observer using rangefinder on a wind t...
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18 February 2022
HYBRIT: A unique hydrogen storage facility in Luleå is taking shape
Construction of the rock cavern storage facility for fossil-free hydrogen in Luleå ... important part of the value chain for fossil-free iron and steel production, is planned to be in operation b...
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NEWS
8 May 2023
Vattenfall replies to open letter by NGOs regarding the use of biomass
regarding the use of biomass Vattenfall replies to open letter by NGOs regarding the use of biomass Vattenfall ... Vattenfall replies to open letter by NGOs regarding the use of biomass On 26 April, a...
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NEWS
25 February 2019
Vattenfall’s battery solution reduced climate impact at skating championships
Another ... major sports event make use of Vattenfall’s expertise in energy storage and other climate-smart solutions
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NEWS
14 March 2024
Vattenfall gets international supply chain award – again
we are working very hard to minimise our carbon footprint and have set an ambitious target to reach net ... order to minimize the carbon footprints in our supply chain Those efforts and the results of...
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NEWS
14 September 2020
AI steered district heating - a success in Gustavsberg
Smart algorithms enable optimisation of district heating in an apartment building. Vattenfall's digitisation ... in Gustavsberg shows lower costs, reduced carbon footprint and more satisfied custo...
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NEWS
13 March 2019
Vattenfall’s biggest solar farm to date opened in the Netherlands
Smart use of investments and land: Crowdfunded 5.7 MW solar farm co-located with the Magnum gas power
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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
29 March 2023
Turning wind power into plannable power – with hydrogen
New technologies are set to make wind power a more predictable source of energy. ... Several players are currently developing production and storage of hydrogen from wind power – so that excess
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NEWS
27 May 2024
Drones make it safer and more efficient
of sustainable energy and fossil freedom. News light-blue Drones make it safer and more efficient Drones ... Drones make it safer and more efficient Drones make it safer and more efficient The deve...
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NEWS
2 April 2019
Node Pole launches world's first Fossil Free Data label
Node Pole, a joint venture between Vattenfall and Skellefteå Kraft, is to launch the world's first Fossil
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NEWS
25 March 2021
Comments regarding Swedish Radio broadcast solar cells from China
“Forced labour in any form is unacceptable. For Vattenfall it is of utmost importance to ... secure that products and material that we use are manufactured in a sustainable and responsible way,” says
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NEWS
28 December 2022
Vattenfall achieves safer and climate smarter seabed inspection with uncrewed vessels
Vattenfall has conducted the first large-scale seabed survey with uncrewed surface vessels. ... positive, both from a climate and a safety aspect. This opens up for a broader use of this new technolog...
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NEWS
26 September 2022
Vattenfall to develop new wind farm cranes together with Mammoet
Vattenfall to reduce the carbon footprint of its operations towards net zero and deliver more renewable ... on could unlock benefits for both the environment and local communities in the years ahead.
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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 ... project is now underway in which drones are charged using a mobile energy storage system...
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NEWS
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, there are ... Energy Storage Systems at Swedish battery developer and manufacturer Northvolt.
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NEWS
1 October 2019
Solar Team charges for another victory in Australia
Technology Video animation Vattenfall Solar Team and the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge 2019 in 100 ... Max van der Waals. Photo Jorrit Lousberg. A light and stable car Most of the gains that can ...
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NEWS
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, to ... discuss women's access to careers in the energy and ecology transit...
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NEWS
5 December 2019
Vattenfall reduces carbon dioxide emissions with new CHP plant in Berlin
Vattenfall has inaugurated a new, efficient Heat and Power (CHP) plant at the company's Lichterfelde generation ... gas-fired power plant in the same location and will cut down on carbon dioxide e...
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NEWS
30 October 2023
Yes, AI will improve energy efficiency – “Essentially all buildings can benefit from this technology“
reduced energy consumption in buildings by 20 percent and halved electricity usage for mobile networks. A decisive ... decisive advantage is AI's ability to adapt and optimise energy use exactly w...
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NEWS
22 April 2021
Decarbonisation through electrification – a comprehensive overview
Although ... creative and innovative solutions. Vattenfall has a unique position to seize these opportunities and transform ... transform itself and other emitting industries on an unprecedented scale...
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NEWS
9 September 2020
Solar power complements German pumped hydro plants
Combining ... solar with other power sources is smart way of using technical infrastructure. In Germany two hydro power
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NEWS
31 August 2017
We have the technology to cut Sweden's emissions by 30 per cent
Almedalen, according to Minister for Enterprise and Innovation, Mikael Damberg. hybrit, proofpoint Three ... emissions by 30 per cent if the steel and cement industry and the transport sector, in conj...
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NEWS
5 June 2024
From Vattenfall Diversity Month to Pride Season 2024
of diversity, for example gender and sexual orientation, ethnicity and worldview or age. The concept of ... underscore that one size does not fit all. The first and single most important step towards ...
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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 ... combined heat and power plant in Berlin will eventually give answers how well surplus ...
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NEWS
2 March 2020
How we will phase out our carbon dioxide emissions
Tuomo Hatakka head of Vattenfall's ... Heat operations, describes the roadmap to become carbon free.
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NEWS
26 January 2017
Reducing industrial emissions
News Greater use of electricity by industry can lead to steel with almost no carbon-dioxide, “green concrete” ... concrete” and boost the production of non-fossil diesel. Sweden’s basic industries are...
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NEWS
13 December 2019
Electric car battery carbon footprint much lower than assumed
Electric car battery carbon footprint much lower than assumed Electric car battery carbon footprint much lower ... lower than assumed Electric car battery carbon footprint much lower than assumed Elec...
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13 September 2019
SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall ready to step up work to achieve fossil-free steel production
SSAB, together ... with LKAB and Vattenfall, is ready to step up work to achieve fossil-free steel production and to move
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NEWS
5 July 2022
Vattenfall aims to build the world’s first offshore hydrogen cluster in the Netherlands
In the future, more and more of our energy will come from wind and solar power. Since nothing changes ... weather, the amount of electricity supplied by wind and solar is also in a constant state of f...
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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
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NEWS
13 September 2018
Vattenfall invited to EU conference on hydrogen
at the EU:s high-level conference for the energy and industry sectors. The subject is to discuss how sustainably ... gas can be manufactured, stored and used to transform the energy system and reduce ...
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NEWS
27 March 2024
A just and fair energy transition – or no transition at all?
Europe’s shift towards fossil-free energy, justice and fairness take centre stage. A looming backlash is ... is seen in protests against climate policies, and a surge in politicians opposing these mea...
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NEWS
19 April 2024
"We need to understand the real risk wind farms pose to birds"
Vattenfall. In spring and autumn, millions of birds migrate over the North Sea and come close to wind farms ... has to shut down the wind turbines for a few hours and no power can be generated. "...
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NEWS
12 June 2018
Vattenfall/Nuon takes another step towards fossil-free gas power production
power production Builds combined electricity storage and hydrogen production facility at Dutch gas power plant ... renewable energy. Now a combined energy storage and hydrogen production facility, a ‘...