Aker Ice cracks Arctic offshore windfarm vessel challenge
In June 2021, Team Renewable Arctic Finland launched a research call based on the need for ice research to better understand the sea ice loads affecting offshore wind farms.
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Europe coming to terms with LNG, Shell says, but still short
“Two or three years ago all you would hear about [from policymakers] was decarbonisation. Now, I think there’s much more balanced conversation around security of supply, affordability and decarbonisation,” Hill said.
Hong Kong ship named for damage to Balticconnector
The police statement said they had attempted to contact the Newnew Polar Bear, but the ship was not willing to co-operate.
Sabotage fears raised for damaged Finland-Estonia gas pipeline
“It is likely that both the gas pipe and the damage to the communication cable is the result of external activity,” he said in a statement.
Excelerate FSRU delivers first LNG to Finland
Excelerate Energy has delivered an FSRU to Finland, loaded with a commissioning cargo.
Excelerate commits FSRU to Finland for Baltic supplies
Excelerate Energy has signed a 10-year contract to provide an FSRU to a Finnish company, with the aim of providing LNG to the wider Baltic Sea region.
Bigger Faster Better #4: Heat networks and a carbon neutral future for the UK and Finland
Heating is a major source of energy demand throughout Europe and therefore represents a big challenge for countries as they attempt to cut emissions in the race to net zero.
Greencoat Renewables to buy Finnish wind farm for £52m
London-listed Greencoat Renewables will buy a wind farm in Finland from Abo Wind for £52.5 million.
First ice-busting wind farm completed off Finland
Jan De Nul Group has completed the Tahkoluoto wind farm off the coast of Finland.
TVO applies for operating licence on nuclear reactor
Finland's Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) applied for an operating licence for the Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor on Thursday, taking aim at a 2018 start-up, nine years later than planned.
Finnish companies back nuclear plant as funding deadline looms
Finnish companies signed up to help fund a nuclear plant in the far north as a government deadline loomed to line up financing. State-controlled utility Fortum Oyj, stainless steel maker Outokumpu Oyj and real estate developer SRV Oyj on Wednesday announced plans to either buys stakes in the Fennovoima Oy project or increase their current holdings. Finnish investors had been deserting the project, approved more than five years ago, in droves as electricity prices declined and the country’s economy contracted. The last minute commitments from some local powerhouses may allow the government to fulfill its publicly stated goal of having 60 percent ownership for the new reactor from within the European Union and European Free Trade Association.
Finland and Estonia strike LNG deal
Finland and Estonia have reached an agreement on a road map for creating a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal between the two countries. The Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb and Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Rõivas said the two countries will implement the LNG projects when it is both “technically and economically feasible” to do so. The plan includes the construction of a large-scale LNG terminal in Finland, which would then provide liquefied natural gas to users in the region at competitive prices.